§46-7-601. Lost, Stolen or Destroyed Documents of Title
§46-7-601. Lost, stolen or destroyed documents of title. (a) If a document of title is lost, stolen, or destroyed, a court may order delivery of the goods or issuance of a substitute document and the bailee may without liability to any person comply with the order. If the document was negotiable, a court may not […]
§46-7-602. Judicial Process Against Goods Covered by Negotiable Document of Title
Unless a document of title was originally issued upon delivery of the goods by a person that did not have power to dispose of them, a lien does not attach by virtue of any judicial process to goods in the possession of a bailee for which a negotiable document of title is outstanding unless possession […]
§46-7-309. Duty of Care; Contractual Limitation of Carrier's Liability
(a) A carrier that issues a bill of lading, whether negotiable or nonnegotiable, shall exercise the degree of care in relation to the goods which a reasonably careful person would exercise under similar circumstances. This subsection does not affect any statute, regulation, or rule of law that imposes liability upon a common carrier for damages […]
§46-7-401. Irregularities in Issue of Receipt or Bill or Conduct of Issuer
§46-7-401. Irregularities in issue of receipt or bill or conduct of issuer. The obligations imposed by this article on an issuer apply to a document of title even if: (1) The document does not comply with the requirements of this article or of any other statute, rule, or regulation regarding its issuance, form, or content;
§46-7-402. Duplicate Document of Title; Overissue
A duplicate or any other document of title purporting to cover goods already represented by an outstanding document of the same issuer does not confer any right in the goods, except as provided in the case of tangible bills of lading in a set of parts, overissue of documents for fungible goods, substitutes for lost, […]
§46-7-403. Obligation of Bailee to Deliver; Excuse
(a) A bailee shall deliver the goods to a person entitled under a document of title if the person complies with subsections (b) and (c), unless and to the extent that the bailee establishes any of the following: (1) Delivery of the goods to a person whose receipt was rightful as against the claimant;
§46-7-404. No Liability for Good-Faith Delivery Pursuant to Document of Title
A bailee that in good faith has received goods and delivered or otherwise disposed of the goods according to the terms of a document of title or pursuant to this article is not liable for the goods even if: (1) The person from which the bailee received the goods did not have authority to procure […]
§46-7-501. Form of Negotiation and Requirements of Due Negotiation
§46-7-501. Form of negotiation and requirements of due negotiation. (a) The following rules apply to a negotiable tangible document of title: (1) If the document's original terms run to the order of a named person, the document is negotiated by the named person's indorsement and delivery. After the named person's indorsement in blank or to […]
§46-7-502. Rights Acquired by Due Negotiation
(a) Subject to sections 7-205 and 7-503, a holder to which a negotiable document of title has been duly negotiated acquires thereby: (1) Title to the document;
§46-7-306. 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.