Texas § BC.7.104 - NEGOTIABLE AND NONNEGOTIABLE DOCUMENT OF TITLE
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§ BC.7.104. NEGOTIABLE AND NONNEGOTIABLE DOCUMENT OF TITLE
NEGOTIABLE AND NONNEGOTIABLE DOCUMENT OF TITLE. (a) A document of title is negotiable if by its terms the goods are to be delivered to bearer or to the order of a named person. (b) 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) 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. Acts 1967, 60th Leg., p. 2343, ch. 785, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1967. Amended by: Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 122 (S.B. 1593 ), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2005.
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