{"data":{"id":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-106-7-104","jurisdiction":"us-ma","citation":"Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 106, § 7-104","heading":"Negotiable and Nonnegotiable Document of Title","body":"Section 7–104. (a) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (c), 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(b) A document of title, other than such a document described in subsection (a), 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(c) A 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":["Part I","Title XV","Chapter 106","Article 7"],"source_url":"https://malegislature.gov/Laws/GeneralLaws/PartI/TitleXV/Chapter106/Section7-104","current_through":"amendments passed before May 31, 2026","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-17T05:22:27Z","sha256":"de0537afd9d7f960a7e42645e0c449ca7c420beb9ddbbd511ac25fecc0600b89","source_id":"us-ma","stale":false,"prev":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-106-7-103","next":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-106-7-105"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}