440.7104 Negotiable and nonnegotiable warehouse receipt, bill of lading, or other document of title.
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440.7104 Negotiable and nonnegotiable warehouse receipt, bill of lading, or other document of title.
Sec. 7104.
(1)Except as otherwise provided in subsection (3), a document of title is negotiable if by its terms the goods are to be delivered to bearer or to the order of a named person.
(2)A document of title other than one described in subsection
(1)is nonnegotiable. A bill of lading that states that the goods are consigned to a named person is not made negotiable by a provision that the goods are to be delivered only against an order in a record signed by the same or another named person.
(3)A document of title is nonnegotiable if, at the time it is issued, the document has a conspicuous legend, however expressed, that it is nonnegotiable.
History: 1962, Act 174, Eff. Jan. 1, 1964 ;-- Am. 2012, Act 87 , Eff. July 1, 2013