2010 Pennsylvania Code
Title 13 - COMMERCIAL CODE
Chapter 27 - Remedies
2705 - Stoppage by seller of delivery in transit or otherwise.

     § 2705.  Stoppage by seller of delivery in transit or otherwise.
        (a)  General rule.--The seller may stop delivery of goods in
     the possession of a carrier or other bailee when he discovers
     the buyer to be insolvent (section 2702) and may stop delivery
     of carload, truckload, planeload or larger shipments of express
     or freight when the buyer repudiates or fails to make a payment
     due before delivery, or if for any other reason the seller has a
     right to withhold or reclaim the goods.
        (b)  When seller loses right.--As against such buyer the
     seller may stop delivery until:
            (1)  receipt of the goods by the buyer;
            (2)  acknowledgment to the buyer by any bailee of the
        goods, except a carrier, that the bailee holds the goods for
        the buyer;
            (3)  such acknowledgment to the buyer by a carrier by
        reshipment or as a warehouse; or
            (4)  negotiation to the buyer of any negotiable document
        of title covering the goods.
        (c)  Notice and compliance.--
            (1)  To stop delivery the seller must so notify as to
        enable the bailee by reasonable diligence to prevent delivery
        of the goods.
            (2)  After such notification the bailee must hold and
        deliver the goods according to the directions of the seller
        but the seller is liable to the bailee for any ensuing
        charges or damages.
            (3)  If a negotiable document of title has been issued
        for goods the bailee is not obliged to obey a notification to
        stop until surrender of possession or control of the
        document.
            (4)  A carrier who has issued a nonnegotiable bill of
        lading is not obliged to obey a notification to stop received
        from a person other than the consignor.
     (Apr. 16, 2008, P.L.57, No.13, eff. 60 days)

        2008 Amendment.  Act 13 amended subsecs. (b)(3) and (c)(3).
        Cross References.  Section 2705 is referred to in sections
     2702, 2703, 2707, 7403, 7504 of this title.