Transfer without negotiation — Us Code Code § 80106
Us Code Code § 80106 — Transfer without negotiation. Reproduced from the official United States Code, with a citation summary, verification link, and related provisions.
§ 80106. Transfer without negotiation
(a)
(b)
(c)
(A) garnishment, attachment, or execution on the goods by a creditor of the transferor; or
(B) notice to the carrier by the transferor or a purchaser from the transferor of a later purchase of the goods from the transferor.
(2) A common carrier has been notified under this subsection only if—
(A) an officer or agent of the carrier, whose actual or apparent authority includes acting on the notification, has been notified; and
(B) the officer or agent has had time, exercising reasonable diligence, to communicate with the agent having possession or control of the goods.
(Pub. L. 103–272, §1(e), July 5, 1994, 108 Stat. 1348.)
| Revised Section | Source (U.S. Code) | Source (Statutes at Large) |
|---|---|---|
| 80106(a) | 49 App.:109 (1st sentence). | Aug. 29, 1916, ch. 415, §§29 (1st sentence), 32, 33, 39 Stat. 543. |
| 49 App.:112 (1st sentence). | ||
| 80106(b) | 49 App.:113. | |
| 80106(c) | 49 App.:112 (2d–last sentences). |
In subsection (a), the words "without negotiating it" are added for clarity.
In subsection (b), the text of 49 App.:113 (last sentence) is omitted as unnecessary because of the words "the transferee may compel the transferor".
In subsection (c)(1), before clause (A), the words "also acquires the right to notify" and "by the transferor or transferee of a straight bill" are omitted as unnecessary because of the restatement.
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