Tex. Bus. & Com. Code Section 7.304
Tangible Bills of Lading in Set

(a)

Except as customary in international transportation, a tangible bill of lading may not be issued in a set of parts. The issuer is liable for damages caused by violation of this subsection.

(b)

If a tangible bill of lading is lawfully issued in a set of parts, each of which contains an identification code and is expressed to be valid only if the goods have not been delivered against any other part, the whole of the parts constitutes one bill.

(c)

If a tangible negotiable bill of lading is lawfully issued in a set of parts and different parts are negotiated to different persons, the title of the holder to which the first due negotiation is made prevails as to both the document of title and the goods even if any later holder may have received the goods from the carrier in good faith and discharged the carrier’s obligation by surrendering its part.

(d)

A person that negotiates or transfers a single part of a tangible bill of lading issued in a set is liable to holders of that part as if it were the whole set.

(e)

The bailee is obliged to deliver in accordance with Subchapter D against the first presented part of a tangible bill of lading lawfully issued in a set. Delivery in this manner discharges the bailee’s obligation on the whole bill.
Acts 1967, 60th Leg., p. 2343, ch. 785, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1967.
Amended by:
Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 122 (S.B. 1593), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2005.

Source: Section 7.304 — Tangible Bills of Lading in Set, https://statutes.­capitol.­texas.­gov/Docs/BC/htm/BC.­7.­htm#7.­304 (accessed Jun. 5, 2024).

7.101
Short Title 7.102
Definitions and Index of Definitions 7.103
Relation of Article to Treaty or Statute 7.104
Negotiable and Nonnegotiable Document of Title 7.105
Reissuance in Alternative Medium 7.106
Control of Electronic Document of Title 7.201
Person that May Issue a Warehouse Receipt 7.202
Form of Warehouse Receipt 7.203
Liability for Nonreceipt or Misdescription 7.204
Duty of Care 7.205
Title Under Warehouse Receipt Defeated in Certain Cases 7.206
Termination of Storage at Warehouse’s Option 7.207
Goods Must Be Kept Separate 7.208
Altered Warehouse Receipts 7.209
Lien of Warehouse 7.210
Enforcement of Warehouse’s Lien 7.302
Through Bills of Lading and Similar Documents of Title 7.303
Diversion 7.304
Tangible Bills of Lading in Set 7.305
Destination Bills 7.306
Altered Bills of Lading 7.307
Lien of Carrier 7.308
Enforcement of Carrier’s Lien 7.309
Duty of Care 7.401
Irregularities in Issue of Receipt or Bill or Conduct of Issuer 7.402
Duplicate Document of Title 7.403
Obligation of Warehouse or Carrier to Deliver 7.404
No Liability for Good Faith Delivery Pursuant to Document of Title 7.501
Form of Negotiation and Requirements of Due Negotiation 7.502
Rights Acquired by Due Negotiation 7.503
Document of Title to Goods Defeated in Certain Cases 7.504
Rights Acquired in Absence of Due Negotiation 7.505
Indorser Not Guarantor for Other Parties 7.506
Delivery Without Indorsement 7.507
Warranties on Negotiation or Delivery of Document of Title 7.508
Warranties of Collecting Bank as to Documents of Title 7.509
Adequate Compliance with Commercial Contract 7.601
Lost, Stolen, or Destroyed Documents of Title 7.602
Attachment of Goods Covered by Negotiable Document of Title 7.603
Conflicting Claims
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Accessed:
Jun. 5, 2024

§ 7.304’s source at texas​.gov