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2018 Georgia Code 11-7-305 | Car Wreck Lawyer

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TITLE 11 COMMERCIAL CODE

Section 7. Warehouse Receipts, Bills of Lading, and Other Documents of Title, 11-7-101 through 11-7-603.

ARTICLE 7 WAREHOUSE RECEIPTS, BILLS OF LADING, AND OTHER DOCUMENTS OF TITLE

11-7-305. Destination bills.

  1. Instead of issuing a bill of lading to the consignor at the place of shipment, a carrier, at the request of the consignor, may procure the bill to be issued at destination or at any other place designated in the request.
  2. Upon request of any person entitled as against the carrier to control the goods while in transit and on surrender of possession or control of any outstanding bill of lading or other receipt covering such goods, the issuer, subject to Code Section 11-7-105, may procure a substitute bill to be issued at any place designated in the request.

(Code 1933, § 109A-7 - 305, enacted by Ga. L. 1962, p. 156, § 1; Ga. L. 2010, p. 481, § 1-1/HB 451.)

The 2010 amendment, effective May 27, 2010, redesignated former subsections (1) and (2) as present subsections (a) and (b), respectively; substituted "shipment, a carrier, at the request of the consignor, may" for "shipment a carrier may at the request of the consignor" in present subsection (a); and, in present subsection (b), substituted "any person" for "anyone" near the beginning, inserted "of possession or control" in the middle, and inserted ", subject to Code Section 11-7-105," near the end. See the Editor's notes for applicability.

Editor's notes.

- Ga. L. 2010, p. 481, § 3-1, not codified by the General Assembly, provides that: "This Act applies to a document of title that is issued or a bailment that arises on or after the effective date of this Act. This Act does not apply to a document of title that is issued or a bailment that arises before the effective date of this Act even if the document of title or bailment would be subject to this Act if the document of title had been issued or bailment had arisen on or after the effective date of this Act. This Act does not apply to a right of action that has accrued before the effective date of this Act." This Act became effective May 27, 2010.

Ga. L. 2010, p. 481, § 3-2, not codified by the General Assembly, provides that: "A document of title issued or a bailment that arises before the effective date of this Act and the rights, documents, and interests flowing from that document or bailment are governed by any statute or other rule amended or repealed by this Act as if such amendment or repeal had not occurred and may be terminated, completed, consummated, or enforced under that statute or other rule." This Act became effective May 27, 2010.

RESEARCH REFERENCES

Am. Jur. 2d.

- 13 Am. Jur. 2d, Carriers, § 331. 15 Am. Jur. 2d, Commercial Code, § 45.

C.J.S.

- 13 C.J.S., Carriers, § 393. 80 C.J.S., Shipping, § 260 et seq.

U.L.A.

- Uniform Commercial Code (U.L.A.) § 7-305.

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