Okla. Stat. tit. 12A, § 12A-7-503

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Document of title to goods defeated in certain cases

Official statutory text

Document of Title to Goods Defeated in Certain Cases.

(a) A document of title confers no right in goods against a

person that before issuance of the document had a legal interest or

a perfected security interest in the goods and that did not:

(1) deliver or entrust the goods or any document of title

covering the goods to the bailor or the bailor’s nominee with:

(A) actual or apparent authority to ship, store or sell;

(B) power to obtain delivery under Section 7-403 of this

title; or

(C) power of disposition under Section 2-403, 2A-304(2),

2A-305(2), 1-9-320, or 1-9-321(c) of this title or

other statute or rule of law; or

(2) acquiesce in the procurement by the bailor or its nominee

of any document.

Oklahoma Statutes - Title 12A. Uniform Commercial Code Page 416

(b) Title to goods based upon an unaccepted delivery order is

subject to the rights of any person to which a negotiable warehouse

receipt or bill of lading covering the goods has been duly

negotiated. That title may be defeated under Section 7-504 of this

title to the same extent as the rights of the issuer or a transferee

from the issuer.

(c) Title to goods based upon a bill of lading issued to a

freight forwarder is subject to the rights of any person to which a

bill issued by the freight forwarder is duly negotiated. However,

delivery by the carrier in accordance with Part 4 of this article

pursuant to its own bill of lading discharges the carrier's

obligation to deliver.

Status: in_force · Read it on the official government site

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