Kansas § 34-245 - Failure to mark nonnegotiable or not negotiable. A nonnegotiable receipt shall be plainly printed or stamped on its face by the warehousema
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§ 34-245. Failure to mark nonnegotiable or not negotiable. A nonnegotiable receipt shall be plainly printed or stamped on its face by the warehousema
34-245. Failure to mark nonnegotiable or not negotiable. A nonnegotiable receipt shall be plainly printed or stamped on its face by the warehouseman issuing it "nonnegotiable" or "not negotiable." In case of the warehouseman's failure to do so, a holder of the receipt, or receipts, who purchased it for value, supposing it to be negotiable, may, at his option, treat such receipt as imposing upon the warehouseman the same liability he would have incurred, had the receipt been negotiable. This section shall not apply, however, to letters of memorandum, or written acknowledgment of an informal character.History: L. 1931, ch. 194, § 23; July 1.
Source: official Kansas text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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Section 34-245 ("Failure to mark nonnegotiable or not negotiable. A nonnegotiable receipt shall be plainly printed or stamped on its face by the warehousema") is part of the Kansas Statutes Annotated, the codified statutory law of Kansas. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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