Louisiana § RS 10:7-208 - Altered warehouse receipts

Full text of Louisiana Louisiana Civil Code § RS 10:7-208 — Altered warehouse receipts, with citation guidance and answers to common questions.

§ RS 10:7-208. Altered warehouse receipts

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.

Added by Acts 1978, No. 164, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1979; Acts 2009, No. 207, §3, eff. Jan. 1, 2010.

Source: official Louisiana text · Last verified 2026-08-27

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Section RS 10:7-208 ("Altered warehouse receipts") is part of the Louisiana Civil Code, the codified statutory law of Louisiana. 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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