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FL Stat § 674.504 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title XXXIX - Commercial Relations|Chapter 674 - Uniform Commercial Code: Bank Deposits and Collections|Part V - Collection of Documentary Drafts (Ss. 674.501-674.504)|674.504 - Privilege of presenting bank to deal with goods; security interest for expenses.

674.504 Privilege of presenting bank to deal with goods; security interest for expenses.—(1) A presenting bank that, following the dishonor of a documentary draft, has seasonably requested instructions but does not receive them within a reasonable time may store, sell, or otherwise deal with the goods in any reasonable manner.(2) For its reasonable expenses incurred by action under subsection (1), the presenting bank has a lien upon the goods or their proceeds, which may be foreclosed in the same manner as an unpaid seller’s lien.History.—s. 1, ch. 65-254; s. 48, ch. 92-82.Note.—s. 4-504, U.C.C.
FL Stat § 677.101 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title XXXIX - Commercial Relations|Chapter 677 - Uniform Commercial Code: Documents of Title|Part I - General (Ss. 677.101-677.106)|677.101 - Short title.

677.101 Short title.—Chapter 677 shall be known and may be cited as the “Uniform Commercial Code—Documents of Title.”History.—s. 1, ch. 65-254.Note.—s. 7-101, U.C.C.
FL Stat § 677.102 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title XXXIX - Commercial Relations|Chapter 677 - Uniform Commercial Code: Documents of Title|Part I - General (Ss. 677.101-677.106)|677.102 - Definitions and index of definitions.

677.102 Definitions and index of definitions.—(1) In this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires:(a) “Bailee” means a person that by a warehouse receipt, bill of lading, or other document of title acknowledges possession of goods and contracts to deliver them.(b) “Carrier” means a person that issues a bill of lading.(c) “Consignee” means a person named in a bill of lading to which or to whose order the bill promises delivery.(d) “Consignor” means a person named in a bill of lading as the person from which the goods have been received for shipment.(e) “Delivery order” means 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.(f) “Good faith” means honesty in fact and the observance of reasonable commercial standards of fair dealing.(g) “Goods” means all things that are treated as movable for the purposes of a contract of storage or transportation.(h) “Issuer” means a bailee who issues a document of title or, in the case of an unaccepted delivery order, the person who 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, notwithstanding that the issuer received no goods or that the goods were misdescribed or that in any other respect the agent or employee violated his or her instructions.(i) “Person entitled under the document” means 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.(j) “Record” means information that is inscribed on a tangible medium or that is stored in an electronic or other medium and is retrievable in perceivable form.(k) “Shipper” means a person that enters into a contract of transportation with a carrier.(l) “Sign” means, with present intent to authenticate or adopt a record:1. To execute or adopt a tangible symbol; or2. To attach to or logically associate with the record an electronic sound, symbol, or process.(m) “Warehouse” means a person engaged in the business of storing goods for hire.(2) Definitions in other chapters applying to this chapter and the sections in which they appear are:“Contract for sale,” s. 672.106.“Lessee in ordinary course of business,” s. 680.1031.“Receipt” of goods, s. 672.103.(3) In addition, chapter 671 contains general definitions and principles of construction and interpretation applicable throughout this chapter.History.—s. 1, ch. 65-254; s. 621, ch. 97-102; s. 18, ch. 2010-131.Note.—s. 7-102, U.C.C.; supersedes s. 678.54.
FL Stat § 677.103 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title XXXIX - Commercial Relations|Chapter 677 - Uniform Commercial Code: Documents of Title|Part I - General (Ss. 677.101-677.106)|677.103 - Relation of chapter to treaty, statute, classification, or regulation.

677.103 Relation of chapter to treaty, statute, classification, or regulation.—(1) Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, this chapter is subject to any treaty or statute of the United States to the extent the treaty or statute is applicable.(2) This chapter 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 chapter. However, a 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.(3) This chapter modifies, limits, and supersedes the federal Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act, 15 U.S.C. ss. 7001, et seq., but does not modify, limit, or supersede s. 101(c) of that act, 15 U.S.C. s. 7001(c), or authorize electronic delivery of any of the notices described in s. 103(b) of that act, 15 U.S.C. s. 7003(b).(4) To the extent that there is a conflict between any provisions of the laws of this state regarding electronic transactions and this chapter, this chapter governs.History.—s. 1, ch. 65-254; s. 19, ch. 2010-131.Note.—s. 7-103, U.C.C.
FL Stat § 677.104 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title XXXIX - Commercial Relations|Chapter 677 - Uniform Commercial Code: Documents of Title|Part I - General (Ss. 677.101-677.106)|677.104 - Negotiable and nonnegotiable document of title.

