57A-7-304. Tangible bills of lading in a set.
(a) Except as customary in international transportation, a tangible bill of lading may not be issued in a set of parts. The issuer is liable for damages caused by violation of this subsection.
(b) If a tangible bill of lading is lawfully issued in a set of parts, each of which contains an identification code and is expressed to be valid only if the goods have not been delivered against any other part, the whole of the parts constitutes one bill.
(c) If a tangible negotiable bill of lading is lawfully issued in a set of parts and different parts are negotiated to different persons, the title of the holder to which the first due negotiation is made prevails as to both the document of title and the goods even if any later holder may have received the goods from the carrier in good faith and discharged the carrier's obligation by surrendering its part.
(d) A person that negotiates or transfers a single part of a tangible bill of lading issued in a set is liable to holders of that part as if it were the whole set.
(e) The bailee is obliged to deliver in accordance with §§57A-7-401 to 57A-7-404, inclusive, against the first presented part of a tangible bill of lading lawfully issued in a set. Delivery in this manner discharges the bailee's obligation on the whole bill.
Source: SL 2009, ch 254, §7-304.
Structure South Dakota Codified Laws
Title 57A - Uniform Commercial Code
Chapter 07 - Documents Of Title
Section 57A-7-101 - Short title.
Section 57A-7-102 - Definitions and index of definitions.
Section 57A-7-103 - Relation of chapter to treaty or statute.
Section 57A-7-104 - Negotiable and nonnegotiable document of title.
Section 57A-7-105 - Reissuance in alternative medium.
Section 57A-7-106 - Control of electronic document of title.
Section 57A-7-201 - Person that may issue a warehouse receipt--Storage under bond.
Section 57A-7-202 - Form of warehouse receipt--Effect of omission.
Section 57A-7-203 - Liability for nonreceipt or misdescription.
Section 57A-7-204 - Duty of care--Contractual limitation of warehouse's liability.
Section 57A-7-205 - Title under warehouse receipt defeated in certain cases.
Section 57A-7-206 - Termination of storage at warehouse's option.
Section 57A-7-207 - Goods to be kept separate--Fungible goods.
Section 57A-7-208 - Altered warehouse receipts.
Section 57A-7-209 - Lien of warehouse.
Section 57A-7-210 - Enforcement of warehouse's lien.
Section 57A-7-302 - Through bills of lading and similar documents of title.
Section 57A-7-303 - Diversion--Reconsignment--Change of instructions.
Section 57A-7-304 - Tangible bills of lading in a set.
Section 57A-7-305 - Destination bills.
Section 57A-7-306 - Altered bills of lading.
Section 57A-7-307 - Lien of carrier.
Section 57A-7-308 - Enforcement of carrier's lien.
Section 57A-7-309 - Duty of care--Contractual limitation of carrier's liability.
Section 57A-7-401 - Irregularities in issue of receipt or bill or conduct of issuer.
Section 57A-7-402 - Duplicate document of title--Overissue.
Section 57A-7-403 - Obligation of bailee to deliver--Excuse.
Section 57A-7-404 - No liability for good-faith delivery pursuant to document of title.
Section 57A-7-501 - Form of negotiation and requirements of due negotiation.
Section 57A-7-502 - Rights acquired by due negotiation.
Section 57A-7-503 - Document of title to goods defeated in certain cases.
Section 57A-7-505 - Indorser not guarantor for other parties.
Section 57A-7-506 - Delivery without indorsement--Right to compel indorsement.
Section 57A-7-507 - Warranties on negotiation or delivery of document of title.
Section 57A-7-508 - Warranties of collecting bank as to documents of title.
Section 57A-7-509 - Adequate compliance with commercial contract.
Section 57A-7-601 - Lost, stolen, or destroyed documents of title.
Section 57A-7-602 - Judicial process against goods covered by negotiable document of title.
Section 57A-7-603 - Conflicting claims--Interpleader.