A duplicate or any other document of title purporting to cover goods already represented by an outstanding document of the same issuer does not confer any right in the goods, except as provided in the case of tangible bills of lading in a set of parts, overissue of documents for fungible goods, substitutes for lost, stolen, or destroyed documents, or substitute documents issued pursuant to 30-7-106. The issuer is liable for damages caused by its overissue or failure to identify a duplicate document by a conspicuous notation.
Mont. Code Ann. § 30-7-402
Duplicate receipt or bill -- overissue
Known as the Uniform Commercial Code
The act spans §§ 30–30 (713 sections).
En
Official source: Montana Code Annotated (Montana Legislature). Reproduced from public-domain Montana statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.