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...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 ...

...onformity with commercially reasonable practices among dealers in the type of goods sold. A sale of more goods than apparently necessary to be offered to ensure satisfaction of the obligation is not commercially reasonable, except in cases covered by the preceding sentence. (B) Before any sale pursuant to this section, any person claiming a right in the goods may pay the amount necessary to satisfy the lien a...

...Duty of care; contractual limitation of carrier's liability [UCC 7-309] (A) A carrier that issues a bill of lading, whether negotiable or nonnegotiable, shall exercise the degree of care in relation to the goods which a reasonably careful person would exercise under similar circumstances. This division does not affect any statute, regulation, or rule of law that imposes liability upon a common carrier for dam...

...Irregularities in issue of receipt or bill or conduct of issuer [UCC 7-401] The obligations imposed by sections 1307.101 to 1307.603 of the Revised Code on an issuer apply to a document of title even if: (A) The document does not comply with the requirements of sections 1307.101 to 1307.603 of the Revised Code or of any other statute, rule, or regulation regarding its issuance, form, or content; (B) The iss...

...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...

...ies laws, but without excluding a bank acting in that capacity. (4) "Certificated security" means a security that is represented by a certificate. (5) "Clearing corporation" means: (a) A person that is registered as a "clearing agency" under the federal securities laws; (b) A federal reserve bank; or (c) Any other person that provides clearance or settlement services with respect to financial assets that wou...