§ 26-1-7-101 Short title
§ 26-1-7-102 Definitions and index of definitions
§ 26-1-7-103 Relation of chapter to other laws
§ 26-1-7-104 Negotiable and nonnegotiable warehouse receipt, bill of lading, and other document of title
§ 26-1-7-105 Tangible substitute for electronic document of title
§ 26-1-7-106 Control of electronic document of title; exclusive power; control on behalf of a person
§ 26-1-7-201 Who may issue a warehouse receipt; storage under government bond
§ 26-1-7-202 Form of warehouse receipt; essential terms; optional terms
§ 26-1-7-203 Liability for nonreceipt or misdescription
§ 26-1-7-204 Duty of care; contractual limitation of warehouse’s liability
§ 26-1-7-205 Title under warehouse receipt defeated in certain cases
§ 26-1-7-206 Termination of storage at warehouse’s option
§ 26-1-7-207 Goods must be kept separate; fungible goods
§ 26-1-7-208 Altered warehouse receipts
§ 26-1-7-209 Warehouse lien
§ 26-1-7-210 Enforcement of warehouse’s lien
§ 26-1-7-301 Liability for nonreceipt or misdescription; “said to contain”; “shipper’s load and count”; improper handling
§ 26-1-7-302 Through bills of lading and similar documents
§ 26-1-7-303 Diversion; reconsignment; change of instructions
§ 26-1-7-304 Bills of lading in a set
§ 26-1-7-305 Destination bills
§ 26-1-7-306 Altered bills of lading
§ 26-1-7-307 Lien of carrier
§ 26-1-7-308 Enforcement of carrier’s lien
§ 26-1-7-309 Duty of care; contractual limitation of carrier’s liability
§ 26-1-7-401 Irregularities in issue of receipt or bill or conduct of issuer
§ 26-1-7-402 Duplicate receipt or bill; overissue
§ 26-1-7-403 Obligation of warehouse or carrier to deliver; excuse
§ 26-1-7-404 No liability for good faith delivery upon receipt or bill
§ 26-1-7-501 Form of negotiation and requirements of “due negotiation”
§ 26-1-7-502 Rights acquired by due negotiation
§ 26-1-7-503 Form of negotiation and requirements of “due negotiation”
§ 26-1-7-504 Rights acquired in the absence of due negotiation; effect of diversion; seller’s stoppage of delivery
§ 26-1-7-505 Endorser not a guarantor for other parties
§ 26-1-7-506 Delivery without endorsement; right to compel endorsement
§ 26-1-7-507 Warranties on negotiation or transfer of receipt or bill
§ 26-1-7-508 Warranties of collecting bank as to documents
§ 26-1-7-509 Receipt or bill; when adequate to comply with commercial contract
§ 26-1-7-601 Lost and missing documents
§ 26-1-7-602 Attachment of goods covered by a negotiable document
§ 26-1-7-603 Conflicting claims; interpleader
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Terms Used In Indiana Code > Title 26 > Article 1 > Chapter 7 - Documents of Title

  • Amendment: A proposal to alter the text of a pending bill or other measure by striking out some of it, by inserting new language, or both. Before an amendment becomes part of the measure, thelegislature must agree to it.
  • Attorney: includes a counselor or other person authorized to appear and represent a party in an action or special proceeding. See Indiana Code 1-1-4-5
  • Bailee: means a person that by a warehouse receipt, bill of lading, or other document of title acknowledges possession of goods and contracts to deliver them. See Indiana Code 26-1-7-102
  • Carrier: means a person that issues a bill of lading. See Indiana Code 26-1-7-102
  • Consignee: means a person named in a bill of lading to which or to whose order the bill promises delivery. See Indiana Code 26-1-7-102
  • Consignor: means a person named in a bill of lading as the person from which the goods have been received for shipment. See Indiana Code 26-1-7-102
  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
  • Delivery order: means a record that contains an order to deliver goods directed to a warehouse, carrier, or other person that in the ordinary course of business issues warehouse receipts or bills of lading. See Indiana Code 26-1-7-102
  • Dependent: A person dependent for support upon another.
  • Fraud: Intentional deception resulting in injury to another.
  • Good faith: means honesty in fact and the observance of reasonable commercial standards of fair dealing. See Indiana Code 26-1-7-102
  • Goods: means all things that are treated as movable for the purposes of a contract for storage or transportation. See Indiana Code 26-1-7-102
  • Injunction: An order of the court prohibiting (or compelling) the performance of a specific act to prevent irreparable damage or injury.
  • 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 Indiana Code 26-1-7-102
  • Judgment: means all final orders, decrees, and determinations in an action and all orders upon which executions may issue. See Indiana Code 1-1-4-5
  • Lease: A contract transferring the use of property or occupancy of land, space, structures, or equipment in consideration of a payment (e.g., rent). Source: OCC
  • 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.
  • Property: includes personal and real property. See Indiana Code 1-1-4-5
  • Settlement: Parties to a lawsuit resolve their difference without having a trial. Settlements often involve the payment of compensation by one party in satisfaction of the other party's claims.
  • Shipper: means a person that enters into a contract of transportation with a carrier. See Indiana Code 26-1-7-102
  • Statute: A law passed by a legislature.
  • Transcript: A written, word-for-word record of what was said, either in a proceeding such as a trial or during some other conversation, as in a transcript of a hearing or oral deposition.
  • Uniform Commercial Code: A set of statutes enacted by the various states to provide consistency among the states' commercial laws. It includes negotiable instruments, sales, stock transfers, trust and warehouse receipts, and bills of lading. Source: OCC
  • United States: includes the District of Columbia and the commonwealths, possessions, states in free association with the United States, and the territories. See Indiana Code 1-1-4-5
  • Warehouse: means a person engaged in the business of storing goods for hire. See Indiana Code 26-1-7-102
  • Year: means a calendar year, unless otherwise expressed. See Indiana Code 1-1-4-5