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This law was first created in 2001. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 596<\/a> of that year\u2019s edition of \u201cActs of Assembly,\u201d the annual state publication listing all changes made to the Code of Virginia in that year.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":1459767,"object_type":"law","relational_id":365413,"identifier":"46.2-2159","token":"46.2\/V\/21\/4\/46.2-2159","url":"\/46.2-2159\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/46.2-2159\/","token":"46.2\/V\/21\/4\/46.2-2159","dublin_core":{"Title":"Freight bill or freight bill\/bill of lading","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 46.2-2159","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

A.<\/span> There shall be furnished by every household goods carrier<\/span> at destination to the consignee of every C.O.D. shipment transported by him a freight bill, if a combination freight bill\/bill of lading is not used, which bill shall contain the following information: point of origin, point of destination, date of shipment, description of article or commodity, weight of article or commodity rate, or rates applicable for the service rendered, statement of nature and amounts of charges for special services<\/span>, where charges incurred, and method of payment of total tariff charges. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

B.<\/span> If a carrier uses a uniform household goods bill of lading and freight bill, subsection A of this section shall not apply. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nFREIGHT BILL OR FREIGHT BILL\/BILL OF LADING (\u00a7 46.2-2159)\n\nA. There shall be furnished by every household goods carrier at destination to\nthe consignee of every C.O.D. shipment transported by him a freight bill, if a\ncombination freight bill\/bill of lading is not used, which bill shall contain\nthe following information: point of origin, point of destination, date of\nshipment, description of article or commodity, weight of article or commodity\nrate, or rates applicable for the service rendered, statement of nature and\namounts of charges for special services, where charges incurred, and method of\npayment of total tariff charges.\n\nB. If a carrier uses a uniform household goods bill of lading and freight bill,\nsubsection A of this section shall not apply.\n\nHISTORY: 2001, c. 596.","edition":{"id":2,"name":"2026","slug":"2026","date_created":"2026-07-16 18:40:23","date_modified":"2026-08-02 15:14:36","current":1,"order_by":2,"last_import":"2026-08-02 12:37:30"}}