Statutes > Massachusetts Statutes > PART I ADMINISTRATION OF THE GOVERNMENT > TITLE XV REGULATION OF TRADE > CHAPTER 106 UNIFORM COMMERCIAL CODE > ARTICLE 7 WAREHOUSE RECEIPTS, BILLS OF LADING AND OTHERDOCUMENTS OF TITLE > Section 7-104 Negotiable and Non-Negotiable Warehouse Receipt, Bill of Lading or other Document of Title

Section 7-104 Negotiable and Non-Negotiable Warehouse Receipt, Bill of Lading or other Document of Title

Section 7-104. (1) A warehouse receipt, bill of lading or other document of title is negotiable

(a) if by its terms the goods are to be delivered to bearer or to the order of a named person; or

(b) where recognized in overseas trade, if it runs to a named person or assigns.

(2) Any other document is non-negotiable. A bill of lading in which it is stated that the goods are consigned to a named person is not made negotiable by a provision that the goods are to be delivered only against a written order signed by the same or another named person.