§ 7-502. Rights acquired by due negotiation
(1) Subject to the following section and to the provisions of section 7–205 on fungible goods, a holder to whom a negotiable document of title has been duly negotiated acquires thereby: (a) title to the document; (b) title to the goods; (c) all rights accruing under the law of agency or estoppel, including rights to […]
§ 7-503. Document of title to goods defeated in certain cases
(1) A document of title confers no right in goods against a person who before issuance of the document had a legal interest or a perfected security interest in them and who neither (a) delivered or entrusted them or any document of title covering them to the bailor or his nominee with actual or apparent […]
§ 7-504. Rights acquired in the absence of due negotiation; effect of diversion; seller’s stoppage of delivery
(1) A transferee of a document, whether negotiable or non-negotiable, to whom the document has been delivered but not duly negotiated, acquires the title and rights which his transferor had or had actual authority to convey. (2) In the case of a non-negotiable document, until but not after the bailee receives notification of the transfer, […]
§ 7-403. Obligation of warehouseman or carrier to deliver; excuse
(1) The bailee must deliver the goods to a person entitled under the document who complies with subsections (2) and (3), unless and to the extent that the bailee establishes any of the following: (a) delivery of the goods to a person whose receipt was rightful as against the claimant; (b) damage to or delay, […]
§ 7-303. Diversion; reconsignment; change of instructions
(1) Unless the bill of lading otherwise provides, the carrier may deliver the goods to a person or destination other than that stated in the bill or may otherwise dispose of the goods on instructions from (a) the holder of a negotiable bill; or (b) the consignor on a non-negotiable bill notwithstanding contrary instructions from […]
§ 7-304. Bills of lading in a set
(1) Except where customary in overseas transportation, a bill of lading must not be issued in a set of parts. The issuer is liable for damages caused by violation of this subsection. (2) Where a bill of lading is lawfully drawn in a set of parts, each of which is numbered and expressed to be […]
§ 7-305. Destination bills
(1) Instead of issuing a bill of lading to the consignor at the place of shipment a carrier may at the request of the consignor procure the bill to be issued at destination or at any other place designated in the request. (2) Upon request of anyone entitled as against the carrier to control the […]
§ 7-306. Altered bills of lading
An unauthorized alteration or filling in of a blank in a bill of lading leaves the bill enforceable according to its original tenor.
§ 7-307. Lien of carrier
(1) A carrier has a lien on the goods covered by a bill of lading for charges subsequent to the date of its receipt of the goods for storage or transportation (including demurrage and terminal charges) and for expenses necessary for preservation of the goods incident to their transportation or reasonably incurred in their sale […]
§ 7-308. Enforcement of carrier’s lien
(1) A carrier’s lien may be enforced by public or private sale of the goods, in block or in parcels, at any time or place and on any terms which are commercially reasonable, after notifying all persons known to claim an interest in the goods. Such notification must include a statement of the amount due, […]