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MA Gen L ch 7 § 7-102 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XV - Regulation of Trade|Chapter 106 - Uniform Commercial Code|Article 7 - Documents of Title|Section 7-102 - Definitions and Index of Definitions

Section 7–102. (a) In this article, the following words shall, unless the context clearly requires otherwise, have the following meanings:  (1) ''Bailee'', a person that by a warehouse receipt, bill of lading or other document of title acknowledges possession of goods and contracts to deliver them.  (2) ''Carrier'', a person that issues a bill of lading.  (3) ''Consignee'', a person named in a bill of lading to which or to whose order the bill promises delivery.  (4) ''Consignor'', a person named in a bill of lading as the person from which the goods have been received for shipment.  (5) ''Delivery order'', a record that contains an order to deliver goods directed to a warehouse, carrier or other person that in the ordinary course of business issues warehouse receipts or bills of lading.  (6) [Reserved]  (7) ''Goods'', all things that are treated as movable for the purposes of a contract for storage or transportation.  (8) ''Issuer'', a bailee that issues a document of title or, in the case of an unaccepted delivery order, the person that orders the possessor of goods to deliver. The term includes a person for which an agent or employee purports to act in issuing a document if the agent or employee has real or apparent authority to issue documents, even if the issuer did not receive any goods, the goods were misdescribed or, in any other respect, the agent or employee violated the issuer's instructions.  (9) ''Person entitled under the document'', the holder, in the case of a negotiable document of title, or the person to which delivery of the goods is to be made by the terms of, or pursuant to instructions in a record under, a nonnegotiable document of title.  (10) [Reserved]  (11) ''Sign'', with present intent to authenticate or adopt a record:  (A) to execute or adopt a tangible symbol; or  (B) to attach to or logically associate with the record an electronic sound, symbol or process.  For purposes of this subsection, a person may ''authenticate'' a record by: (i) signing a record that is a writing; or (ii) attaching to or logically associating with a record that is not a writing an electronic sound, symbol or process with the present intent to adopt or accept the record.  (12) ''Shipper'', a person that enters into a contract of transportation with a carrier.  (13) ''Warehouse'', a person engaged in the business of storing goods for hire.  (b) Definitions in other articles applying to this article and the sections in which they appear are:  (1) ''Contract for sale''. Section 2–106.  (2) ''Lessee in the ordinary course of business''. Section 2A–103.  (3) ''Receipt'' of goods. Section 2–103.  (c) In addition, article 1 contains general definitions and principles of construction and interpretation applicable throughout this article.
MA Gen L ch 7 § 7-103 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XV - Regulation of Trade|Chapter 106 - Uniform Commercial Code|Article 7 - Documents of Title|Section 7-103 - Relation of Article to Treaty or Statute

Section 7–103. (a) This article is subject to any treaty or statute of the United States or regulatory statute of the commonwealth to the extent the treaty, statute or regulatory statute is applicable.  (b) This article does not modify or repeal any law prescribing the form or content of a document of title or the services or facilities to be afforded by a bailee, or otherwise regulating a bailee's business in respects not specifically treated in this article. However, violation of such a law does not affect the status of a document of title that otherwise is within the definition of a document of title.  (c) This article modifies, limits and supersedes the federal Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act, sections 101 through 107 of Title 1 of Public Law 106–229, 15 U.S.C. section 7001, et. seq., but does not modify, limit or supersede section 101(c) of said act at 15 U.S.C. Section 7001(c) or authorize electronic delivery of any of the notices described in section 103(b) of said act at 15 U.S.C. Section 7003(b).  (d) To the extent there is a conflict between the Uniform Electronic Transactions Act, in sections 1 to 18, inclusive, of chapter 110G and this article, this article governs.
MA Gen L ch 7 § 7-104 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XV - Regulation of Trade|Chapter 106 - Uniform Commercial Code|Article 7 - Documents of Title|Section 7-104 - Negotiable and Nonnegotiable Document of Title

Section 7–104. (a) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (c), 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 such a document 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.
MA Gen L ch 7 § 7-105 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XV - Regulation of Trade|Chapter 106 - Uniform Commercial Code|Article 7 - Documents of Title|Section 7-105 - Reissuance in Alternative Medium

