California Commercial Code 7305 – (a) Instead of issuing a bill of lading to the consignor at the …
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(a) Instead of issuing a bill of lading to the consignor at the place of shipment, a carrier, at the request of the consignor, may procure the bill to be issued at destination or at any other place designated in the request.
(b) Upon request of any person entitled as against a carrier to control the goods while in transit and on surrender of possession or control of any outstanding bill of lading or other receipt covering the goods, the issuer, subject to Section 7105, may procure a substitute bill to be issued at any place designated in the request.
Terms Used In California Commercial Code 7305
- Bill of lading: means a document evidencing the receipt of goods for shipment issued by a person engaged in the business of transporting or forwarding goods. See California Commercial Code 1201
- Carrier: means a person that issues a bill of lading. See California Commercial Code 7102
- Consignor: means a person named in a bill of lading as the person from which the goods have been received for shipment. See California Commercial Code 7102
- Goods: means all things that are treated as movable for the purposes of a contract for storage or transportation. See California Commercial Code 7102
- 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. See California Commercial Code 7102
- Person: means an individual, corporation, business trust, estate, trust, partnership, limited liability company, association, joint venture, government, governmental subdivision, agency, or instrumentality, or any other legal or commercial entity. See California Commercial Code 1201
(Repealed and added by Stats. 2006, Ch. 254, Sec. 49. Effective January 1, 2007.)