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La. R.S. 10:7-104

Negotiable and nonnegotiable document of title

Known as the Uniform Commercial Code

The act spans §§ 10–10 (238 sections).

Added by Acts 1978, No. 164, §1, eff

(a) Except as otherwise provided in Subsection (c) of this Section, 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 one described in Subsection (a) of this Section 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.

Official source: Louisiana State Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain Louisiana statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.