Section 251.005 - Warehouseman Issuing Duplicate or Additional Warehouse Receipt(a) A warehouseman may not issue a duplicate or additional negotiable warehouse receipt for goods if the warehouseman knows at the time of issuance that a previously issued negotiable warehouse receipt describing the goods is outstanding and uncanceled.(b) This section does not apply if:(1) the word "duplicate" is plainly placed on the duplicate or additional negotiable warehouse receipt; or(2) goods described in the outstanding and uncanceled negotiable warehouse receipt were delivered under a court order on proof that the receipt was lost or destroyed.(c) A warehouseman who violates this section commits an offense. An offense under this section is a felony punishable by:(1) imprisonment in the Texas Department of Criminal Justice for a term of not more than five years;(2) a fine not to exceed $5,000; or(3) both the fine and imprisonment.Tex. Bus. and Comm. Code § 251.005
Added by Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 885, Sec. 2.01, eff. 4/1/2009.