{"data":{"id":"us-dc/d.c.-code-28-7-104","jurisdiction":"us-dc","citation":"D.C. Code § 28:7-104","heading":"Negotiable and nonnegotiable document of title.","body":"(a)\nExcept as otherwise provided in subsection (c) of this section, a document of title is negotiable if by its terms the goods are to be delivered to bearer or to the order of a named person.\n\n(b)\nA document of title other than one described in subsection (a) of this section is nonnegotiable. A bill of lading that states that the goods are consigned to a named person is not made negotiable by a provision that the goods are to be delivered only against an order in a record signed by the same or another named person.\n\n(c)\nA document of title is nonnegotiable if, at the time it is issued, the document has a conspicuous legend, however expressed, that it is nonnegotiable.","path":["Title 28. Commercial Instruments and Transactions. [Enacted title]","Subtitle I. Uniform Commercial Code.","Article 7. Documents of Title.","Part 1. General."],"source_url":"https://code.dccouncil.gov/us/dc/council/code/sections/28:7-104","current_through":"2026-08-20 (D.C. Law 26-175)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-29T05:44:07Z","sha256":"4677194ec5754b778108fd9b2ac78abd87bde9e0854807533cceef9a11ae9656","source_id":"us-dc","stale":false,"prev":"us-dc/d.c.-code-28-7-103","next":"us-dc/d.c.-code-28-7-105"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}