Louisiana Revised Statutes 10:7-303 – Diversion; reconsignment; change of instructions
Terms Used In Louisiana Revised Statutes 10:7-303
- Bailee: means a person that by a warehouse receipt, bill of lading, or other document of title acknowledges possession of goods and contracts to deliver them. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 10:7-102
- Carrier: means a person that issues a bill of lading. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 10:7-102
- Consignee: means a person named in a bill of lading to which or to whose order the bill promises delivery. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 10:7-102
- Consignor: means a person named in a bill of lading as the person from which the goods have been received for shipment. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 10:7-102
- Goods: means all things that are treated as movable for the purposes of a contract for storage or transportation. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 10:7-102
- person: includes a body of persons, whether incorporated or not. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 1:10
(a) Unless the bill of lading otherwise provides, a carrier may deliver the goods to a person or destination other than that stated in the bill or may otherwise dispose of the goods, without liability for misdelivery, on instructions from:
(1) The holder of a negotiable bill;
(2) The consignor on a nonnegotiable bill even if the consignee has given contrary instructions;
(3) The consignee on a nonnegotiable bill in the absence of contrary instructions from the consignor, if the goods have arrived at the billed destination or if the consignee is in possession of the tangible bill or in control of the electronic bill; or
(4) The consignee on a nonnegotiable bill if the consignee is entitled as against the consignor to dispose of the goods.
(b) Unless instructions described in Subsection (a) of this Section are included in a negotiable bill of lading, a person to which the bill is duly negotiated may hold the bailee according to the original terms.
Added by Acts 1978, No. 164, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1979; Acts 2009, No. 207, §3, eff. Jan. 1, 2010.