677.104 Negotiable and nonnegotiable document of title.—(1) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (3), 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.(2) A document of title other than one described in subsection (1) 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.(3) 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.History.—s. 1, ch. 65-254; s. 20, ch. 2010-131.Note.—s. 7-104, U.C.C.; supersedes ss. 678.02-678.05.
FL Stat § 677.105 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title XXXIX - Commercial Relations|Chapter 677 - Uniform Commercial Code: Documents of Title|Part I - General (Ss. 677.101-677.106)|677.105 - Reissuance in alternative medium.

677.105 Reissuance in alternative medium.—(1) 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:(a) The person entitled under the electronic document surrenders control of the document to the issuer; and(b) The tangible document when issued contains a statement that it is issued in substitution for the electronic document.(2) Upon issuance of a tangible document of title in substitution for an electronic document of title in accordance with subsection (1):(a) The electronic document ceases to have any effect or validity; and(b) 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.(3) 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:(a) The person entitled under the tangible document surrenders possession of the document to the issuer; and(b) The electronic document when issued contains a statement that it is issued in substitution for the tangible document.(4) Upon issuance of an electronic document of title in substitution for a tangible document of title in accordance with subsection (3):(a) The tangible document ceases to have any effect or validity; and(b) 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.History.—s. 1, ch. 65-254; s. 21, ch. 2010-131; s. 48, ch. 2011-4.Note.—s. 7-105, U.C.C.
FL Stat § 677.106 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title XXXIX - Commercial Relations|Chapter 677 - Uniform Commercial Code: Documents of Title|Part I - General (Ss. 677.101-677.106)|677.106 - Control of electronic document of title.

677.106 Control of electronic document of title.—(1) 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.(2) A system satisfies subsection (1), and a person is deemed to have control of an electronic document of title, if the document is created, stored, and assigned in a manner that:(a) A single authoritative copy of the document exists which is unique, identifiable, and, except as otherwise provided in paragraphs (d), (e), and (f), unalterable;(b) The authoritative copy identifies the person asserting control as:1. The person to which the document was issued; or2. If the authoritative copy indicates that the document has been transferred, the person to which the document was most recently transferred;(c) The authoritative copy is communicated to and maintained by the person asserting control or its designated custodian;(d) 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;(e) 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(f) Any amendment of the authoritative copy is readily identifiable as authorized or unauthorized.History.—s. 22, ch. 2010-131.
FL Stat § 677.201 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title XXXIX - Commercial Relations|Chapter 677 - Uniform Commercial Code: Documents of Title|Part II - Warehouse Receipts: Special Provisions (Ss. 677.201-677.210)|677.201 - Persons that may issue a warehouse receipt; storage under bond.

677.201 Persons that may issue a warehouse receipt; storage under bond.—(1) A warehouse receipt may be issued by any warehouse.(2) 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.History.—s. 1, ch. 65-254; s. 23, ch. 2010-131.Note.—s. 7-201, U.C.C.; supersedes s. 678.01.
FL Stat § 677.202 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title XXXIX - Commercial Relations|Chapter 677 - Uniform Commercial Code: Documents of Title|Part II - Warehouse Receipts: Special Provisions (Ss. 677.201-677.210)|677.202 - Form of warehouse receipt; effect of omission.

