(a) Except as provided in subsection (b) of this section, if in the ordinary course of business a contract for sale of goods is made between a consignee and a third person, the contract and any payment made in the ordinary course of business for the goods under the contract is valid against the owner of the goods, even if the third person has notice that the seller of the goods is a consignee.
(b) A contract or payment described in subsection (a) of this section is not valid against the owner of the goods if the third person has notice that the seller is not authorized to sell the goods or to receive payments for them, as the case may be.
Structure Maryland Statutes
Section 11-802 - Consignee's Lien
Section 11-803 - Consignee Holding Possessory Document Considered Owner of Goods
Section 11-804 - Contract Between Consignee and Third Person
Section 11-805 - Deposit or Pledge With Third Person
Section 11-806 - Debt of Consignee Due Purchaser or Pledgee
Section 11-807 - Legal and Equitable Rights of Owner Against Consignee Not Affected
Section 11-808 - Consignment or Disposal of Agricultural Products
Section 11-809 - Conversion by Consignee
Section 11-810 - Sale of Consigned Goods -- Failure to Account