West Virginia § 46-7-402 - 46-7-402. Duplicate document of title; overissue.
Full text of West Virginia West Virginia Code § 46-7-402 — 46-7-402. Duplicate document of title; overissue., with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 46-7-402. 46-7-402. 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 section 7-105. The issuer is liable for damages caused by its overissue or failure to identify a duplicate document by a conspicuous notation.
Source: official West Virginia text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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Section 46-7-402 ("46-7-402. Duplicate document of title; overissue.") is part of the West Virginia Code, the codified statutory law of West Virginia. 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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