N.Y. Uniform Commercial Code 7-104 – Negotiable and Nonnegotiable Document of Title
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Section 7–104. Negotiable and Nonnegotiable Document of Title.
Terms Used In N.Y. Uniform Commercial Code 7-104
- Goods: means all things that are treated as movable for the purposes of a contract for storage or transportation. See N.Y. Uniform Commercial Code 7-102
(a) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (c), a document of title is negotiable if by its terms the goods are to be delivered to bearer or to the order of a named person.
(b) A document of title other than one described in subsection (a) is nonnegotiable. A bill of lading that states that the goods are consigned to a named person is not made negotiable by a provision that the goods are to be delivered only against an order in a record signed by the same or another named person.
(c) A document of title is nonnegotiable if, at the time it is issued, the document has a conspicuous legend, however expressed, that it is nonnegotiable.