(a) A warehouse, by giving notice to the person on whose account the goods are held and any other person known to claim an interest in the goods, may require payment of any charges and removal of the goods from the warehouse at the termination of the period of storage fixed by the document of title or, if a period is not fixed, within a stated period not less than thirty days after the warehouse gives notice. If the goods are not removed before the date specified in the notice, the warehouse may sell them pursuant to section 7-210.
(b) If a warehouse in good faith believes that goods are about to deteriorate or decline in value to less than the amount of its lien within the time provided in subsection (a) and section 7-210, the warehouse may specify in the notice given under subsection (a) any reasonable shorter time for removal of the goods and, if the goods are not removed, may sell them at public sale held not less than one week after a single advertisement or posting.
(c) If, as a result of a quality or condition of the goods of which the warehouse did not have notice at the time of deposit, the goods are a hazard to other property, the warehouse facilities, or other persons, the warehouse may sell the goods at public or private sale without advertisement or posting on reasonable notification to all persons known to claim an interest in the goods. If the warehouse, after a reasonable effort, is unable to sell the goods, it may dispose of them in any lawful manner and does not incur liability by reason of that disposition.
(d) A warehouse shall deliver the goods to any person entitled to them under this article upon due demand made at any time before sale or other disposition under this section.
(e) A warehouse may satisfy its lien from the proceeds of any sale or disposition under this section but shall hold the balance for delivery on the demand of any person to which the warehouse would have been bound to deliver the goods.
Structure West Virginia Code
Chapter 46. Uniform Commercial Code
Article 7. Warehouse Receipts, Bills of Lading and Other Documents of Title
§46-7-102. Definitions and Index of Definitions
§46-7-103. Relation of Article to Treaty or Statute
§46-7-104. Negotiable and Nonnegotiable Document of Title
§46-7-105. Reissuance in Alternative Medium
§46-7-106. Control of Electronic Document of Title
§46-7-201. Person That May Issue a Warehouse Receipt; Storage Under Bond
§46-7-202. Form of Warehouse Receipt; Effect of Omission
§46-7-203. Liability for Nonreceipt or Misdescription
§46-7-204. Duty of Care; Contractual Limitation of Warehouse's Liability
§46-7-205. Title Under Warehouse Receipt Defeated in Certain Cases
§46-7-206. Termination of Storage at Warehouse's Option
§46-7-207. Goods Must Be Kept Separate; Fungible Goods
§46-7-208. Altered Warehouse Receipts
§46-7-210. Enforcement of Warehouse's Lien
§46-7-302. Through Bills of Lading and Similar Documents of Title
§46-7-303. Diversion; Reconsignment; Change of Instructions
§46-7-304. Tangible Bills of Lading in a Set
§46-7-306. Altered Bills of Lading
§46-7-308. Enforcement of Carrier's Lien
§46-7-309. Duty of Care; Contractual Limitation of Carrier's Liability
§46-7-401. Irregularities in Issue of Receipt or Bill or Conduct of Issuer
§46-7-402. Duplicate Document of Title; Overissue
§46-7-403. Obligation of Bailee to Deliver; Excuse
§46-7-404. No Liability for Good-Faith Delivery Pursuant to Document of Title
§46-7-501. Form of Negotiation and Requirements of Due Negotiation
§46-7-502. Rights Acquired by Due Negotiation
§46-7-503. Document of Title to Goods Defeated in Certain Cases
§46-7-504. Rights Acquired in Absence of Due Negotiation; Effect of Diversion; Stoppage of Delivery
§46-7-505. Indorser Not Guarantor for Other Parties
§46-7-506. Delivery Without Indorsement: Right to Compel Indorsement
§46-7-507. Warranties on Negotiation or Delivery of Document of Title
§46-7-508. Warranties of Collecting Bank as to Documents of Title
§46-7-509. Adequate Compliance With Commercial Contract
§46-7-601. Lost, Stolen or Destroyed Documents of Title
§46-7-602. Judicial Process Against Goods Covered by Negotiable Document of Title