Section 7–105. (a) Upon request of a person entitled under an electronic document of title, the issuer of the electronic document may issue a tangible document of title as a substitute for the electronic document if:  (1) the person entitled under the electronic document surrenders control of the document to the issuer; and  (2) the tangible document when issued contains a statement that it is issued in substitution for the electronic document.  (b) Upon issuance of a tangible document of title in substitution for an electronic document of title in accordance with subsection (a):  (1) the electronic document ceases to have any effect or validity; and  (2) the person that procured issuance of the tangible document warrants to all subsequent persons entitled under the tangible document that the warrantor was a person entitled under the electronic document when the warrantor surrendered control of the electronic document to the issuer.  (c) Upon request of a person entitled under a tangible document of title, the issuer of the tangible document may issue an electronic document of title as a substitute for the tangible document if:  (1) the person entitled under the tangible document surrenders possession of the document to the issuer; and  (2) the electronic document when issued contains a statement that it is issued in substitution for the tangible document.  (d) Upon issuance of an electronic document of title in substitution for a tangible document of title in accordance with subsection (c):  (1) the tangible document ceases to have any effect or validity; and  (2) the person that procured issuance of the electronic document warrants to all subsequent persons entitled under the electronic document that the warrantor was a person entitled under the tangible document when the warrantor surrendered possession of the tangible document to the issuer.
MA Gen L ch 7 § 7-201 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XV - Regulation of Trade|Chapter 106 - Uniform Commercial Code|Article 7 - Documents of Title|Section 7-201 - Person That May Issue a Warehouse Receipt; Storage Under Bond

Section 7–201. (a) A warehouse receipt may be issued by any warehouse.  (b) If goods, including distilled spirits and agricultural commodities, are stored under a statute requiring a bond against withdrawal or a license for the issuance of receipts in the nature of warehouse receipts, a receipt issued for the goods is deemed to be a warehouse receipt even if issued by a person that is the owner of the goods and is not a warehouse.
MA Gen L ch 7 § 7-202 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XV - Regulation of Trade|Chapter 106 - Uniform Commercial Code|Article 7 - Documents of Title|Section 7-202 - Form of Warehouse Receipt; Effect of Omission

Section 7–202. (a) A warehouse receipt need not be in any particular form.  (b) The warehouse is liable for damages caused to a person injured by its omission, unless a warehouse receipt provides for each of the following:  (1) a statement of the location of the warehouse facility where the goods are stored;  (2) the date of issue of the receipt;  (3) the unique identification code of the receipt;  (4) a statement whether the goods received will be delivered to the bearer, to a named person or to a named person or its order;  (5) the rate of storage and handling charges, unless goods are stored under a field warehousing arrangement, in which case a statement of that fact is sufficient on a nonnegotiable receipt;  (6) a description of the goods or the packages containing such goods;  (7) the signature of the warehouse or its agent;  (8) if the receipt is issued for goods that the warehouse owns, either solely, jointly or in common with others, a statement of the fact of that ownership; and  (9) a statement of the amount of advances made and of liabilities incurred for which the warehouse claims a lien or security interest, unless the precise amount of advances made or liabilities incurred, at the time of the issue of the receipt, is unknown to the warehouse or to its agent that issued the receipt, in which case a statement of the fact that advances have been made or liabilities incurred and the purpose of the advances or liabilities is sufficient.  (c) A warehouse may insert in its receipt any terms that are not contrary to this chapter and do not impair its obligation of delivery under section 7–403 or its duty of care under section 7–204. Any contrary provision is ineffective.
MA Gen L ch 7 § 7-203 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XV - Regulation of Trade|Chapter 106 - Uniform Commercial Code|Article 7 - Documents of Title|Section 7-203 - Liability for Nonreceipt or Misdescription

Section 7–203. A party to or purchaser for value in good faith of a document of title, other than a bill of lading, that relies upon the description of the goods in the document may recover from the issuer damages caused by the nonreceipt or misdescription of the goods, except to the extent that:  (1) the document conspicuously indicates that the issuer does not know whether all or part of the goods in fact were received or conform to the description, such as a case in which the description is in terms of marks or labels or kind, quantity or condition or the receipt or description is qualified by ''contents, condition and quality unknown'', ''said to contain'' or words of similar import, if the indication is true; or  (2) the party or purchaser otherwise has notice of the nonreceipt or misdescription.
MA Gen L ch 7 § 7-204 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XV - Regulation of Trade|Chapter 106 - Uniform Commercial Code|Article 7 - Documents of Title|Section 7-204 - Duty of Care; Contractual Limitation of Warehouse's Liability

