Current through Public Act 171 of the 2024 Legislative Session
Section 440.7104 - Negotiable and nonnegotiable warehouse receipt, bill of lading, or other document of title(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.Amended by 2012, Act 87,s 21, eff. 7/1/2013.1962, Act 174, Eff. 1/1/1964.