§ 6A-7-208. Altered warehouse receipts.
If a blank in a negotiable tangible warehouse receipt has been filled in without authority, a good-faith purchaser for value and without notice of the lack of authority may treat the insertion as authorized. Any other unauthorized alteration leaves any tangible or electronic warehouse receipt enforceable against the issuer according to its original tenor.
History of Section.P.L. 2006, ch. 112, § 6; P.L. 2006, ch. 135, § 6.
Structure Rhode Island General Laws
Title 6A - Uniform Commercial Code
Chapter 6A-7 - Documents of Title
Part 2 - Warehouse Receipts: Special Provisions
Section 6A-7-201. - Person that may issue a warehouse receipt — Storage under bond.
Section 6A-7-202. - Form of warehouse receipt — Effect of omission.
Section 6A-7-203. - Liability for nonreceipt or misdescription.
Section 6A-7-204. - Duty of care — Contractual limitation of warehouse’s liability.
Section 6A-7-205. - Title under warehouse receipt defeated in certain cases.
Section 6A-7-206. - Termination of storage at warehouse’s option.
Section 6A-7-207. - Goods must be kept separate — Fungible goods.
Section 6A-7-208. - Altered warehouse receipts.