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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>378282</law_id><section_number>8.7-306</section_number><catch_line>Altered bills of lading</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="26" identifier="8.7">Commercial Code &#x2014; Warehouse Receipts, Bills of Lading and Other Documents of Title</unit><unit label="part" level="2" order_by="3" identifier="3">Bills of Lading: Special Provisions</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>An unauthorized alteration or filling in of a blank in a bill of lading leaves the bill enforceable according to its original tenor.</p></section></text><history>1964, c. 219.</history><metadata><court_decisions></court_decisions></metadata></law>
