Pennsylvania § 7104 - Negotiable and nonnegotiable document of title.
Full text of Pennsylvania Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes § 7104 — Negotiable and nonnegotiable document of title., with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 7104. Negotiable and nonnegotiable document of title.
(a) Negotiable.--Except as otherwise provided in subsection (c), document of title is negotiable if, by its terms, the goods are to be delivered to the bearer or to the order of a named person.
(b) Nonnegotiable.--A document of title other than one described in subsection (a) is nonnegotiable. A bill of lading that states that the goods are consigned to a named person is not made negotiable by a provision that the goods are to be delivered only against an order in a record signed by the same or another named person.
(c) Legend determinative.--A document of title is nonnegotiable if, at the time it is issued, the document has a conspicuous legend, however expressed, that it is nonnegotiable.
Source: official Pennsylvania text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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Section 7104 ("Negotiable and nonnegotiable document of title.") is part of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, the codified statutory law of Pennsylvania. 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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