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Home » US Law » 2022 Maryland Statutes » Commercial Law » Title 18 - Bills of Lading and Warehouse Receipts -- Criminal Provisions » Subtitle 3 - Warehouse Receipts » Section 18-305 – Delivery of Goods Without Obtaining Negotiable Warehouse Receipt

    Except as provided by § 7-601 of this article, a warehouseman or his officer, agent, or employee may not deliver goods out of the possession of the warehouseman:

        (1)    With knowledge that a negotiable warehouse receipt, the negotiation of which would transfer the right to the possession of the goods, is outstanding and uncancelled; and

        (2)    Without obtaining the possession of the warehouse receipt at or before the time of the delivery.