District of Columbia Code
Subtitle I - Uniform Commercial Code
Article 7 - Documents of Title

Part 1 - General

§ 28:7–101. Short title - This article may be cited as the “Uniform Commercial Code...

§ 28:7–102. Definitions and index of definitions - (a) In this article, unless the context otherwise requires, the...

§ 28:7–103. Relation of article to treaty or statute - (a) This article is subject to any treaty or statute...

§ 28:7–104. Negotiable and nonnegotiable document of title - (a) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (c) of this...

§ 28:7–105. Reissuance in alternative medium - (a) Upon request of a person entitled under an electronic...

§ 28:7–106. Control of electronic document of title - (a) A person has control of an electronic document of...

§ 28:7–201. Person that may issue a warehouse receipt; storage under bond - (a) A warehouse receipt may be issued by any warehouse....

§ 28:7–202. Form of warehouse receipt; effect of omission - (a) A warehouse receipt need not be in any particular...

§ 28:7–203. Liability for nonreceipt or misdescription - A party to or purchaser for value in good faith...

§ 28:7–204. Duty of care; contractual limitation of warehouse’s liability - (a) A warehouse is liable for damages for loss of...

§ 28:7–205. Title under warehouse receipt defeated in certain cases - A buyer in ordinary course of business of fungible goods...

§ 28:7–206. Termination of storage at warehouse’s option - (a) A warehouse, by giving notice to the person on...

§ 28:7–207. Goods must be kept separate; fungible goods - (a) Unless the warehouse receipt provides otherwise, a warehouse shall...

§ 28:7–208. Altered warehouse receipts - If a blank in a negotiable tangible warehouse receipt has...

§ 28:7–209. Lien of warehouse - (a) A warehouse has a lien against the bailor on...

§ 28:7–210. Enforcement of warehouse’s lien - (a)(1) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (b) of this...

§ 28:7–301. 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...

§ 28:7–302. Through bills of lading and similar documents of title - (a) The issuer of a through bill of lading, or...

§ 28:7–303. Diversion; reconsignment; change of instructions - (a) Unless the bill of lading otherwise provides, a carrier...

§ 28:7–304. Tangible bills of lading in a set - (a) Except as customary in international transportation, a tangible bill...

§ 28:7–305. Destination bills - (a) Instead of issuing a bill of lading to the...

§ 28:7–306. Altered bills of lading - An unauthorized alteration or filling in of a blank in...

§ 28:7–307. Lien of carrier - (a) A carrier has a lien on the goods covered...

§ 28:7–308. Enforcement of carrier’s lien - (a)(1) A carrier’s lien on goods may be enforced by...

§ 28:7–309. Duty of care; contractual limitation of carrier’s liability - (a) A carrier that issues a bill of lading, whether...

§ 28:7–401. Irregularities in issue of receipt or bill or conduct of issuer - The obligations imposed by this article on an issuer apply...

§ 28:7–402. Duplicate document of title; overissue - A duplicate or any other document of title purporting to...

§ 28:7–403. Obligation of bailee to deliver; excuse - (a) A bailee shall deliver the goods to a person...

§ 28:7–404. No liability for good-faith delivery pursuant to document of title - A bailee that in good faith has received goods and...

§ 28:7–501. Form of negotiation and requirements of due negotiation - (a) The following rules apply to a negotiable tangible document...

§ 28:7–502. Rights acquired by due negotiation - (a) Subject to §§ 28:7-205 and 28:7-503, a holder to...

§ 28:7–503. Document of title to goods defeated in certain cases - (a) A document of title confers no right in goods...

§ 28:7–504. Rights acquired in absence of due negotiation; effect of diversion; stoppage of delivery - (a) A transferee of a document of title, whether negotiable...

§ 28:7–505. Indorser not guarantor for other parties - The indorsement of a tangible document of title issued by...

§ 28:7–506. Delivery without indorsement: right to compel indorsement - The transferee of a negotiable tangible document of title has...

§ 28:7–507. Warranties on negotiation or delivery of document of title - If a person negotiates or delivers a document of title...

§ 28:7–508. Warranties of collecting bank as to documents of title - A collecting bank or other intermediary known to be entrusted...

§ 28:7–509. Adequate compliance with commercial contract - Whether a document of title is adequate to fulfill the...

§ 28:7–601. Lost, stolen, or destroyed documents of title - (a) If a document of title is lost, stolen, or...

§ 28:7–602. Judicial process against goods covered by negotiable document of title - Unless a document of title was originally issued upon delivery...

§ 28:7–603. Conflicting claims; interpleader - If more than one person claims title to or possession...

§ 28:7–701. Applicability - This article applies to a document of title that is...

§ 28:7–702. Savings clause - A document of title issued or a bailment that arises...