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RSA 382-A:2-705 · Seller's Stoppage of Delivery in Transit or Otherwise

Title
XXXIV-A: UNIFORM COMMERCIAL CODE
Chapter
382-A · UNIFORM COMMERCIAL CODE
Status
current
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382-A:2-705 Seller's Stoppage of Delivery in Transit or Otherwise. –

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(1)

The seller may stop delivery of goods in the possession of a carrier or other bailee when he discovers the buyer to be insolvent (Section 2-702) and may stop delivery of carload, truckload, planeload or larger shipments of express or freight when the buyer repudiates or fails to make a payment due before delivery or if for any other reason the seller has a right to withhold or reclaim the goods.

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(2)

As against such buyer the seller may stop delivery until

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(a)

receipt of the goods by the buyer; or

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(b)

acknowledgment to the buyer by any bailee of the goods except a carrier that the bailee holds the goods for the buyer; or

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(c)

such acknowledgment to the buyer by a carrier by reshipment or as a warehouse; or

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(d)

negotiation to the buyer of any negotiable document of title covering the goods. (3)(a) To stop delivery the seller must so notify as to enable the bailee by reasonable diligence to prevent delivery of the goods.

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(b)

After such notification the bailee must hold and deliver the goods according to the directions of the seller but the seller is liable to the bailee for any ensuing charges or damages.

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(c)

If a negotiable document of title has been issued for goods the bailee is not obliged to obey a notification to stop until surrender of possession or control of the document.

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(d)

A carrier who has issued a non-negotiable bill of lading is not obliged to obey a notification to stop received from a person other than the consignor. Source. 1959, 247:1. 2006, 169:28, eff. Jan. 1, 2007.

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Source note

Source. 1959, 247:1. 2006, 169:28, eff. Jan. 1, 2007.

Source history

  • 1959, 247:1
  • 2006, 169:28, eff. Jan. 1, 2007

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  • 2026 HB1066-FN reference

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  • 2026 HB1748 reference · effective 2027-01-01

    V. Any mortgage, pledge, or security interest made by the authority under this chapter shall be valid and binding and shall be deemed continuously perfected for the purposes of RSA 382-A and all other laws from the time when the mortgage, pledge, or security interest is made. The property or revenues so mortgaged, pledged, or subjected to a security interest then held or thereafter acquired or received

  • 2026 HB1748-FN reference · effective 2027-01-01

    V. Any mortgage, pledge, or security interest made by the authority under this chapter shall be valid and binding and shall be deemed continuously perfected for the purposes of RSA 382-A and all other laws from the time when the mortgage, pledge, or security interest is made. The property or revenues so mortgaged, pledged, or subjected to a security interest then held or thereafter acquired or received

  • 2026 SB56 reference · effective 2031-07-01

    rfected from the time when the security document is executed with or without any subsequent physical delivery or segregation of the money and without any filing or recording under RSA 382-A or otherwise] A pledge of property, revenues, or other collateral by the authority to secure the payment of principal or redemption price of, or interest on, any bonds, or any reimbursement or similar agreement with any