A warehouseman, or any officer, agent or servant of a warehouseman, who issues or aids in issuing a duplicate or additional negotiable receipt for goods knowing that a former negotiable receipt for the same goods or any part of them is outstanding and uncancelled, without plainly placing upon the face thereof the word “Duplicate”, except in the case of a lost, stolen or destroyed receipt after proceedings as provided for in subsection (a) of section 42a-7-601, shall, for each offense, be guilty of a class D felony.
(1949 Rev., S. 6537; 1959, P.A. 574, S. 1; P.A. 04-64, S. 73; P.A. 13-258, S. 102.)
History: 1959 act added the words “stolen” and “subsection (1) of section 42a-7-601”; P.A. 04-64 made a technical change; P.A. 13-258 changed penalty from fine of not more than $5,000 or imprisonment of not more than 5 years to a class D felony.
Structure Connecticut General Statutes
Title 40 - Warehouses and Warehouse Receipts. Trust Receipts
Chapter 708 - Uniform Warehouse Receipts Act
Section 40-2 to 40-50. - Uniform Warehouse Receipts Act.
Section 40-51. - Issue of receipt for goods not received or under actual control.
Section 40-52. - Issue of receipt containing false statement.
Section 40-53. - Issue of duplicate receipts not so marked.
Section 40-54. - Issue for warehouseman's goods of receipt which does not state ownership.
Section 40-55. - Delivery of goods without obtaining negotiable receipt.
Section 40-56. - Negotiation of receipt for mortgaged goods.