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This law was first created in 1964. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 219 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. Unfortunately, the 1964 \u201cActs\u201d aren\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 2004, chapter 200<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":1510595,"object_type":"law","relational_id":378298,"identifier":"8.7-509","token":"8.7\/5\/8.7-509","url":"\/8.7-509\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/8.7-509\/","token":"8.7\/5\/8.7-509","dublin_core":{"Title":"Receipt or bill; when adequate compliance with commercial contract","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 8.7-509","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

Whether a document is adequate to fulfill the obligations of a contract<\/span> for sale, a contract<\/span> for lease, or the conditions of a letter of credit is governed by the titles on sales (Title 8.2), leases (Title 8.2A), or letters of credit (Title 8.5A).<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nRECEIPT OR BILL; WHEN ADEQUATE COMPLIANCE WITH COMMERCIAL CONTRACT (\u00a7 8.7-509)\n\nWhether a document is adequate to fulfill the obligations of a contract for\nsale, a contract for lease, or the conditions of a letter of credit is governed\nby the titles on sales (Title 8.2), leases (Title 8.2A), or letters of credit\n(Title 8.5A).\n\nHISTORY: 1964, c. 219; 2004, c. 200.","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"}}