Section 7–204. (a) A warehouse is liable for damages for loss of or injury to the goods caused by its failure to exercise care with regard to the goods that a reasonably careful person would exercise under similar circumstances. Unless otherwise agreed, the warehouse is not liable for damages that could not have been avoided by the exercise of that care.  (b) Damages may be limited by a term in the warehouse receipt or storage agreement limiting the amount of liability in case of loss or damage beyond which the warehouse is not liable. Such a limitation is not effective with respect to the warehouse's liability for conversion to its own use. On request of the bailor in a record at the time of signing the storage agreement or within a reasonable time after receipt of the warehouse receipt, the warehouse's liability may be increased on part or all of the goods covered by the storage agreement or the warehouse receipt. In this event, increased rates may be charged based on an increased valuation of the goods.  (c) Reasonable provisions as to the time and manner of presenting claims and commencing actions based on the bailment may be included in the warehouse receipt or storage agreement.
MA Gen L ch 7 § 7-106 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XV - Regulation of Trade|Chapter 106 - Uniform Commercial Code|Article 7 - Documents of Title|Section 7-106 - Control of Electronic Document of Title

Section 7–106. (a) A person has control of an electronic document of title if a system employed for evidencing the transfer of interests in the electronic document reliably establishes that person as the person to which the electronic document was issued or transferred.  (b) A system satisfies subsection (a), and a person is deemed to have control of an electronic document of title, if the document is created, stored and assigned in such a manner that:  (1) a single authoritative copy of the document exists which is unique, identifiable, and, except as otherwise provided in clauses (4), (5) and (6), unalterable;  (2) the authoritative copy identifies the person asserting control as:  (A) the person to which the document was issued; or  (B) if the authoritative copy indicates that the document has been transferred, the person to which the document was most recently transferred;  (3) the authoritative copy is communicated to and maintained by the person asserting control or its designated custodian;  (4) copies or amendments that add or change an identified assignee of the authoritative copy can be made only with the consent of the person asserting control;  (5) each copy of the authoritative copy and any copy of a copy is readily identifiable as a copy that is not the authoritative copy; and  (6) any amendment of the authoritative copy is readily identifiable as authorized or unauthorized.
MA Gen L ch 7 § 7-206 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XV - Regulation of Trade|Chapter 106 - Uniform Commercial Code|Article 7 - Documents of Title|Section 7-206 - Termination of Storage at Warehouse Option

Section 7–206. (a) A warehouse, by giving notice to the person on whose account the goods are held and any other person known to claim an interest in the goods, may require payment of any charges and removal of the goods from the warehouse at the termination of the period of storage fixed by the document of title or, if a period is not fixed, within a stated period not less than 30 days after the warehouse gives notice. If the goods are not removed before the date specified in the notice, the warehouse may sell them pursuant to section 7–210.  (b) If a warehouse in good faith believes that goods are about to deteriorate or decline in value to less than the amount of its lien within the time provided in subsection (a) and section 7–210, the warehouse may specify in the notice given under subsection (a) any reasonable shorter time for removal of the goods and, if the goods are not removed, may sell them at public sale held not less than 1 week after a single advertisement or posting.  (c) If, as a result of a quality or condition of the goods of which the warehouse did not have notice at the time of deposit, the goods are a hazard to other property, the warehouse facilities or other persons, the warehouse may sell the goods at public or private sale without advertisement or posting on reasonable notification to all persons known to claim an interest in the goods. If the warehouse, after a reasonable effort, is unable to sell the goods, it may dispose of them in any lawful manner and does not incur liability by reason of that disposition.  (d) A warehouse shall deliver the goods to any person entitled to them under this article upon due demand made at any time before sale or other disposition under this section.  (e) A warehouse may satisfy its lien from the proceeds of any sale or disposition under this section but shall hold the balance for delivery on the demand of any person to which the warehouse would have been bound to deliver the goods.
MA Gen L ch 7 § 7-207 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XV - Regulation of Trade|Chapter 106 - Uniform Commercial Code|Article 7 - Documents of Title|Section 7-207 - Goods Must Be Kept Separate; Fungible Goods

Section 7–207. (a) Unless the warehouse receipt provides otherwise, a warehouse shall keep separate the goods covered by each receipt so as to permit at all times identification and delivery of those goods. However, different lots of fungible goods may be commingled.  (b) If different lots of fungible goods are commingled, the goods are owned in common by the persons entitled thereto and the warehouse is severally liable to each owner for that owner's share. If, because of overissue, a mass of fungible goods is insufficient to meet all the receipts the warehouse has issued against it, the persons entitled include all holders to which overissued receipts have been duly negotiated.
MA Gen L ch 7 § 7-208 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XV - Regulation of Trade|Chapter 106 - Uniform Commercial Code|Article 7 - Documents of Title|Section 7-208 - Altered Warehouse Receipts

