Florida Statutes 677.202 – Form of warehouse receipt; effect of omission
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(1) A warehouse receipt need not be in any particular form.
(2) Unless a warehouse receipt provides for each of the following, the warehouse is liable for damages caused to a person injured by its omission:
(a) A statement of the location of the warehouse facility where the goods are stored;
Terms Used In Florida Statutes 677.202
- Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
- Goods: means all things that are treated as movable for the purposes of a contract of storage or transportation. See Florida Statutes 677.102
- Liabilities: The aggregate of all debts and other legal obligations of a particular person or legal entity.
- Lien: A claim against real or personal property in satisfaction of a debt.
- Obligation: An order placed, contract awarded, service received, or similar transaction during a given period that will require payments during the same or a future period.
- person: includes individuals, children, firms, associations, joint adventures, partnerships, estates, trusts, business trusts, syndicates, fiduciaries, corporations, and all other groups or combinations. See Florida Statutes 1.01
- Warehouse: means a person engaged in the business of storing goods for hire. See Florida Statutes 677.102
(b) The date of issue of the receipt;
(c) The unique identification code of the receipt;
(d) A statement whether the goods received will be delivered to the bearer, to a named person, or to a named person or its order;
(e) The rate of storage and handling charges, unless goods are stored under a field warehousing arrangement, in which case a statement of that fact is sufficient on a nonnegotiable receipt;
(f) A description of the goods or the packages containing them;
(g) The signature of the warehouse or its agent;
(h) If the receipt is issued for goods that the warehouse owns, either solely, jointly, or in common with others, a statement of the fact of that ownership; and
(i) A statement of the amount of advances made and of liabilities incurred for which the warehouse claims a lien or security interest, unless the precise amount of advances made or liabilities incurred at the time of the issue of the receipt is unknown to the warehouse or to its agent that issued the receipt, in which case a statement of the fact that advances have been made or liabilities incurred and the purpose of the advances or liabilities is sufficient.