Texas Business & Commerce Code

§ 251.001 — DEFINITIONS

BC § 251.001Title 7. RECEIPTS, DOCUMENTS OF TITLE, AND OTHER INSTRUMENTS · Ch. 251. WAREHOUSE RECEIPTS

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In this chapter:

(1)"Goods" means all things treated as movable for purposes of a contract of storage or transportation.

(2)"Issue" includes aiding in the issuance of a warehouse receipt.

(3)"Warehouse receipt" means a receipt issued by a warehouseman.

(4)"Warehouseman" means a person engaged in the business of storing goods for hire. The term includes an officer, agent, or employee of a warehouseman.

Legislative history

Added by Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 885 (H.B. 2278), Sec. 2.01, eff. April 1, 2009.