2017 Alaska Statutes
Title 45. Trade and Commerce
Chapter 07. Warehouse Receipts, Bills of Lading, and Other Documents of Title
Article 5. Warehouse Receipts and Bills of Lading: Negotiation and Transfer
Sec. 45.07.502. Rights acquired by due negotiation.
(a) Subject to AS 45.07.205 and 45.07.503, a holder to whom a negotiable document of title has been duly negotiated acquires by the due negotiation
(1) title to the document;
(2) title to the goods;
(3) all rights accruing under the law of agency or estoppel, including rights to goods delivered to the bailee after the document was issued; and
(4) the direct obligation of the issuer to hold or deliver the goods according to the terms of the document free of a defense or claim by the issuer except those arising under the terms of the document or under this chapter, but, in the case of a delivery order, the bailee's obligation accrues only upon the bailee's acceptance of the delivery order, and the obligation acquired by the holder is that the issuer and any endorser will procure the acceptance of the bailee.
(b) Subject to AS 45.07.503, title and rights acquired by due negotiation are not defeated by a stoppage of the goods represented by the document of title or by surrender of the goods by the bailee and are not impaired even if
(1) the due negotiation or a prior due negotiation constituted a breach of duty;
(2) a person has been deprived of possession of a negotiable tangible document or control of a negotiable electronic document by misrepresentation, fraud, accident, mistake, duress, loss, theft, or conversion; or
(3) a previous sale or other transfer of the goods or document has been made to a third person.
