2019 Revised Code of Washington
Title 62A - Uniform Commercial Code
Chapter 62A.7 - Warehouse Receipts, Bills of Lading and Other Documents of Title.
62A.7-402 Duplicate document of title; overissue.
RCW 62A.7-402 Duplicate document of title; overissue.
A duplicate or any other document of title purporting to cover goods already represented by an outstanding document of the same issuer does not confer any right in the goods, except as provided in the case of tangible bills of lading in a set of parts, overissue of documents for fungible goods, substitutes for lost, stolen, or destroyed documents, or substitute documents issued pursuant to RCW 62A.7-105. The issuer is liable for damages caused by its overissue or failure to identify a duplicate document by a conspicuous notation.
[ 2012 c 214 § 502; 1965 ex.s. c 157 § 7-402. Cf. former RCW sections: (i) RCW 22.04.070; 1913 c 99 § 6; RRS § 3592; prior: 1886 p 121 § 5. (ii) RCW 81.32.071; 1961 c 14 § 81.32.071; prior: 1915 c 159 § 7; RRS § 3653; formerly RCW 81.32.080.]
NOTES:
Application—Savings—2012 c 214: See notes following RCW 62A.1-101.
