# Commercial Law (GCL)

## Title 18. Bills of Lading and Warehouse Receipts -- Criminal Provisions

### Subtitle 3. Warehouse Receipts

#### Section 18-305

Except as provided by Sec. 7-601 of this article, a warehouseman or his officer, agent, or employee may not deliver goods out of the possession of the warehouseman:

(1) With knowledge that a negotiable warehouse receipt, the negotiation of which would transfer the right to the possession of the goods, is outstanding and uncancelled; and

(2) Without obtaining the possession of the warehouse receipt at or before the time of the delivery.

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Md. Code Ann., Com. Law (as displayed at mgaleg.maryland.gov, October 16, 2026)