New Jersey Statutes 12A:7-305. Destination bills
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Terms Used In New Jersey Statutes 12A:7-305
- Carrier: means a person that issues a bill of lading. See New Jersey Statutes 12A: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 New Jersey Statutes 12A:7-102
- Goods: means all things that are treated as movable for the purposes of a contract for storage or transportation. See New Jersey Statutes 12A:7-102
- 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 New Jersey Statutes 12A:7-102
- person: includes corporations, companies, associations, societies, firms, partnerships and joint stock companies as well as individuals, unless restricted by the context to an individual as distinguished from a corporate entity or specifically restricted to one or some of the above enumerated synonyms and, when used to designate the owner of property which may be the subject of an offense, includes this State, the United States, any other State of the United States as defined infra and any foreign country or government lawfully owning or possessing property within this State. See New Jersey Statutes 1:1-2
12A:7-305. Destination Bills.
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 12A:7-105, may procure a substitute bill to be issued at any place designated in the request.
L.2013, c.65, s.2.