1.    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.

Terms Used In North Dakota Code 41-07-03

  • State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the territories. See North Dakota Code 1-01-49
  • Statute: A law passed by a legislature.
  • United States: includes the District of Columbia and the territories. See North Dakota Code 1-01-49

2.    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.

3.    This chapter modifies, limits, and supersedes the federal Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act [Pub. L. 106-229; 114 Stat. 464; 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 [15 U.S.C. § 7003(b)].

4.    To the extent there is a conflict between chapter 9-16 and this chapter, this chapter governs.