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The record of this law\u2019s original creation isn\u2019t available online. It has been modified 1 time. Those modifications are cataloged by \u201cThe Acts of Assembly,\u201d a state publication, by year and chapter. Those modifications that can be read on the General Assembly\u2019s website will be linked accordingly. That modification is as follows: in 2014, chapter 192<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":1478239,"object_type":"law","relational_id":370063,"identifier":"56-122","token":"56\/6\/3\/56-122","url":"\/56-122\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/56-122\/","token":"56\/6\/3\/56-122","dublin_core":{"Title":"When railroad, steamship, etc., companies not liable as a common carrier","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 56-122","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

Whenever any corporation<\/span>, company<\/span>, or association not incorporated by or formed in the Commonwealth, or any person<\/span> or partnership not a resident thereof, shall obtain from a railroad<\/span>, steamship, or steamboat company<\/span> the right or privilege<\/span> of carrying articles upon the trains, steamships, or steamboats of such railroad<\/span>, steamship, or steamboat company<\/span>, such railroad<\/span>, steamship, or steamboat company<\/span> shall not in any manner be liable as a common carrier for any article thereafter delivered to such corporation<\/span>, company<\/span>, association, person<\/span>, or partnership for carriage as aforesaid.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nWHEN RAILROAD, STEAMSHIP, ETC., COMPANIES NOT LIABLE AS A COMMON CARRIER (\u00a7\n56-122)\n\nWhenever any corporation, company, or association not incorporated by or formed\nin the Commonwealth, or any person or partnership not a resident thereof, shall\nobtain from a railroad, steamship, or steamboat company the right or privilege\nof carrying articles upon the trains, steamships, or steamboats of such\nrailroad, steamship, or steamboat company, such railroad, steamship, or\nsteamboat company shall not in any manner be liable as a common carrier for any\narticle thereafter delivered to such corporation, company, association, person,\nor partnership for carriage as aforesaid.\n\nHISTORY: Code 1919, \u00a7 4031; 2014, c. 192.","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"}}