Terms Used In New Jersey Statutes 12A:7-103

  • 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 New Jersey Statutes 12A:7-102
  • State: extends to and includes any State, territory or possession of the United States, the District of Columbia and the Canal Zone. See New Jersey Statutes 1:1-2
  • Statute: A law passed by a legislature.
12A:7-103. Relation of Chapter To Treaty or Statute.

a. This Chapter is subject to any treaty or statute of the United States or regulatory statute of this State to the extent the treaty, statute, or regulatory statute is applicable.

b. This Chapter does not modify or repeal any law prescribing the form or content of a document of title or the services or facilities to be afforded by a bailee, or otherwise regulating a bailee’s business in respects not specifically treated in this Chapter. However, violation of such a law does not affect the status of a document of title that otherwise is within the definition of a document of title.

c. This Chapter modifies, limits, and supersedes the federal Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act (15 U.S.C. § 7001, et. seq.) but does not modify, limit, or supersede section 101(c) of that act (15 U.S.C. § 7001(c)) or authorize electronic delivery of any of the notices described in section 103(b) of that act (15U.S.C. s.7003(b)).

d. To the extent there is a conflict between the Uniform Electronic Transactions Act and this Chapter, this Chapter governs.

L.2013, c.65, s.2.