Mississippi § 75-7-502 - Rights acquired by due negotiation.

Full text of Mississippi Mississippi Code of 1972 Annotated § 75-7-502 — Rights acquired by due negotiation., with citation guidance and answers to common questions.

§ 75-7-502. Rights acquired by due negotiation.

Subject to Sections 75-7-205 and 75-7-503, a holder to which a negotiable document of title has been duly negotiated acquires thereby: Title to the document; Title to the goods; All rights accruing under the law of agency or estoppel, including rights to goods delivered to the bailee after the document was issued; and The direct obligation of the issuer to hold or deliver the goods according to the terms of the document free of any defense or claim by the issuer except those arising under the terms of the document or under this chapter. In the case of a delivery order, the bailee’s obligation accrues only upon the bailee’s acceptance of the delivery order and the obligation acquired by the holder is that the issuer and any indorser will procure the acceptance of the bailee. Subject to Section 75-7-503, title and rights acquired by due negotiation are not defeated by any stoppage of the goods represented by the document of title or by surrender of the goods by the bailee and are not impaired even if: The due negotiation or any prior negotiation constituted a breach of duty; Any person has been deprived of possession of a negotiable tangible document or control of a negotiable electronic document by misrepresentation, fraud, accident, mistake, duress, loss, theft, or conversion; or A previous sale or other transfer of the goods or document has been made to a third person.

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

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Section 75-7-502 ("Rights acquired by due negotiation.") is part of the Mississippi Code of 1972 Annotated, the codified statutory law of Mississippi. 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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