Revised Code of Washington - RCW Title 22 Warehousing And Deposits - Section 22.09.140 Rights and duties of licensees -- Partial withdrawal -- Adjustment or substitution of receipt -- Liability to third parties

§ 22.09.140. Rights and duties of licensees -- Partial withdrawal -- Adjustment or substitution of receipt -- Liability to third parties

(1) When partial withdrawal of his commodity is made by a depositor, the warehouseman shall make appropriate notation thereof on the depositor's nonnegotiable receipt or on other records, or, if the warehouseman has issued a negotiable receipt to the depositor, he shall claim, cancel, and replace it with a negotiable receipt showing the amount of such depositor's commodity remaining in the warehouse, and for his failure to claim and cancel, upon delivery to the owner of a commodity stored in his warehouse, a negotiable receipt issued by him, the negotiation of which would transfer the right to possession of such commodity, a warehouseman shall be liable to anyone who purchases such receipt for value and in good faith, for failure to deliver to him all the commodity specified in the receipt, whether such purchaser acquired title to the negotiable receipt before or after delivery of any part of the commodity by the warehouseman.

[1963 c 124 § 14.]

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