A party to or purchaser for value in good faith of a document other than a bill of lading relying in either case upon the description therein of the goods may recover from the issuer damages caused by the nonreceipt or misdescription of the goods, except to the extent that the document conspicuously indicates that the issuer does not know whether any part or all of the goods in fact were received or conform to the description, as where the description is in terms of marks or labels or kind, quantity or condition, or the receipt or description is qualified by "contents, condition and quality unknown," "said to contain" or the like, if such indication be true, or the party or purchaser otherwise has notice.
Code 1950, § 61-23; 1964, c. 219; 2004, c. 200.
Structure Code of Virginia
Title 8.7 - Commercial Code - Warehouse Receipts, Bills of Lading and Other Documents of Title
§ 8.7-201. Who may issue a warehouse receipt; storage under government bond
§ 8.7-202. Form of warehouse receipt; essential terms; optional terms
§ 8.7-203. Liability for nonreceipt or misdescription
§ 8.7-204. Duty of care; contractual limitation of warehouseman's liability
§ 8.7-205. Title under warehouse receipt defeated in certain cases
§ 8.7-206. Termination of storage at warehouseman's option
§ 8.7-207. Goods must be kept separate; fungible goods
§ 8.7-208. Altered warehouse receipts