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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>370063</law_id><section_number>56-122</section_number><catch_line>When railroad, steamship, etc., companies not liable as a common carrier</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2026/" slug="2026" current="TRUE" last_updated="2026-08-02">2026</edition><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="121" identifier="56">Public Service Companies</unit><unit label="chapter" level="2" order_by="7" identifier="6">Transportation Companies Generally</unit><unit label="article" level="3" order_by="3" identifier="3">Liabilities</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>Whenever any <span class="dictionary">corporation</span>, <span class="dictionary">company</span>, or association not incorporated by or formed in the Commonwealth, or any <span class="dictionary">person</span> or partnership not a resident thereof, shall obtain from a <span class="dictionary">railroad</span>, steamship, or steamboat <span class="dictionary">company</span> the right or <span class="dictionary">privilege</span> of carrying articles upon the trains, steamships, or steamboats of such <span class="dictionary">railroad</span>, steamship, or steamboat <span class="dictionary">company</span>, such <span class="dictionary">railroad</span>, steamship, or steamboat <span class="dictionary">company</span> shall not in any manner be liable as a common carrier for any article thereafter delivered to such <span class="dictionary">corporation</span>, <span class="dictionary">company</span>, association, <span class="dictionary">person</span>, or partnership for carriage as aforesaid.</p></section></text><history>Code 1919, &#xA7; 4031; 2014, c. 192.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
