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Commercial Code § 7603

CHAPTER 6. Warehouse Receipts and Bills Of Lading: Miscellaneous Provisions

Current as of September 28, 2026Com. Code, § 7603Official source ↗

Repealed and added by Stats. 2006, Ch. 254, Sec. 49. Effective January 1, 2007.

If more than one person claims title to or possession of the goods, the bailee is excused from delivery until the bailee has a reasonable time to ascertain the validity of the adverse claims or to commence an action for interpleader. The bailee may assert an interpleader either in defending an action for nondelivery of the goods or by original action.