Oregon Law
Law as of Jan 1, 2026
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77.1010Short title 77.1020Definitions and index of definitions 77.1030Relation of chapter to treaty or statute 77.1040Negotiable and nonnegotiable document of title 77.1050Reissuance in alternative medium 77.1060Control of electronic document of title 77.2010Person that may issue a warehouse receipt; storage under bond 77.2020Form of warehouse receipt; effect of omission 77.2030Liability for nonreceipt or misdescription 77.2040Duty of care; contractual limitation of warehouse’s liability 77.2050Title under warehouse receipt defeated in certain cases 77.2060Termination of storage at warehouse’s option 77.2070Goods must be kept separate; fungible goods 77.2080Altered warehouse receipts 77.2090Lien of warehouse 77.2100Enforcement of warehouse’s lien 77.3010Liability for nonreceipt or misdescription; said to contain; shipper’s weight, load and count; improper handling 77.3020Through bills of lading and similar documents of title 77.3030Diversion; reconsignment; change of instructions 77.3040Bills of lading in a set 77.3050Destination bills 77.3060Altered bills of lading 77.3070Lien of carrier 77.3080Enforcement of carrier’s lien 77.3090Duty of care; contractual limitation of carrier’s liability 77.4010Irregularities in issue of receipt or bill or conduct of issuer 77.4020Duplicate document of title; overissue 77.4030Obligation of bailee to deliver; excuse 77.4040No liability for good faith delivery pursuant to document of title 77.5010Form of negotiation and requirements of due negotiation 77.5020Rights acquired by due negotiation 77.5030Document of title to goods defeated in certain cases 77.5040Rights acquired in the absence of due negotiation; effect of diversion; stoppage of delivery 77.5050Indorser not a guarantor for other parties 77.5060Delivery without indorsement; right to compel indorsement 77.5070Warranties on negotiation or delivery of document of title 77.5080Warranties of collecting bank as to documents 77.5090Adequate compliance with commercial contract 77.6010Lost, stolen or destroyed documents of title 77.6020Judicial process against goods covered by negotiable document of title 77.6030Conflicting claims; interpleader 77.6040[1961 c.726 §77.6040; 1995 c.79 §27; repealed by 2009 c.181 §116]

Chapter 77 — Warehouse Receipts, Bills of Lading and Other Documents of Title

ORS 77.3040 Bills of lading in a set

(1)

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.

(2)

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.

(3)

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.

(4)

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.

(5)

The bailee shall deliver in accordance with ORS 77.4010 to 77.4040 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.

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