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26-1-7-307. Lien of Carrier

Sec. 307. (a) A carrier has a lien on the goods covered by a bill of lading or on the proceeds from the goods for charges after the date of the carrier’s receipt of the goods for storage or transportation, including demurrage and terminal charges, and for expenses necessary for preservation of the goods incident […]

26-1-7-308. Enforcement of Carrier’s Lien

Sec. 308. (a) A carrier’s lien on goods may be enforced by public or private sale of the goods, in bulk or in packages, at any time or place, and on any terms that are commercially reasonable, after notifying all persons known to claim an interest in the goods. The notification must include a statement […]

26-1-7-203. Liability for Nonreceipt or Misdescription

Sec. 203. A party to or purchaser for value in good faith of a document of title, other than a bill of lading, that relies upon the description of the goods in the document may recover from the issuer damages caused by the nonreceipt or misdescription of the goods, except to the extent that: (1) […]

26-1-7-204. Duty of Care; Contractual Limitation of Warehouse’s Liability

Sec. 204. (a) A warehouse is liable for damages for loss of or injury to the goods caused by its failure to exercise care with regard to the goods that a reasonably careful person would exercise under similar circumstances. Unless otherwise agreed, the warehouse is not liable for damages that could not have been avoided […]

26-1-7-205. Title Under Warehouse Receipt Defeated in Certain Cases

Sec. 205. A buyer in the ordinary course of business of fungible goods sold and delivered by a warehouse that is also in the business of buying and selling such goods takes the goods free of any claim under a warehouse receipt even if the receipt is negotiable and has been duly negotiated. Formerly: Acts […]

26-1-7-206. Termination of Storage at Warehouse’s Option

Sec. 206. (a) A warehouse, by giving notice to the person on whose account the goods are held and any other person known to claim an interest in the goods, may require payment of any charges and removal of the goods from the warehouse at the termination of the period of storage fixed by the […]

26-1-7-207. Goods Must Be Kept Separate; Fungible Goods

Sec. 207. (a) Unless the warehouse receipt otherwise provides, a warehouse shall keep separate the goods covered by each receipt so as to permit at all times identification and delivery of those goods. However, different lots of fungible goods may be commingled. (b) If different lots of fungible goods are commingled, the goods are owned […]

26-1-7-208. Altered Warehouse Receipts

Sec. 208. If a blank in a negotiable tangible warehouse receipt has been filled in without authority, a good faith purchaser for value and without notice of the lack of authority may treat the insertion as authorized. Any other unauthorized alteration leaves any tangible or electronic warehouse receipt enforceable against the issuer according to its […]

26-1-5.1-118. Security Interest of Issuer or Nominated Person

Sec. 118. (a) An issuer or nominated person has a security interest in a document presented under a letter of credit to the extent that the issuer or nominated person honors or gives value for the presentation. (b) So long as and to the extent that an issuer or nominated person has not been reimbursed […]

26-1-7-209. Warehouse Lien

Sec. 209. (a) A warehouse has a lien against the bailor on the goods covered by a warehouse receipt or storage agreement or on the proceeds thereof in its possession for charges for storage or transportation, including demurrage and terminal charges, insurance, labor, or other charges, present or future, in relation to the goods, and […]