Effective: June 29, 2011
Latest Legislation: House Bill 9 - 129th General Assembly
Definitions and index of definitions [UCC 7-102]
(A) As used in sections 1307.101 to 1307.603 of the Revised Code, unless the context otherwise requires:
(1) "Bailee" means a person that by a warehouse receipt, bill of lading, or other document of the title acknowledges possession of goods and contracts to deliver them.
(2) "Carrier" means a person that issues a bill of lading.
(3) "Consignee" means a person named in a bill of lading to which or to whose order the bill promises delivery.
(4) "Consignor" means a person named in a bill of lading as the person from which the goods have been received for shipment.
(5) "Delivery order" means a record that contains an order to deliver goods directed to a warehouse, carrier, or other person that in the ordinary course of business issues warehouse receipts or bills of lading.
(6) "Good faith" has the same meaning as in section 1301.201 of the Revised Code.
(7) "Goods" means all things that are treated as movable for the purposes of a contract of storage or transportation.
(8) "Issuer" means a bailee that issues a document of title or, in the case of an unaccepted delivery order, the person that orders the possessor of goods to deliver. The term includes a person for which an agent or employee purports to act in issuing a document if the agent or employee has real or apparent authority to issue documents, even if the issuer did not receive any goods, the goods were misdescribed, or in any other respect the agent or employee violated the issuer's instructions.
(9) "Person entitled under the document" means the holder, in the case of a negotiable document of title, or the person to which delivery of the goods is to be made by the terms of, or pursuant to instructions in a record under, a nonnegotiable document of title.
(10) "Record" means information that is inscribed on a tangible medium or that is stored in an electronic or other medium and is retrievable in perceivable form.
(11) "Sign" means, with present intent to authenticate or adopt a record:
(a) To execute or adopt a tangible symbol; or
(b) To attach to or logically associate with the record an electronic sound, symbol, or process.
(12) "Shipper" means a person that enters into a contract of transportation with a carrier.
(13) "Warehouse" means a person engaged in the business of storing of goods for hire.
(B) As used in sections 1307.101 to 1307.603 of the Revised Code, "contract for sale" and "receipt" of goods have the meaning set forth in section 1302.01 of the Revised Code, and "lessee in the ordinary course of business" has the meaning set forth in section 1310.01 of the Revised Code.
(C) In addition, Chapter 1301. of the Revised Code contains general definitions and principles of construction and interpretation applicable throughout this chapter.
Structure Ohio Revised Code
Title 13 | Commercial Transactions
Chapter 1307 | Documents of Title
Section 1307.101 | Short Title - Ucc 7-101.
Section 1307.102 | Definitions and Index of Definitions - Ucc 7-102.
Section 1307.103 | Relation of Chapter 1307. of the Revised Code to Treaty or Statute - Ucc 7-103.
Section 1307.104 | Negotiable and Nonnegotiable Document of Title - Ucc 7-104.
Section 1307.105 | Reissuance in Alternative Medium - Ucc 7-105.
Section 1307.106 | Control of Electronic Document of Title - Ucc 7-106.
Section 1307.201 | Person That May Issue a Warehouse Receipt; Storage Under Bond - Ucc 7-201.
Section 1307.202 | Form of Warehouse Receipt; Effect of Omission - Ucc 7-202.
Section 1307.203 | Liability for Nonreceipt or Misdescription - Ucc 7-203.
Section 1307.204 | Duty of Care; Contractual Limitation of Warehouse's Liability - Ucc 7-204.
Section 1307.205 | Title Under Warehouse Receipt Defeated in Certain Cases - Ucc 7-205.
Section 1307.206 | Termination of Storage at Warehouse's Option - Ucc 7-206.
Section 1307.207 | Goods Must Be Kept Separate; Fungible Goods - Ucc 7-207.
Section 1307.208 | Altered Warehouse Receipts - Ucc 7-208.
Section 1307.209 | Lien of Warehouse - Ucc 7-209.
Section 1307.210 | Enforcement of Warehouse's Lien - Ucc 7-210.
Section 1307.302 | Through Bills of Lading and Similar Documents of Title - Ucc 7-302.
Section 1307.303 | Diversion; Reconsignment; Change of Instructions - Ucc 7-303.
Section 1307.304 | Tangible Bills of Lading in a Set - Ucc 7-304.
Section 1307.305 | Destination Bills - Ucc 7-305.
Section 1307.306 | Altered Bills of Lading - Ucc 7-306.
Section 1307.307 | Lien of Carrier -Ucc 7-307.
Section 1307.308 | Enforcement of Carrier's Lien -Ucc 7-308.
Section 1307.309 | Duty of Care; Contractual Limitation of Carrier's Liability -Ucc 7-309.
Section 1307.401 | Irregularities in Issue of Receipt or Bill or Conduct of Issuer -Ucc 7-401.
Section 1307.402 | Duplicate Document of Title; Overissue - Ucc 7-402.
Section 1307.403 | Obligation of Bailee to Deliver; Excuse - Ucc 7-403.
Section 1307.404 | No Liability for Good-Faith Delivery Pursuant to Document of Title - Ucc 7-404.
Section 1307.501 | Form of Negotiation and Requirements of Due Negotiation - Ucc 7-501.
Section 1307.502 | Rights Acquired by Due Negotiation - Ucc 7-502.
Section 1307.503 | Document of Title to Goods Defeated in Certain Cases - Ucc 7-503.
Section 1307.505 | Indorser Not Guarantor for Other Parties - Ucc 7-505.
Section 1307.506 | Delivery Without Indorsement: Right to Compel Indorsement - Ucc 7-506.
Section 1307.507 | Warranties on Negotiation or Delivery of Document of Title - Ucc 7-507.
Section 1307.508 | Warranties of Collecting Bank as to Documents of Title - Ucc 7-508.
Section 1307.509 | Adequate Compliance With Commercial Contract - Ucc 7-509.
Section 1307.601 | Lost, Stolen, or Destroyed Documents of Title - Ucc 7-601.
Section 1307.603 | Conflicting Claims; Interpleader - Ucc 7-603.