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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 1968, chapter 69.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":1495065,"object_type":"law","relational_id":374660,"identifier":"61.1-3","token":"61.1\/1\/61.1-3","url":"\/61.1-3\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/61.1-3\/","token":"61.1\/1\/61.1-3","dublin_core":{"Title":"Issue of duplicate receipts not so marked","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 61.1-3","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

A warehouseman, or any officer, agent or servant of a warehouseman, who issues<\/span> or aids in issuing a duplicate or additional negotiable receipt for goods, knowing that a former negotiable receipt for the same goods or any part of them is outstanding and uncanceled, without plainly placing upon the face thereof the word “Duplicate,” except as otherwise provided by law<\/span>, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor<\/span>.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nISSUE OF DUPLICATE RECEIPTS NOT SO MARKED (\u00a7 61.1-3)\n\nA warehouseman, or any officer, agent or servant of a warehouseman, who issues\nor aids in issuing a duplicate or additional negotiable receipt for goods,\nknowing that a former negotiable receipt for the same goods or any part of them\nis outstanding and uncanceled, without plainly placing upon the face thereof the\nword “Duplicate,” except as otherwise provided by law, shall be\nguilty of a misdemeanor.\n\nHISTORY: Code 1950, \u00a7 61-55; 1968, c. 69.","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"}}