677.202 Form of warehouse receipt; effect of omission.—(1) A warehouse receipt need not be in any particular form.(2) Unless a warehouse receipt provides for each of the following, the warehouse is liable for damages caused to a person injured by its omission:(a) A statement of the location of the warehouse facility where the goods are stored;(b) The date of issue of the receipt;(c) The unique identification code of the receipt;(d) A statement whether the goods received will be delivered to the bearer, to a named person, or to a named person or its order;(e) 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;(f) A description of the goods or the packages containing them;(g) The signature of the warehouse or its agent;(h) 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(i) 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.(3) A warehouse may insert in its receipt any terms that are not contrary to the provisions of this code and do not impair its obligation of delivery under s. 677.403 or its duty of care under s. 677.204. Any contrary provision is ineffective.History.—s. 1, ch. 65-254; s. 622, ch. 97-102; s. 24, ch. 2010-131.Note.—s. 7-202, U.C.C.; supersedes s. 678.02.
FL Stat § 677.203 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title XXXIX - Commercial Relations|Chapter 677 - Uniform Commercial Code: Documents of Title|Part II - Warehouse Receipts: Special Provisions (Ss. 677.201-677.210)|677.203 - Liability of nonreceipt or misdescription.

677.203 Liability of nonreceipt or misdescription.—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 such indication is true; or(2) The party or purchaser otherwise has notice of the nonreceipt or misdescription.History.—s. 1, ch. 65-254; s. 25, ch. 2010-131.Note.—s. 7-203, U.C.C.; supersedes s. 678.20.
FL Stat § 677.204 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title XXXIX - Commercial Relations|Chapter 677 - Uniform Commercial Code: Documents of Title|Part II - Warehouse Receipts: Special Provisions (Ss. 677.201-677.210)|677.204 - Duty of care; contractual limitation of warehouse’s liability.

677.204 Duty of care; contractual limitation of warehouse’s liability.—(1) 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.(2) 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 and setting forth a specific liability per article or item, value per unit of weight, or any other negotiated limitation of damages as agreed upon between the parties 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.(3) 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.(4) This section does not impair or repeal any statute which imposes a higher responsibility upon the warehouse or invalidates contractual limitations which would be permissible under this chapter.History.—s. 1, ch. 65-254; s. 623, ch. 97-102; s. 26, ch. 2010-131.Note.—s. 7-204, U.C.C.; supersedes ss. 678.03, 678.20.
FL Stat § 677.205 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title XXXIX - Commercial Relations|Chapter 677 - Uniform Commercial Code: Documents of Title|Part II - Warehouse Receipts: Special Provisions (Ss. 677.201-677.210)|677.205 - Title under warehouse receipt defeated in certain cases.

677.205 Title under warehouse receipt defeated in certain cases.—A buyer in 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.History.—s. 1, ch. 65-254; s. 27, ch. 2010-131.Note.—s. 7-205, U.C.C.
FL Stat § 677.206 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title XXXIX - Commercial Relations|Chapter 677 - Uniform Commercial Code: Documents of Title|Part II - Warehouse Receipts: Special Provisions (Ss. 677.201-677.210)|677.206 - Termination of storage at warehouse’s option.

677.206 Termination of storage at warehouse’s option.—(1) 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 by a nonnegotiable warehouse receipt 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 s. 677.210.(2) 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 (1) and s. 677.210, the warehouse may specify in the notice given under subsection (1) 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.(3) 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.(4) A warehouse shall deliver the goods to any person entitled to them under this chapter upon due demand made at any time before sale or other disposition under this section.(5) 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.History.—s. 1, ch. 65-254; s. 624, ch. 97-102; s. 28, ch. 2010-131.Note.—s. 7-206, U.C.C.; supersedes s. 678.34.
FL Stat § 677.207 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title XXXIX - Commercial Relations|Chapter 677 - Uniform Commercial Code: Documents of Title|Part II - Warehouse Receipts: Special Provisions (Ss. 677.201-677.210)|677.207 - Goods shall be kept separate; fungible goods.

677.207 Goods shall be kept separate; fungible goods.—(1) 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.(2) 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 whom overissued receipts have been duly negotiated.History.—s. 1, ch. 65-254; s. 29, ch. 2010-131.Note.—s. 7-207, U.C.C.; supersedes ss. 678.22, 678.23.
FL Stat § 677.208 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title XXXIX - Commercial Relations|Chapter 677 - Uniform Commercial Code: Documents of Title|Part II - Warehouse Receipts: Special Provisions (Ss. 677.201-677.210)|677.208 - Altered warehouse receipts.

677.208 Altered warehouse receipts.—If a blank in a negotiable 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.History.—s. 1, ch. 65-254; s. 30, ch. 2010-131.Note.—s. 7-208, U.C.C.; supersedes s. 678.13.