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Miss. Code Ann. § 75-7-105

Issuance of tangible document of title as substitute for electronic document; issuance of electronic document as substitute for tangible document

Known as the Uniform Commercial Code

The act spans §§ 75–75 (480 sections).

Codes, 1942, § 41A:7-105; Laws, 1966, ch. 316, § 7-105; Laws, 2006, ch. 527, § 4; Laws, 2007, ch. 355, § 4; Laws, 2007, ch. 381, § 4, eff from and after passage (approved Mar. 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:

(1) The person entitled under the electronic document surrenders control of the document to the issuer; and

(2) The tangible document when issued contains a statement that it is issued in substitution for the electronic document.

Upon issuance of a tangible document of title in substitution for an electronic document of title in accordance with subsection (a):

The electronic document ceases to have any effect or validity; and

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.

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:

The person entitled under the tangible document surrenders possession of the document to the issuer; and

The electronic document when issued contains a statement that it is issued in substitution for the tangible document.

Upon issuance of an electronic document of title in substitution for a tangible document of title in accordance with subsection (c):

The tangible document ceases to have any effect or validity; and

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.

Current official text: Mississippi Code (LexisNexis). Digitized from the UniCourt Code Improvement Commission public-domain capture. Reproduced from public-domain Mississippi statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.