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...(A) Nothing in sections 1306.01 to 1306.23 of the Revised Code shall be construed to require the general assembly, any legislative agency, the supreme court, the other courts of record in this state, or any judicial agency to use or permit the use of electronic records and electronic signatures. (B) The general assembly and the supreme court may adopt rules pertaining to the use of electronic records and electronic ...

...rds, or electronic transactions are not public records for purposes of section 149.43 of the Revised Code.

...Short title [UCC 7-101] (A) This chapter may be cited as "Uniform Commercial Code, documents of title." (B) This chapter uses the numbering system of the national conference of commissioners on uniform state laws. The digits to the right of the decimal point are sequential and not supplemental to any preceding Revised Code section.

...Definitions and index of definitions [UCC 7-102] (A) As used in sections 1307.101 to 1307.603 of the Revised Code, unless the context otherwise requires: (1) "Bailee" means a person that by a warehouse receipt, bill of lading, or other document of the title acknowledges possession of goods and contracts to deliver them. (2) "Carrier" means a person that issues a bill of lading. (3) "Consignee" means a person...

...Relation of Chapter 1307. of the Revised Code to treaty or statute [UCC 7-103] (A) Sections 1307.101 to 1307.603 of the Revised Code are subject to any treaty or statute of the United States or regulatory statute of this state to the extent the treaty, statute, or regulatory statute is applicable. (B) Sections 1307.101 to 1307.603 of the Revised Code do not modify or repeal any law prescribing the form or con...

...Negotiable and nonnegotiable document of title [UCC 7-104] (A) Except as otherwise provided in division (C) of this section, a document of title is negotiable if by its terms the goods are to be delivered to bearer or to the order of a named person. (B) A document of title other than one described in division (A) of this section is nonnegotiable. A bill of lading that states that the goods are consigned to a...

...Reissuance in alternative medium [UCC 7-105] (A) Upon request of a person entitled under an electronic document of title, the issuer of the electronic document may issue a tangible document of title as a substitute for the electronic document if: (1) The person entitled under the electronic document surrenders control of the document to the issuer; and (2) The tangible document when issued contains a statemen...

...Control of electronic document of title [UCC 7-106] (A) A person has control of an electronic document of title if a system employed for evidencing the transfer of interests in the electronic document reliably establishes that person as the person to which the electronic document was issued or transferred. (B) A system satisfies division (A) of this section, and a person is deemed to have control of an electr...

...Person that may issue a warehouse receipt; storage under bond [UCC 7-201] (A) A warehouse receipt may be issued by any warehouse. (B) If goods, including distilled spirits and agricultural commodities, are stored under a statute requiring a bond against withdrawal or a license for the issuance of receipts in the nature of warehouse receipts, a receipt issued for the goods is deemed to be a warehouse receipt e...

...Form of warehouse receipt; effect of omission [UCC 7-202] (A) A warehouse receipt need not be in any particular form. (B) Unless a warehouse receipt provides for each of the following, the warehouse is liable for damages caused to a person injured by its omission: (1) A statement of the location of the warehouse facility where the goods are stored; (2) The date of issue of the receipt; (3) The unique identi...

...Liability for nonreceipt or misdescription [UCC 7-203] A party to or purchaser for value in good faith of a document of title, other than a bill of lading, that relies upon the description of the goods in the document may recover from the issuer damages caused by the nonreceipt or misdescription of the goods, except to the extent that: (A) The document conspicuously indicates that the issuer does not know wh...

...Duty of care; contractual limitation of warehouse's liability [UCC 7-204] (A) A warehouse is liable for damages for loss of or injury to the goods caused by its failure to exercise care with regard to the goods that a reasonably careful person would exercise under similar circumstances. Unless otherwise agreed, the warehouse is not liable for damages that could not have been avoided by the exercise of that ca...

...Title under warehouse receipt defeated in certain cases [UCC 7-205] A buyer in ordinary course of business of fungible goods sold and delivered by a warehouse that is also in the business of buying and selling such goods takes the goods free of any claim under a warehouse receipt even if the receipt is negotiable and has been duly negotiated.

...goods are not removed, may sell them at public sale held not less than one week after a single advertisement or posting. (C) If, as a result of a quality or condition of the goods of which the warehouse did not have notice at the time of deposit, the goods are a hazard to other property, the warehouse facilities, or other persons, the warehouse may sell the goods at public or private sale without advertisement ...

...Goods must be kept separate; fungible goods [UCC 7-207] (A) Unless the warehouse receipt provides otherwise, a warehouse shall keep separate the goods covered by each receipt so as to permit at all times identification and delivery of those goods. However, different lots of fungible goods may be commingled. (B) If different lots of fungible goods are commingled, the goods are owned in common by the persons e...

...Altered warehouse receipts [UCC 7-208] If a blank in a negotiable tangible warehouse receipt has been filled in without authority, a good-faith purchaser for value and without notice of the lack of authority may treat the insertion as authorized. Any other unauthorized alteration leaves any tangible or electronic warehouse receipt enforceable against the issuer according to its original tenor.

...Lien of warehouse [UCC 7-209] (A) A warehouse has a lien against the bailor on the goods covered by a warehouse receipt or storage agreement or on the proceeds thereof in its possession for charges for storage or transportation, including demurrage and terminal charges, insurance, labor, or other charges, present or future, in relation to the goods, and for expenses necessary for preservation of the goods or ...

...ill be advertised for sale and sold by auction at a specified time and place. (3) The sale must conform to the terms of the notification. (4) The sale must be held at the nearest suitable place to where the goods are held or stored. (5) After the expiration of the time given in the notification, an advertisement of the sale must be published once a week for two weeks consecutively in a newspaper of general c...

...Liability for nonreceipt or misdescription; "said to contain"; "shipper's weight, load, and count"; improper handling [UCC 7-301] (A) A consignee of a nonnegotiable bill of lading which has given value in good faith, or a holder to which a negotiable bill has been duly negotiated, relying upon the description of the goods in the bill or upon the date shown in the bill, may recover from the issuer damages caus...

...Through bills of lading and similar documents of title [UCC 7-302] (A) The issuer of a through bill of lading, or other document of title embodying an undertaking to be performed in part by a person acting as its agent or by a performing carrier, is liable to any person entitled to recover on the bill or other document for any breach by the other person or the performing carrier of its obligation under the bi...

...Diversion; reconsignment; change of instructions [UCC 7-303] (A) Unless the bill of lading otherwise provides, a carrier may deliver the goods to a person or destination other than that stated in the bill or may otherwise dispose of the goods, without liability for misdelivery, on instructions from: (1) the holder of a negotiable bill; (2) the consignor on a nonnegotiable bill, even if the consignee has give...

...Tangible bills of lading in a set [UCC 7-304] (A) Except as customary in international transportation, a tangible bill of lading may not be issued in a set of parts. The issuer is liable for damages caused by violation of this division. (B) If a tangible bill of lading is lawfully issued in a set of parts, each of which contains an identification code and is expressed to be valid only if the goods have not bee...

...Destination bills [UCC 7-305] (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 the carrier to control the goods while in transit and on surrender of possession or control of any outstan...

...Altered bills of lading [UCC 7-306] An unauthorized alteration or filling in of a blank in a bill of lading leaves the bill enforceable according to its original tenor.

...Lien of carrier [UCC 7-307] (A) A carrier has a lien on the goods covered by a bill of lading or on the proceeds thereof in its possession for charges after the date of the carrier's receipt of the goods for storage or transportation, including demurrage and terminal charges, and for expenses necessary for preservation of the goods incident to their transportation or reasonably incurred in their sale pursuant ...