Texas Business & Commerce Code

§ 7.502 — RIGHTS ACQUIRED BY DUE NEGOTIATION

BC § 7.502Title 1. UNIFORM COMMERCIAL CODE · Ch. 7. DOCUMENTS OF TITLE · Art. E. WAREHOUSE RECEIPTS AND BILLS OF LADING: NEGOTIATION AND TRANSFER

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(a)Subject to Sections 7.205 and 7.503, a holder to which a negotiable document of title has been duly negotiated acquires thereby:

(1)title to the document;

(2)title to the goods;

(3)all rights accruing under the law of agency or estoppel, including rights to goods delivered to the bailee after the document was issued; and

(4)the direct obligation of the issuer to hold or deliver the goods according to the terms of the document free of any defense or claim by the issuer except those arising under the terms of the document or under this chapter. In the case of a delivery order, the bailee's obligation accrues only upon the bailee's acceptance of the delivery order and the obligation acquired by the holder is that the issuer and any indorser will procure the acceptance of the bailee.

(b)Subject to Section 7.503, title and rights acquired by due negotiation are not defeated by any stoppage of the goods represented by the document of title or by surrender of the goods by the bailee and are not impaired even if:

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Legislative history

Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 122 (S.B. 1593), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2005.