§ 25-7-101 Short title
§ 25-7-102 Definitions and index of definitions
§ 25-7-103 Relation of Article to treaty or statute
§ 25-7-104 Negotiable and nonnegotiable document of title
§ 25-7-105 Reissuance in alternative medium
§ 25-7-106 Control of electronic document of title
§ 25-7-201 Person that may issue a warehouse receipt; storage under bond
§ 25-7-202 Form of warehouse receipt; effect of omission
§ 25-7-203 Liability for nonreceipt or misdescription
§ 25-7-204 Duty of care; contractual limitation of warehouse’s liability
§ 25-7-205 Title under warehouse receipt defeated in certain cases
§ 25-7-206 Termination of storage at warehouse’s option
§ 25-7-207 Goods must be kept separate; fungible goods
§ 25-7-208 Altered warehouse receipts
§ 25-7-209 Lien of warehouse
§ 25-7-210 Enforcement of warehouse’s lien
§ 25-7-301 Liability for nonreceipt or misdescription; “said to contain”; “shipper’s weight, load, and count”; improper handling
§ 25-7-302 Through bills of lading and similar documents of title
§ 25-7-303 Diversion; reconsignment; change of instructions
§ 25-7-304 Tangible bills of lading in a set
§ 25-7-305 Destination bills
§ 25-7-306 Altered bills of lading
§ 25-7-307 Lien of carrier
§ 25-7-308 Enforcement of carrier’s lien
§ 25-7-309 Duty of care; contractual limitation of carrier’s liability
§ 25-7-401 Irregularities in issue of receipt or bill or conduct of issuer
§ 25-7-402 Duplicate document of title; overissue
§ 25-7-403 Obligation of bailee to deliver; excuse
§ 25-7-404 No liability for good-faith delivery pursuant to document of title
§ 25-7-501 Form of negotiation and requirements of due negotiation
§ 25-7-502 Rights acquired by due negotiation
§ 25-7-503 Document of title to goods defeated in certain cases
§ 25-7-504 Rights acquired in absence of due negotiation; effect of diversion; stoppage of delivery
§ 25-7-505 Indorser not guarantor for other parties
§ 25-7-506 Delivery without indorsement; right to compel indorsement
§ 25-7-507 Warranties on negotiation or delivery of document of title
§ 25-7-508 Warranties of collecting bank as to documents of title
§ 25-7-509 Adequate compliance with commercial contract
§ 25-7-601 Lost, stolen, or destroyed documents of title
§ 25-7-602 Judicial process against goods covered by negotiable document of title
§ 25-7-603 Conflicting claims; interpleader
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Terms Used In North Carolina General Statutes > Chapter 25 > Article 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.
  • 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 North Carolina General Statutes 25-7-102
  • Carrier: means a person that issues a bill of lading. See North Carolina General Statutes 25-7-102
  • Consignee: means a person named in a bill of lading to whom or to whose order the bill promises delivery. See North Carolina General Statutes 25-7-102
  • Consignor: means a person named in a bill of lading as the person from whom the goods have been received for shipment. See North Carolina General Statutes 25-7-102
  • 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 North Carolina General Statutes 25-7-102
  • Dependent: A person dependent for support upon another.
  • following: when used by way of reference to any section of a statute, shall be construed to mean the section next preceding or next following that in which such reference is made; unless when some other section is expressly designated in such reference. See North Carolina General Statutes 12-3
  • Fraud: Intentional deception resulting in injury to another.
  • Goods: means all things that are treated as movable for the purposes of a contract for storage or transportation. See North Carolina General Statutes 25-7-102
  • 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 North Carolina General Statutes 25-7-102
  • 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: shall include all property, both real and personal. See North Carolina General Statutes 12-3
  • 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 North Carolina General Statutes 25-7-102
  • state: when applied to the different parts of the United States, shall be construed to extend to and include the District of Columbia and the several territories, so called; and the words "United States" shall be construed to include the said district and territories and all dependencies. See North Carolina General Statutes 12-3
  • 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: shall be construed to include the said district and territories and all dependencies. See North Carolina General Statutes 12-3
  • Warehouse: means a person engaged in the business of storing goods for hire. See North Carolina General Statutes 25-7-102