{"data":{"id":"us-dc/d.c.-code-28-7-404","jurisdiction":"us-dc","citation":"D.C. Code § 28:7-404","heading":"No liability for good-faith delivery pursuant to document of title.","body":"A bailee that in good faith has received goods and delivered or otherwise disposed of the goods according to the terms of a document of title or pursuant to this article is not liable for the goods even if:\n\n(1)\nThe person from which the bailee received the goods did not have authority to procure the document or to dispose of the goods; or\n\n(2)\nThe person to which the bailee delivered the goods did not have authority to receive the goods.","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/28:7-404","current_through":"2026-08-20 (D.C. Law 26-175)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-29T05:44:07Z","sha256":"a9db91a24d18eae931ceb38eb2382e576a3fdaac946897bfeae0a8ae9525d0b3","source_id":"us-dc","stale":false,"prev":"us-dc/d.c.-code-28-7-403","next":"us-dc/d.c.-code-28-7-501"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}