2011 Indiana Code
TITLE 26. COMMERCIAL LAW
ARTICLE 3. WAREHOUSES
CHAPTER 2. UNIFORM WAREHOUSE RECEIPTS ACT

IC 26-3-2
Chapter 2. Uniform Warehouse Receipts Act

IC 26-3-2-1
Issuance of receipt for goods not received
Sec. 1. A warehouseman, or any officer, agent, or servant of a warehouseman, who issues a receipt, knowing that the goods for which the receipt is issued have not been actually received by the warehouseman, or are not under his actual control at the time of issuing the receipt, commits a Class D felony.
(Formerly: Acts 1921, c.100, s.50.) As amended by Acts 1978, P.L.2, SEC.2601.

IC 26-3-2-2
Issuance of false or fraudulent receipt
Sec. 2. A warehouseman, or any officer, agent or servant of a warehouseman, who fraudulently issues a receipt for goods, knowing that it contains any false statement, commits a Class A misdemeanor.
(Formerly: Acts 1921, c.100, s.51.) As amended by Acts 1978, P.L.2, SEC.2602.

IC 26-3-2-3
Issuance of duplicate or additional negotiable receipt with former receipt outstanding
Sec. 3. A warehouseman, or any officer, agent, or servant of a warehouseman, who issues a duplicate or additional negotiable receipt for goods, knowing that a former negotiable receipt for the same goods or any part of them is outstanding and uncanceled, without plainly placing upon the face thereof the word "Duplicate," except in case of a lost, stolen, or destroyed receipt, commits a Class D felony.
(Formerly: Acts 1921, c.100, s.52.) As amended by Acts 1978, P.L.2, SEC.2603.

IC 26-3-2-4
Issuance of receipt failing to show warehouseman's ownership interest
Sec. 4. If there are deposited with or held by a warehouseman goods of which he is owner, either solely or jointly, or in common with others, and if the warehouseman, or his officer, agent, or servant, knowing the ownership, issues a negotiable receipt for the goods which does not state the ownership, he commits a Class A misdemeanor.
(Formerly: Acts 1921, c.100, s.53.) As amended by Acts 1978, P.L.2, SEC.2604.

IC 26-3-2-5
Delivery of goods without canceling outstanding receipt
Sec. 5. A warehouseman, or any officer, agent, or servant of a warehouseman, who delivers goods out of the possession of the

warehouseman, knowing that a negotiable receipt, the negotiation of which would transfer the right to the possession of the goods, is outstanding and uncanceled, without obtaining the possession of the receipt at or before the time of delivery, commits a Class A misdemeanor.
(Formerly: Acts 1921, c.100, s.54.) As amended by Acts 1978, P.L.2, SEC.2605.

IC 26-3-2-6
Repealed
(Repealed by Acts 1978, P.L.2, SEC.2609.)

IC 26-3-2-7
Short title
Sec. 7. This chapter may be cited as the Uniform Warehouse Receipts Act.
(Formerly: Acts 1921, c.100, s.61.) As amended by P.L.152-1986, SEC.306.

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