{"data":{"id":"us-ri/r.i.-gen.-laws-6a-7-104","jurisdiction":"us-ri","citation":"R.I. Gen. Laws § 6A-7-104","heading":"Negotiable and nonnegotiable document of title.","body":"(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 the bearer or to the order of a named person.\n(b) A document of title other than one 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":["Title 6A Uniform Commercial Code","Chapter 7 Documents of Title","Part 1 In General"],"source_url":"https://webserver.rilegislature.gov/Statutes/TITLE6A/6A-7/6A-1/6A-7-104.htm","current_through":"site files published 2025-08-13","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T18:15:34Z","sha256":"64e43910e04974064821ae425882a0674d884f4408bc4240042d07edcb769203","source_id":"us-ri","stale":true,"prev":"us-ri/r.i.-gen.-laws-6a-7-103","next":"us-ri/r.i.-gen.-laws-6a-7-105"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}