Ch. 95                                     2004 LAWS OF MARYLAND

(B) IF THE AUTHORITATIVE COPY INDICATES THAT THE
DOCUMENT HAS BEEN TRANSFERRED, THE PERSON TO WHICH THE DOCUMENT WAS
MOST RECENTLY TRANSFERRED;

(3)     THE AUTHORITATIVE COPY IS COMMUNICATED TO AND MAINTAINED
BY THE PERSON ASSERTING CONTROL OR ITS DESIGNATED CUSTODIAN;

(4)      COPIES OR AMENDMENTS THAT ADD OR CHANGE AN IDENTIFIED
ASSIGNEE OF THE AUTHORITATIVE COPY CAN BE MADE ONLY WITH THE CONSENT
OF THE PERSON ASSERTING CONTROL;

(5)      EACH COPY OF THE AUTHORITATIVE COPY AND ANY COPY OF A COPY
IS READILY IDENTIFIABLE AS A COPY THAT IS NOT THE AUTHORITATIVE COPY; AND

(6)      ANY AMENDMENT OF THE AUTHORITATIVE COPY IS READILY
IDENTIFIABLE AS AUTHORIZED OR UNAUTHORIZED.

Subtitle 2. Warehouse Receipts; Special Provisions.
7-201.

(A)     A WAREHOUSE RECEIPT MAY BE ISSUED BY ANY WAREHOUSE.

(B)     IF GOODS, INCLUDING DISTILLED SPIRITS AND AGRICULTURAL
COMMODITIES, ARE STORED UNDER A STATUTE REQUIRING A BOND AGAINST
WITHDRAWAL OR A LICENSE FOR THE ISSUANCE OF RECEIPTS IN THE NATURE OF
WAREHOUSE RECEIPTS, A RECEIPT ISSUED FOR THE GOODS IS DEEMED TO BE A
WAREHOUSE RECEIPT EVEN IF ISSUED BY A PERSON THAT IS THE OWNER OF THE
GOODS AND IS NOT A WAREHOUSE.

7-202.

(A)     A WAREHOUSE RECEIPT NEED NOT BE IN ANY PARTICULAR FORM.

(B)     UNLESS A WAREHOUSE RECEIPT PROVIDES FOR EACH OF THE
FOLLOWING, THE WAREHOUSE IS LIABLE FOR DAMAGES CAUSED TO A PERSON
INJURED BY ITS OMISSION:

(1)      A STATEMENT OF THE LOCATION OF THE WAREHOUSE FACILITY
WHERE THE GOODS ARE STORED;

(2)     THE DATE OF ISSUE OF THE RECEIPT;

(3)      THE UNIQUE IDENTIFICATION CODE OF THE RECEIPT;

(4)      A STATEMENT WHETHER THE GOODS RECEIVED WILL BE
DELIVERED TO THE BEARER, TO A NAMED PERSON, OR TO A NAMED PERSON OR ITS
ORDER;

(5)      THE RATE OF STORAGE AND HANDLING CHARGES, UNLESS GOODS
ARE STORED UNDER A FIELD WAREHOUSING ARRANGEMENT, IN WHICH CASE A
STATEMENT OF THAT FACT IS SUFFICIENT ON A NONNEGOTIABLE RECEIPT;

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