Code of Alabama
Title 7 - Commercial Code.
Article 7 - Warehouse Receipts, Bills of Lading and Other Documents of Title.

Part 1 - General.

Section 7-7-101 - Short Title. - This article may be cited as Uniform Commercial Code Documents...

Section 7-7-102 - Definitions and Index of Definitions. - (a) In this article, unless the context otherwise requires: (1)...

Section 7-7-103 - Relation of Article to Treaty or Statute. - (a) This article is subject to any treaty or statute...

Section 7-7-104 - Negotiable and Nonnegotiable Document of Title. - (a) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (c), a document...

Section 7-7-105 - Reissuance in Alternative Medium. - (a) Upon request of a person entitled under an electronic...

Section 7-7-106 - Control of Electronic Document of Title. - (a) A person has control of an electronic document of...

Part 2 - Warehouse Receipts: Special Provisions.

Section 7-7-201 - Person That May Issue a Warehouse Receipt; Storage Under Bond. - (a) A warehouse receipt may be issued by any warehouse....

Section 7-7-202 - Form of Warehouse Receipt; Effect of Omission. - (a) A warehouse receipt need not be in any particular...

Section 7-7-203 - Liability for Nonreceipt or Misdescription. - A party to or purchaser for value in good faith...

Section 7-7-204 - Duty of Care; Contractual Limitation of Warehouse's Liability. - (a) A warehouse is liable for damages for loss of...

Section 7-7-205 - Title Under Warehouse Receipt Defeated in Certain Cases. - A buyer in ordinary course of business of fungible goods...

Section 7-7-206 - Termination of Storage at Warehouse's Option. - (a) A warehouse, by giving notice to the person on...

Section 7-7-207 - Goods Must Be Kept Separate; Fungible Goods. - (a) Unless the warehouse receipt provides otherwise, a warehouse shall...

Section 7-7-208 - Altered Warehouse Receipts. - If a blank in a negotiable tangible warehouse receipt has...

Section 7-7-209 - Lien of Warehouse. - (a) A warehouse has a lien against the bailor on...

Section 7-7-210 - Enforcement of Warehouse's Lien. - (a) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (b), a warehouse's...

Part 3 - Bills of Lading: Special Provisions.

Section 7-7-301 - Liability for Nonreceipt or Misdescription; "Said to Contain"; "Shipper's Weight, Load, and Count"; Improper Handling. - (a) A consignee of a nonnegotiable bill of lading which...

Section 7-7-302 - Through Bills of Lading and Similar Documents of Title. - (a) The issuer of a through bill of lading, or...

Section 7-7-303 - Diversion; Reconsignment; Change of Instructions. - (a) Unless the bill of lading otherwise provides, a carrier...

Section 7-7-304 - Tangible Bills of Lading in a Set. - (a) Except as customary in international transportation, a tangible bill...

Section 7-7-305 - Destination Bills. - (a) Instead of issuing a bill of lading to the...

Section 7-7-306 - Altered Bills of Lading. - An unauthorized alteration or filling in of a blank in...

Section 7-7-307 - Lien of Carrier. - (a) A carrier has a lien on the goods covered...

Section 7-7-308 - Enforcement of Carrier's Lien. - (a) A carrier's lien on goods may be enforced by...

Section 7-7-309 - Duty of Care; Contractual Limitation of Carrier's Liability. - (a) A carrier that issues a bill of lading, whether...

Part 4 - Warehouse Receipts and Bills of Lading: General Obligations.

Section 7-7-401 - Irregularities in Issue of Receipt or Bill or Conduct of Issuer. - The obligations imposed by this article on an issuer apply...

Section 7-7-402 - Duplicate Document of Title; Overissue. - A duplicate or any other document of title purporting to...

Section 7-7-403 - Obligation of Bailee to Deliver; Excuse. - (a) A bailee shall deliver the goods to a person...

Section 7-7-404 - No Liability for Good Faith Delivery Pursuant to Document of Title. - A bailee that in good faith has received goods and...

Part 5 - Warehouse Receipts and Bills of Lading: Negotiation and Transfer.

Section 7-7-501 - Form of Negotiation and Requirements of Due Negotiation. - (a) The following rules apply to a negotiable tangible document...

Section 7-7-502 - Rights Acquired by Due Negotiation. - (a) Subject to Sections 7-7-205 and 7-7-503, a holder to...

Section 7-7-503 - Document of Title to Goods Defeated in Certain Cases. - (a) A document of title confers no right in goods...

Section 7-7-504 - Rights Acquired in Absence of Due Negotiation; Effect of Diversion; Stoppage of Delivery. - (a) A transferee of a document of title, whether negotiable...

Section 7-7-505 - Indorser Not Guarantor for Other Parties. - The indorsement of a tangible document of title issued by...

Section 7-7-506 - Delivery Without Indorsement: Right to Compel Indorsement. - The transferee of a negotiable tangible document of title has...

Section 7-7-507 - Warranties on Negotiation or Delivery of Document of Title. - If a person negotiates or delivers a document of title...

Section 7-7-508 - Warranties of Collecting Bank as to Documents of Title. - A collecting bank or other intermediary known to be entrusted...

Section 7-7-509 - Adequate Compliance With Commercial Contract. - Whether a document of title is adequate to fulfill the...

Part 6 - Warehouse Receipts and Bills of Lading: Miscellaneous Provisions.

Section 7-7-601 - Lost, Stolen, or Destroyed Documents of Title. - (a) If a document of title is lost, stolen, or...

Section 7-7-602 - Judicial Process Against Goods Covered by Negotiable Document of Title. - Unless a document of title was originally issued upon delivery...

Section 7-7-603 - Conflicting Claims; Interpleader. - If more than one person claims title to or possession...

Part 7 - Miscellanous Provisions.

Section 7-7-701 - Effective Date. - This article takes effect on January 1, 2005.

Section 7-7-702 - Repeals. - Existing Sections 7-7-101 through 7-7-603 and Section 7-10-104, are repealed.

Section 7-7-703 - Applicability. - This article applies to a document of title that is...

Section 7-7-704 - Savings Clause. - A document of title issued or a bailment that arises...