{"data":{"id":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-25-7-104","jurisdiction":"us-nc","citation":"N.C. Gen. Stat. § 25-7-104","heading":"Negotiable and nonnegotiable document of title.","body":"(a)\tExcept 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(b)\tA 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(c)\tA document of title is nonnegotiable if, at the time it is issued, the document has a conspicuous legend, however expressed, that it is nonnegotiable. (Rev., s. 3032; 1917, c. 37, ss. 4, 7; 1919, c. 65, ss. 3, 6, 7; C.S., ss. 285, 288, 289, 4044, 4045; 1965, c. 700, s. 1; 2006-112, s. 25.)","path":["Chapter 25. Uniform Commercial Code.","Article 7. Documents of Title.","Part 1. General."],"source_url":"https://www.ncleg.gov/EnactedLegislation/Statutes/HTML/BySection/Chapter_25/GS_25-7-104.html","current_through":"S.L. 2026-30","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T17:58:47Z","sha256":"9c259091beb42c3cc67470eb23584f266dfca2065b2333fc977fc21350a6d555","source_id":"us-nc","stale":false,"prev":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-25-7-103","next":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-25-7-105"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}