(a) Upon request of a person entitled under an electronic document of title, the issuer of the electronic document may issue a tangible document of title as a substitute for the electronic document if:
Terms Used In Alabama Code 7-7-105
Issuer: means a bailee that issues a document of title or, in the case of an unaccepted delivery order, the person that orders the possessor of goods to deliver. See Alabama Code 7-7-102
person: includes a corporation as well as a natural person. See Alabama Code 1-1-1
(1) The person entitled under the electronic document surrenders control of the document to the issuer; and(2) The tangible document when issued contains a statement that it is issued in substitution for the electronic document.(b) Upon issuance of a tangible document of title in substitution for an electronic document of title in accordance with subsection (a):
(1) The electronic document ceases to have any effect or validity; and(2) The person that procured issuance of the tangible document warrants to all subsequent persons entitled under the tangible document that the warrantor was a person entitled under the electronic document when the warrantor surrendered control of the electronic document to the issuer.(c) Upon request of a person entitled under a tangible document of title, the issuer of the tangible document may issue an electronic document of title as a substitute for the tangible document if:
(1) The person entitled under the tangible document surrenders possession of the document to the issuer; and(2) The electronic document when issued contains a statement that it is issued in substitution for the tangible document.(d) Upon issuance of an electronic document of title in substitution for a tangible document of title in accordance with subsection (c):
(1) The tangible document ceases to have any effect or validity; and(2) The person that procured issuance of the electronic document warrants to all subsequent persons entitled under the electronic document that the warrantor was a person entitled under the tangible document when the warrantor surrendered possession of the tangible document to the issuer.
