Com. Code, § 7404 · Chapter 4. Warehouse Receipts and Bills of Lading: General Obligations
Com. Code, § 7404
Text — As published in the Legislative Counsel's database, tables dated October 18, 2026 (pubinfo_2025.zip)
A bailee that in good faith has received goods and delivered or otherwise disposed of the goods according to the terms of a document of title or pursuant to this division is not liable for the goods even if:
(1) the person from which the bailee received the goods did not have authority to procure the document or to dispose of the goods; or
(2) the person to which the bailee delivered the goods did not have authority to receive the goods.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Repealed and added by Stats. 2006, Ch. 254, Sec. 49. Effective January 1, 2007.
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