2023 Indiana Code
Title 26. Commercial Law
Article 3. Warehouses
Chapter 4. Illegal Issuance of Receipts
26-3-4-3. Transfer of Documents Evidencing Interest in Goods Under Foreign Warehouse Receipt; Form and Contents; Prohibition; Exceptions

Universal Citation:
IN Code § 26-3-4-3 (2023)
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Sec. 3. It shall be unlawful for any corporation, firm, limited liability company, or person, their agents or employees, to issue, sign, sell, pledge, assign or transfer, in this state, any receipt, certificate or other written instrument evidencing, or purporting to evidence, the sale, pledge, mortgage, or bailment of any goods, wares or merchandise stored or deposited, or claimed to be stored or deposited, in any warehouse, public or private, in any other state, unless such receipt, certificate or other written instrument shall plainly designate the number and location of such warehouse, and shall also set forth therein a full, true and complete copy of the receipt issued by the warehouseman operating such warehouse wherein such goods, wares, or merchandise are stored or deposited, or are claimed to be stored or deposited; however, the provisions of this section shall not apply to the issue, signing, sale, pledge, assignment, or transfer of bona fide warehouse receipt issued by the warehouseman operating public or bonded warehouses in other states according to the laws of the state wherein such warehouses may be located.

Formerly: Acts 1897, c.124, s.3. As amended by P.L.8-1993, SEC.407.

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