Section 407.104. Negotiable and nonnegotiable document of title.  


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  • (1)  Except as provided in sub. (3) , a document of title is negotiable if by its terms the goods are to be delivered to bearer or to the order of a named person.
    (2)  A document of title other than one described in sub. (1) is nonnegotiable. A bill of lading that states that the goods are consigned to a named person is not made negotiable by a provision that the goods are to be delivered only against an order in a record signed by the same or another named person.
    (3)  A document of title is nonnegotiable if, at the time it is issued, the document has a conspicuous legend, however expressed, that it is nonnegotiable.