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District of Columbia · Through 2026-08-20 (D.C. Law 26-175)

D.C. Code § 28:7-208: Altered warehouse receipts.

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Where this section sits in the code
  1. Title 28. Commercial Instruments and Transactions. [Enacted title]
  2. Subtitle I. Uniform Commercial Code.
  3. Article 7. Documents of Title.
  4. Part 1. General.

If a blank in a negotiable tangible warehouse receipt has been filled in without authority, a good-faith purchaser for value and without notice of the lack of authority may treat the insertion as authorized. Any other unauthorized alteration leaves any tangible or electronic warehouse receipt enforceable against the issuer according to its original tenor.

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