Section 18-504 – Enforcement of Lien
(a) (1) If the occupant is in default for a period of more than 60 days, the operator may enforce the lien by selling the personal property stored in the leased space at a public sale, for cash. (2) Proceeds from the sale shall be applied to satisfy the lien, and any surplus shall be disbursed as provided […]
Section 18-505 – Occupant Responsible for Care of Stored Property Until Sale
Unless the rental agreement specifically provides otherwise and until a lien sale under this subtitle, the exclusive care, custody, and control of all personal property stored in the leased self-service storage space remains vested in the occupant.
Section 18-506 – Validity of Rental Agreements Entered Before July 1, 1983
All rental agreements, entered into before July 1, 1983, which have not been extended or renewed after that date, shall remain valid and may be enforced or terminated in accordance with their terms or as permitted by any other statute or law of this State.
Section 18-203 – Negotiation of Bill of Lading When Goods Not in Carrier’s Possession
A person may not negotiate or transfer for value a bill of lading: (1) With intent to defraud; (2) With knowledge that any of the goods which appear by the terms of the bill of lading to have been received for transportation by the carrier which issued the bill of lading are not in the possession or […]
Section 18-204 – Inducing Carrier to Issue Bill of Lading for Goods Not Received
A person may not secure the issuance by a carrier of a bill of lading by inducing an officer, agent, or employee of the carrier to believe falsely that the goods were received by the carrier or are under its control: (1) With intent to defraud; and (2) With knowledge that, at the time the bill of […]
Section 18-205 – Issuance of Nonnegotiable Bill of Lading Not So Marked
A person with intent to defraud may not issue or aid in issuing a nonnegotiable bill of lading without a conspicuous notation on its face of the words “not negotiable” or “nonnegotiable”.
Section 18-206 – Issuance of Bill of Lading Containing False Statement
An officer, agent, or employee of a carrier may not issue or aid in issuing a bill of lading for goods: (1) With intent to defraud; and (2) With knowledge that it contains a false statement.
Section 18-207 – Negotiation of Bill of Lading for Mortgaged Goods and Goods of Others
A person may not ship goods to which he has no title or on which there is a lien or security interest and transfer a negotiable bill of lading for the goods for value: (1) With intent to defraud; and (2) Without disclosing his lack of title or the existence of the lien or security interest.
Section 18-301 – Issuance of Warehouse Receipt for Goods Not Received
(a) A person or his agent or officer may not issue any warehouse receipt, acceptance of an order, or other voucher for storage or deposit in the State of any goods if, at the time the instrument is issued, the goods are not: (1) In his actual possession or custody; (2) On his premises; or (3) Under his absolute […]
Section 18-302 – Issuance of Duplicate Warehouse Receipt Not So Marked
Except as provided by § 7-601 of this article, a warehouseman or his officer, agent, or employee may not issue or aid in issuing a duplicate or additional negotiable warehouse receipt for any goods: (1) Without a conspicuous notation on its face of the word “duplicate”; (2) With knowledge that the original warehouse receipt for the goods […]