Texas Statutes (Last Updated: January 4, 2014) |
BUSINESS AND COMMERCE CODE |
Title 1. UNIFORM COMMERCIAL CODE |
Chapter 7. DOCUMENTS OF TITLE |
Subchapter A. GENERAL PROVISIONS |
Sec. 7.104. NEGOTIABLE AND NONNEGOTIABLE DOCUMENT OF TITLE
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(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 , Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2005.