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Connecticut · Through Revised to January 1, 2026 (2026 Supplement to the General Statutes of Connecticut, applied over the base revision of January 1, 2025)

Conn. Gen. Stat. § 40-53: Issue of duplicate receipts not so marked.

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  1. TITLE 40. WAREHOUSES AND WAREHOUSE RECEIPTS. TRUST RECEIPTS
  2. CHAPTER 708. UNIFORM WAREHOUSE RECEIPTS ACT
  3. PART IV. CRIMINAL OFFENSES

A warehouseman, or any officer, agent or servant of a warehouseman, who issues or aids in issuing a duplicate or additional negotiable receipt for goods knowing that a former negotiable receipt for the same goods or any part of them is outstanding and uncancelled, without plainly placing upon the face thereof the word “Duplicate”, except in the case of a lost, stolen or destroyed receipt after proceedings as provided for in subsection (a) of section 42a-7-601, shall, for each offense, be guilty of a class D felony.

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