Md. Code, Commercial Law § 18-302
This is the official text of Md. Code, Commercial Law § 18-302, part of Maryland’s Code, Commercial Law — governs commercial transactions - Maryland's version of the Uniform Commercial Code.
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§18–302.
Official statutory text
Except as provided by § 7-601 of this article, a warehouseman or his officer, agent, or employee may not issue or aid in issuing a duplicate or additional negotiable warehouse receipt for any goods:
(1) Without a conspicuous notation on its face of the word “duplicate”;
(2) With knowledge that the original warehouse receipt for the goods is outstanding and uncancelled.
(1) Without a conspicuous notation on its face of the word “duplicate”;
(2) With knowledge that the original warehouse receipt for the goods is outstanding and uncancelled.
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