Section 7–208. If a blank in a negotiable tangible warehouse receipt has been filled in without authority, a good-faith purchaser for value and without notice of the lack of authority may treat the insertion as authorized. Any other unauthorized alteration leaves any tangible or electronic warehouse receipt enforceable against the issuer according to its original tenor.
MA Gen L ch 7 § 7-301 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XV - Regulation of Trade|Chapter 106 - Uniform Commercial Code|Article 7 - Documents of Title|Section 7-301 - Liability for Nonreceipt or Misdescription; ''said to Contain''; ''shipper's Weight, Load and Count''; Improper Handling

Section 7–301. (a) A consignee of a nonnegotiable bill of lading which has given value in good faith, or a holder to which a negotiable bill has been duly negotiated, relying upon the description of the goods in the bill or upon the date shown in the bill, may recover from the issuer damages caused by the misdating of the bill or the nonreceipt or misdescription of the goods, except to the extent that the bill indicates that the issuer does not know whether any part or all of the goods in fact were received or conform to the description, such as in a case in which the description is in terms of marks or labels or kind, quantity or condition or the receipt or description is qualified by ''contents or condition of contents of packages unknown'', ''said to contain'', ''shipper's weight, load and count,'' or words of similar import, if that indication is true.  (b) If goods are loaded by the issuer of a bill of lading;  (1) the issuer shall count the packages of goods, if shipped in packages, and ascertain the kind and quantity if shipped in bulk; and  (2) words such as ''shipper's weight, load and count,'' or words of similar import indicating that the description was made by the shipper are ineffective except as to goods concealed in packages.  (c) If bulk goods are loaded by a shipper that makes available to the issuer of a bill of lading adequate facilities for weighing those goods, the issuer shall ascertain the kind and quantity within a reasonable time after receiving the shipper's request in a record to do so. In that case, ''shipper's weight'' or words of similar import are ineffective.  (d) The issuer of a bill of lading, by including in the bill the words ''shipper's weight, load and count,'' or words of similar import, may indicate that the goods were loaded by the shipper and, if that statement is true, the issuer is not liable for damages caused by the improper loading. However, omission of such words does not imply liability for damages caused by improper loading.  (e) A shipper guarantees to an issuer the accuracy at the time of shipment of the description, marks, labels, number, kind, quantity, condition and weight, as furnished by the shipper, and the shipper shall indemnify the issuer against damage caused by inaccuracies in those particulars. This right of indemnity does not limit the issuer's responsibility or liability under the contract of carriage to any person other than the shipper.
MA Gen L ch 7 § 7-302 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XV - Regulation of Trade|Chapter 106 - Uniform Commercial Code|Article 7 - Documents of Title|Section 7-302 - Through Bills of Lading and Similar Documents of Title

Section 7–302. (a) The issuer of a through bill of lading, or other document of title embodying an undertaking to be performed in part by a person acting as its agent or by a performing carrier, is liable to any person entitled to recover on the bill or other document for any breach by the other person or the performing carrier of its obligation under the bill or other document. However, to the extent that the bill or other document covers an undertaking to be performed overseas or in territory not contiguous to the continental United States or an undertaking including matters other than transportation, this liability for breach by the other person or the performing carrier may be varied by agreement of the parties.  (b) If goods covered by a through bill of lading or other document of title embodying an undertaking to be performed in part by a person other than the issuer are received by that person, the person is subject, with respect to its own performance while the goods are in its possession, to the obligation of the issuer. The person's obligation is discharged by delivery of the goods to another person pursuant to the bill or other document and does not include liability for breach by any other person or by the issuer.  (c) The issuer of a through bill of lading or other document of title described in subsection (a) is entitled to recover from the performing carrier, or other person in possession of the goods when the breach of the obligation under the bill or other document occurred:  (1) the amount it may be required to pay to any person entitled to recover on the bill or other document for the breach, as may be evidenced by any receipt, judgment or transcript of judgment; and  (2) the amount of any expense reasonably incurred by the issuer in defending any action commenced by any person entitled to recover on the bill or other document for the breach.
MA Gen L ch 7 § 7-205 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XV - Regulation of Trade|Chapter 106 - Uniform Commercial Code|Article 7 - Documents of Title|Section 7-205 - Title Under Warehouse Receipt Defeated in Certain Cases

Section 7–205. A buyer in the ordinary course of business of fungible goods sold and delivered by a warehouse that is also in the business of buying and selling such goods, takes the goods free of any claim under a warehouse receipt even if the receipt is negotiable and has been duly negotiated.