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...Duplicate document of title; overissue [UCC 7-402] A duplicate or any other document of title purporting to cover goods already represented by an outstanding document of the same issuer does not confer any right in the goods, except as provided in the case of tangible bills of lading in a set of parts, overissue of documents for fungible goods, substitutes for lost, stolen, or destroyed documents, or substitu...

...f the Revised Code; (6) release, satisfaction, or any other personal defense against the claimant; or (7) any other lawful excuse. (B) A person claiming goods covered by a document of title shall satisfy the bailee's lien if the bailee so requests or if the bailee is prohibited by law from delivering the goods until the charges are paid. (C) Unless the person claiming the goods is a person against which the ...

...No liability for good-faith delivery pursuant to document of title [UCC 7-404] A bailee that in good faith has received goods and delivered or otherwise disposed of the goods according to the terms of a document of title or pursuant to sections 1307.101 to 1307.603 of the Revised Code is not liable for the goods even if: (A) The person from which the bailee received the goods did not have authority to procure...

...Form of negotiation and requirements of due negotiation [UCC 7-501] (A) The following rules apply to a negotiable tangible document of title: (1) If the document's original terms run to the order of a named person, the document is negotiated by the named person's indorsement and delivery. After the named person's indorsement in blank or to bearer, any person may negotiate the document by delivery alone. (2)...

...Rights acquired by due negotiation [UCC 7-502] (A) Subject to sections 1307.205 and 1307.503 of the Revised Code, a holder to which a negotiable document of title has been duly negotiated acquires thereby: (1) title to the document; (2) title to the goods; (3) all rights accruing under the law of agency or estoppel, including rights to goods delivered to the bailee after the document was issued; and (4) th...

...ilor or the bailor's nominee with: (a) Actual or apparent authority to ship, store, or sell; (b) Power to obtain delivery under section 1307.403 of the Revised Code; or (c) Power of disposition under division (C) of section 1309.321 or section 1302.44, 1309.320, 1310.32, or 1310.33 of the Revised Code, or other statute or rule of law; or (2) Acquiesce in the procurement by the bailor or its nominee of any doc...

... rights that its transferor had or had actual authority to convey. (B) In the case of a transfer of a nonnegotiable document of title, until but not after the bailee receives notice of the transfer, the rights of the transferee may be defeated: (1) By those creditors of the transferor which could treat the transfer as void under section 1302.43 or 1310.36 of the Revised Code; (2) By a buyer from the transfero...

...Indorser not guarantor for other parties [UCC 7-505] The indorsement of a tangible document of title issued by a bailee does not make the indorser liable for any default by the bailee or previous indorsers.

...Delivery without indorsement: right to compel indorsement [UCC 7-506] The transferee of a negotiable tangible document of title has a specifically enforceable right to have its transferor supply any necessary indorsement, but the transfer becomes a negotiation only as of the time the indorsement is supplied.

...nsferor does not have knowledge of any fact that would impair the document's validity or worth; and (C) The negotiation or delivery is rightful and fully effective with respect to the title to the document and the goods it represents.

...Warranties of collecting bank as to documents of title [UCC 7-508] A collecting bank or other intermediary known to be entrusted with documents of title on behalf of another or with collection of a draft or other claim against delivery of documents warrants by the delivery of the documents only its own good faith and authority even if the collecting bank or other intermediary has purchased or made advances ag...

...dequate compliance with commercial contract [UCC 7-509] Whether a document of title is adequate to fulfill the obligations of a contract for sale, a contract for lease, or the conditions of a letter of credit is determined by sections 1302.01 to 1302.98, 1305.01 to 1305.16, and 1310.01 to 1310.78 of the Revised Code.

...onable costs and attorney's fees in any action under this division. (B) A bailee that, without a court order, delivers goods to a person claiming under a missing negotiable document of title is liable to any person injured thereby. If the delivery is not in good faith, the bailee is liable for conversion. Delivery in good faith is not conversion if the claimant posts security with the bailee in an amount at le...

...Judicial process against goods covered by negotiable document of title [UCC 7-602] Unless a document of title was originally issued upon delivery of the goods by a person that did not have power to dispose of them, a lien does not attach by virtue of any judicial process to goods in the possession of a bailee for which a negotiable document of title is outstanding unless possession or control of the document ...

...f the adverse claims or to commence an action for interpleader. The bailee may assert an interpleader either in defending an action for nondelivery of the goods or by original action.

...se sections do not apply to a right of action that has accrued before the effective date of this section.

...Savings clause [UCC 7-704] A document of title issued or a bailment that arises before the effective date of sections 1307.101 to 1307.603 of the Revised Code and the rights, obligations, and interests flowing from that document or bailment are governed by any statute or other rule amended or repealed by H.B. 9 of the 129th general assembly as if amendment or repeal had not occurred and may be terminated, com...

...lder" means a person identified in the records of a securities intermediary as the person having a security entitlement against the securities intermediary. If a person acquires a security entitlement by virtue of division (B)(2) or (3) of section 1308.51 of the Revised Code, that person is the entitlement holder. (8) "Entitlement order" means a notification communicated to a securities intermediary directing ...

...icy or endowment policy or annuity contract issued by an insurance company. (C) An interest in a partnership or limited liability company is not a security unless it is dealt in or traded on securities exchanges or in securities markets, its terms expressly provide that it is a security governed by this chapter, or it is an investment company security. However, an interest in a partnership or limited liability...

...overissue does not occur if appropriate action has cured the overissue.

...The following rules apply in an action on a certificated security against the issuer: (A) Unless specifically denied in the pleadings, each signature on a security certificate or in a necessary indorsement is admitted; (B) If the effectiveness of a signature is put in issue, the burden of establishing effectiveness is on the party claiming under the signature, but the signature is presumed to be genuine or authoriz...

...(A) The local law of the issuer's jurisdiction, as specified in division (D) of this section, governs: (1) The validity of a security; (2) The rights and duties of the issuer with respect to registration of transfer; (3) The effectiveness of registration of transfer by the issuer; (4) Whether the issuer owes any duties to an adverse claimant to a security; and (5) Whether an adverse claim can be asserted against...

...A rule adopted by a clearing corporation governing rights and obligations among the clearing corporation and its participants in the clearing corporation is effective even if the rule conflicts with this chapter and affects another party who does not consent to the rule.

...A contract or modification of a contract for the sale or purchase of a security is enforceable whether or not there is a writing signed or record authenticated by a party against whom enforcement is sought, even if the contract or modification is not capable of performance within one year of its making.

...; (3) Directly or indirectly creates fractional interests in its rights or property, if the fractional interests are represented by security certificates; or (4) Becomes responsible for, or in place of, any other person described as an issuer in this section. (B) With respect to obligations on or defenses to a security, a guarantor is an issuer to the extent of its guaranty, whether or not its obligation is noted ...