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Tex. Bus. & Com. Code § 9.319

RIGHTS AND TITLE OF CONSIGNEE WITH RESPECT TO CREDITORS AND PURCHASERS

Known as the Uniform Commercial Code

The act spans §§ 1–12 (616 sections).

Applied in 2 court decisions — leading case In Re Tri-Union Development Corp. (2000)

Most recently applied in Upstream Energy Services v. Enron North America Corp. (In Re Enron North America Corp.) (July 2004)

Amended by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 414, Sec. 1.01, eff

(a) Except as otherwise provided in Subsection (b), for purposes of determining the rights of creditors of, and purchasers for value of goods from, a consignee, while the goods are in the possession of the consignee, the consignee is deemed to have rights and title to the goods identical to those the consignor had or had power to transfer.

(b) For purposes of determining the rights of a creditor of a consignee, law other than this chapter determines the rights and title of a consignee while goods are in the consignee's possession if, under this subchapter, a perfected security interest held by the consignor would have priority over the rights of the creditor.

Official source: Texas Constitution and Statutes. Reproduced from public-domain Texas statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.