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The record of this law\u2019s original creation isn\u2019t available online. It has been modified 2 times. 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. Those modifications are as follows: in 1964, chapter 219; in 2004, chapter 200<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":1510605,"object_type":"law","relational_id":378300,"identifier":"8.7-602","token":"8.7\/6\/8.7-602","url":"\/8.7-602\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/8.7-602\/","token":"8.7\/6\/8.7-602","dublin_core":{"Title":"Attachment of goods covered by a negotiable document","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 8.7-602","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

Except where the document was originally issued upon delivery of the goods by a person who had no power to dispose of them, no lien<\/span> attaches by virtue of any judicial process to goods in the possession<\/span> of a bailee for which a negotiable document is outstanding unless possession<\/span> or control of the document is first surrendered to the bailee or its negotiation is enjoined. The bailee shall not be compelled to deliver the goods pursuant to process until possession<\/span> or control of the document is surrendered to him or the court<\/span>. One who purchases the document for value without notice of the process or injunction<\/span> takes free of the lien<\/span> imposed by judicial process.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nATTACHMENT OF GOODS COVERED BY A NEGOTIABLE DOCUMENT (\u00a7 8.7-602)\n\nExcept where the document was originally issued upon delivery of the goods by a\nperson who had no power to dispose of them, no lien attaches by virtue of any\njudicial process to goods in the possession of a bailee for which a negotiable\ndocument is outstanding unless possession or control of the document is first\nsurrendered to the bailee or its negotiation is enjoined. The bailee shall not\nbe compelled to deliver the goods pursuant to process until possession or\ncontrol of the document is surrendered to him or the court. One who purchases\nthe document for value without notice of the process or injunction takes free of\nthe lien imposed by judicial process.\n\nHISTORY: Code 1950, \u00a7 61-28; 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"}}