(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:

(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) of this section:

(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) of this section:

(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. (2006-112, s. 25.)

Terms Used In North Carolina General Statutes 25-7-105

  • 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 North Carolina General Statutes 25-7-102