2006 Code of Virginia § 46.2-2161 - Payment of tariff charges; payment of specific charges

46.2-2161. Payment of tariff charges; payment of specific charges.

A. The carrier will not deliver or relinquish possession of any propertytransported by it until all tariff rates and charges thereon have been paidin cash, postal money order, traveler's check, cashier's check, banktreasurer's check, bank wire transfer, or approved credit card, except whereother satisfactory arrangements have been made between the carrier and theconsignor or consignee.

B. Carrier may require prepayment of charges for a specific service in fullor in part on or before commencing performance of such services as requestedby shipper.

C. Estimated charges may be bound or fixed so that the price estimated maynot be exceeded with the exception that any accessorial tariff chargesincurred at destination that are not known to the carrier until actualdelivery of the shipment and a sight survey reveals that additional chargesare necessary to effect delivery as published in the carrier's tariff.

(2001, c. 596; 2006, c. 609.)