{"data":{"id":"us-wv/w.-va.-code-46-7-104","jurisdiction":"us-wv","citation":"W. Va. Code § 46-7-104","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 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":["CHAPTER 46. UNIFORM COMMERCIAL CODE.","ARTICLE 7. WAREHOUSE RECEIPTS, BILLS OF LADING AND OTHER DOCUMENTS OF TITLE."],"source_url":"https://code.wvlegislature.gov/46-7-104/","current_through":"as of 2026-08-03; contains at least the enactments of the 2026 Regular Session","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-06T00:29:51Z","sha256":"65537221b1a07f0e7f304abd63fbeec79c851f5c01c23a58f3630cac5b82ab31","source_id":"us-wv","stale":true,"prev":"us-wv/w.-va.-code-46-7-103","next":"us-wv/w.-va.-code-46-7-105"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}