8.7-201 - Who may issue a warehouse receipt; storage under government bond.
§ 8.7-201. Who may issue a warehouse receipt; storage under government bond.
(1) A warehouse receipt may be issued by any warehouseman.
(2) Where goods including distilled spirits and agricultural commodities arestored under a statute requiring a bond against withdrawal or a license forthe issuance of receipts in the nature of warehouse receipts, a receiptissued for the goods has like effect as a warehouse receipt even thoughissued by a person who is the owner of the goods and is not a warehouseman.
(Code 1950, § 61-4; 1964, c. 219.)