Montana § 30-7-403 Obligation Of Warehouse Or Carrier To Deliver -- Excuse

Montana Statutes

§ 30-7-403 — Obligation Of Warehouse Or Carrier To Deliver -- Excuse

Montana § 30-7-403

Title 30TRADE AND COMMERCE

Ch. 7UNIFORM COMMERCIAL CODE -- WAREHOUSE RECEIPTS, BILLS OF LADING, AND OTHER DOCUMENTS OF TITLE

Part 4Warehouse Receipts and Bills of Lading General Obligations

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Mont. Code Ann. § 30-7-403 (2026).

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30-7-403 . Obligation of warehouse or carrier to deliver -- excuse.

(1)A bailee shall deliver the goods to a person entitled under a document of title if the person complies with subsections (2) and (3), unless and to the extent that the bailee establishes any of the following:

(a)delivery of the goods to a person whose receipt was rightful as against the claimant;

(b)damage to or delay, loss, or destruction of the goods for which the bailee is not liable;

(c)previous sale or other disposition of the goods in lawful enforcement of a lien or on a warehouse's lawful termination of storage;

(d)the exercise by a seller of its right to stop delivery pursuant to 30-2-705 or by a lessor of its right to stop delivery pursuant to 30-2A-526 ;

(e)a diversion, reconsignment, or other disposition

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30-7-403 . Obligation of warehouse or carrier to deliver -- excuse. (1) A bailee shall deliver the goods to a person entitled under a document of title if the person complies with subsections (2) and (3), unless and to the extent that the bailee establishes any of the following:
(a) delivery of the goods to a person whose receipt was rightful as against the claimant;
(b) damage to or delay, loss, or destruction of the goods for which the bailee is not liable;
(c) previous sale or other disposition of the goods in lawful enforcement of a lien or on a warehouse's lawful termination of storage;
(d) the exercise by a seller of its right to stop delivery pursuant to 30-2-705 or by a lessor of its right to stop delivery pursuant to 30-2A-526 ;
(e) a diversion, reconsignment, or other disposition pursuant to 30-7-303 ;
(f) release, satisfaction, or any other fact affording a personal defense against the claimant; or
(g) any other lawful excuse.
(2) A person claiming goods covered by a document of title shall satisfy the bailee's lien if the bailee so requests or the bailee is prohibited by law from delivering the goods until the charges are paid.
(3) Unless a person claiming the goods is one against which the document of title does not confer a right under 30-7-503 (1):
(a) the person claiming under a document shall surrender possession or control of any outstanding negotiable document covering the goods for cancellation or indication of partial deliveries; and
(b) the bailee shall cancel the document or conspicuously indicate in the document the partial delivery or be liable to any person to which the document is duly negotiated.