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Alabama · Through Act 2026-611

Ala. Code § 7-7-507: Warranties on Negotiation or Delivery of Document of Title.

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Where this section sits in the code
  1. Title 7 Commercial Code.
  2. Article 7 Warehouse Receipts, Bills of Lading and Other Documents of Title.
  3. Part 5 Warehouse Receipts and Bills of Lading: Negotiation and Transfer.

If a person negotiates or delivers a document of title for value, otherwise than as a mere intermediary under Section 7-7-508, unless otherwise agreed, the transferor, in addition to any warranty made in selling or leasing the goods, warrants to its immediate purchaser only that:

(1) The document is genuine;

(2) The transferor does not have knowledge of any fact that would impair the document’s validity or worth; and

(3) The negotiation or delivery is rightful and fully effective with respect to the title to the document and the goods it represents.

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