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UNIFORM COMMERCIAL CODE - ARTICLE 7
WAREHOUSE RECEIPTS, BILLS OF LADING AND OTHER DOCUMENTS OF TITLE

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PART 1. GENERAL

PART 2. WAREHOUSE RECEIPTS: SPECIAL PROVISIONS

PART 3. BILLS OF LADING: SPECIAL PROVISIONS

PART 4. WAREHOUSE RECEIPTS AND BILLS OF LADING: GENERAL OBLIGATIONS

PART 5. WAREHOUSE RECEIPTS AND BILLS OF LADING: NEGOTIATION AND TRANSFER

PART 6. WAREHOUSE RECEIPTS AND BILLS OF LADING: MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS

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PART 1. GENERAL

• § 7-101. Short Title.
• § 7-102. Definitions and Index of Definitions.
• § 7-103. Relation of Article to Treaty, Statute, Tariff, Classification or Regulation.
• § 7-104. Negotiable and Non-negotiable Warehouse Receipt, Bill of Lading or Other Document of Title.
• § 7-105. Construction Against Negative Implication.

PART 2. WAREHOUSE RECEIPTS: SPECIAL PROVISIONS

• § 7-201. Who May Issue a Warehouse Receipt; Storage Under Government Bond.
• § 7-202. Form of Warehouse Receipt; Essential Terms; Optional Terms.
• § 7-203. Liability for Non-receipt or Misdescription.
• § 7-204. Duty of Care; Contractual Limitation of Warehouseman's Liability.
• § 7-205. Title Under Warehouse Receipt Defeated in Certain Cases.
• § 7-206. Termination of Storage at Warehouseman's Option.
• § 7-207. Goods Must Be Kept Separate; Fungible Goods.
• § 7-208. Altered Warehouse Receipts.
• § 7-209. Lien of Warehouseman.
• § 7-210. Enforcement of Warehouseman's Lien.

PART 3. BILLS OF LADING: SPECIAL PROVISIONS

• § 7-301. Liability for Non-receipt or Misdescription; "Said to Contain"; "Shipper's Load and Count"; Improper Handling.
• § 7-302. Through Bills of Lading and Similar Documents.
• § 7-303. Diversion; Reconsignment; Change of Instructions.
• § 7-304. Bills of Lading in a Set.
• § 7-305. Destination Bills.
• § 7-306. Altered Bills of Lading.
• § 7-307. Lien of Carrier.
• § 7-308. Enforcement of Carrier's Lien.
• § 7-309. Duty of Care; Contractual Limitation of Carrier's Liability.

PART 4. WAREHOUSE RECEIPTS AND BILLS OF LADING: GENERAL OBLIGATIONS

• § 7-401. Irregularities in Issue of Receipt or Bill or Conduct of Issuer.
• § 7-402. Duplicate Receipt or Bill; Overissue.
• § 7-403. Obligation of Warehouseman or Carrier to Deliver; Excuse.
• § 7-404. No Liability for Good Faith Delivery Pursuant to Receipt or Bill.

PART 5. WAREHOUSE RECEIPTS AND BILLS OF LADING: NEGOTIATION AND TRANSFER

• § 7-501. Form of Negotiation and Requirements of "Due Negotiation".
• § 7-502. Rights Acquired by Due Negotiation.
• § 7-503. Document of Title to Goods Defeated in Certain Cases.
• § 7-504. Rights Acquired in the Absence of Due Negotiation; Effect of Diversion; Seller's Stoppage of Delivery.
• § 7-505. Indorser Not a Guarantor for Other Parties.
• § 7-506. Delivery Without Indorsement: Right to Compel Indorsement.
• § 7-507. Warranties on Negotiation or Transfer of Receipt or Bill.
• § 7-508. Warranties of Collecting Bank as to Documents.
• § 7-509. Receipt or Bill: When Adequate Compliance With Commercial Contract.

PART 6. WAREHOUSE RECEIPTS AND BILLS OF LADING: MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS

• § 7-601. Lost and Missing Documents.
• § 7-602. Attachment of Goods Covered by a Negotiable Document.
• § 7-603. Conflicting Claims; Interpleader.

© Copyright 2005 by The American Law Institute and the National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws; reproduced, published and distributed with the permission of the Permanent Editorial Board for the Uniform Commercial Code for the limited purposes of study, teaching, and academic research.