Chapter 17 - Warehouse Receipts
CHAPTER 17 - WAREHOUSE RECEIPTS
34-17-101. Issue of receipt for goods not received.
Awarehouseman, or any officer, agent, or servant of a warehouseman, who issuesor aids in issuing a receipt knowing that the goods for which such receipt isissued have not been actually received by such warehouseman, or are not underhis actual control at the time of issuing such receipt, shall be guilty of acrime, and upon conviction shall be punished for each offense by imprisonmentnot exceeding five (5) years, or by a fine not exceeding five thousand dollars($5,000.00), or by both.
34-17-102. Issue of receipt containing false statement.
Awarehouseman, or any officer, agent or servant of a warehouseman, whofraudulently issues or aids in fraudulently issuing a receipt for goods knowingthat it contains any false statement, shall be guilty of a crime, and uponconviction shall be punished for each offense by imprisonment not exceeding one(1) year, or by a fine not exceeding one thousand dollars ($1,000.00), or byboth.
34-17-103. Issue of unmarked duplicates; exception.
Awarehouseman, or any officer, agent, or servant of a warehouseman, who issuesor aids in issuing a duplicate or additional negotiable receipt for goodsknowing that a former negotiable receipt for the same goods or any part of themis outstanding and uncancelled, without plainly placing upon the face thereofthe word "duplicate" except in the case of a lost or destroyedreceipt after proceedings as provided for in section 14, shall be guilty of acrime and upon conviction shall be punished for each offense by imprisonmentnot exceeding five (5) years or by a fine not exceeding five thousand dollars($5,000.00), or by both.
34-17-104. Issue of receipts fraudulently stating ownership.
Wherethere are deposited with or held by a warehouseman goods of which he is owner,either solely or jointly or in common with others, such warehouseman, or any ofhis officers, agents, or servants who, knowing this ownership, issues or aidsin issuing a negotiable receipt for such goods which does not state suchownership, shall be guilty of a crime, and upon conviction shall be punishedfor each offense by imprisonment not exceeding one (1) year, or by a fine notexceeding one thousand dollars ($1,000.00), or by both.
34-17-105. Delivery of goods without obtaining negotiable receipt.
Awarehouseman, or any officer, agent, or servant of a warehouseman who deliversgoods out of the possession of such warehouseman, knowing that a negotiablereceipt the negotiation of which would transfer the right to the possession ofsuch goods, is outstanding and uncancelled, without obtaining the possession ofsuch receipt at or before the time of such delivery, shall, except in the casesprovided for in sections 14 and 36, be guilty of a crime, and upon convictionshall be punished for each offense by imprisonment not exceeding one (1) year,or by a fine not exceeding one thousand dollars ($1,000.00), or by both.
34-17-106. Fraudulent negotiation of receipt for mortgaged goods.
Anyperson who deposits goods to which he has no title, or upon which there is alien or mortgage, and who takes for such goods a negotiable receipt which heafterwards negotiates for value with intent to deceive and without disclosinghis want of title or the existence of the lien or mortgage shall be guilty of acrime, and upon conviction shall be punished for each offense by imprisonmentnot exceeding one (1) year, or by a fine not exceeding one thousand dollars($1,000.00) or by both.