Tennessee § 47-7-402 - Duplicate document of title — Overissue.
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§ 47-7-402. Duplicate document of title — Overissue.
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 substitute documents issued pursuant to § 47-7-105 . The issuer is liable for damages caused by its overissue or failure to identify a duplicate document by a conspicuous notation. Acts 2008, ch. 814, § 1. Compiler's Notes. This revised chapter 7 replaces former chapter 7, effective July 1, 2008. Former chapter 7, §§ 47-7-101 — 47-7-106 , 47-7-201 — 47-7-210 , 47-7-301 — 47-7-309 , 47-7-401 — 47-7-404 , 47-7-501 — 47-7-509 , 47-7-601 — 47-7-603 (Acts 1963, ch. 81, § 1 (7-101 — 7-106(1), 7-201 — 7-210, 7-301 — 7-309, 7-401 — 7-404, 7-501 — 7-509, 7-601 — 7-603); 2000, ch. 846, § 15), concerning the Uniform Commercial Code, documents of title, regarding warehouse receipts, bills of lading and other documents of title, was repealed by Acts 2008, ch. 814, § 1, effective July 1, 2008, which enacted this revised chapter 7. Effective Dates. Acts 2008, ch. 814, § 40. July 1, 2008. Cross-References. Bill of lading, § 47-1-201 . Conspicuous, § 47-1-201 . Document of title, § 47-1-201 . Document of title to goods defeated in certain cases, § 47-7-503 . Fungible goods, § 47-1-201 . Goods, § 47-7-102 . Goods must be kept separate, fungible goods, § 47-7-207 . Issuer, § 47-7-102 . Lost, stolen, or destroyed documents of title, § 47-7-601 . Reissuance in alternative medium, § 47-7-105 . Right, § 47-1-201 . Tangible bills of lading in a set, § 47-7-304 .
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