Sec. 42a-7-402. Duplicate document of title; overissue.
Sec. 42a-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 section 42a-7-105. The issuer is liable for damages caused by its overissue
or failure to identify a duplicate document by a conspicuous notation.
(1959, P.A. 133, S. 7-402; P.A. 04-64, S. 26.)
History: P.A. 04-64 amended section to adopt the 2003 Revision of Uniform Commercial Code Article 7-Documents
of Title.
See Secs. 40-53, 41-49 re issuance of duplicate receipts not marked as such.