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<section article="gcl" article_name="Commercial Law" number="7-202" title_number="7" title_name="Documents of Title" subtitle_number="2" subtitle_name="Warehouse Receipts; Special Provisions">
  <level label="a">
    <text>A warehouse receipt need not be in any particular form.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>Unless a warehouse receipt provides for each of the following, the warehouse is liable for damages caused to a person injured by its omission:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>A statement of the location of the warehouse facility where the goods are stored;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The date of issue of the receipt;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>The unique identification code of the receipt;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>A statement whether the goods received will be delivered to the bearer, to a named person, or to a named person or its order;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="5">
      <text>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;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="6">
      <text>A description of the goods or the packages containing them;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="7">
      <text>The signature of the warehouse or its agent;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="8">
      <text>If the receipt is issued for goods that the warehouse owns, either solely, jointly, or in common with others, a statement of the fact of that ownership; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="9">
      <text>A statement of the amount of advances made and of liabilities incurred for which the warehouse claims a lien or security interest, unless the precise amount of advances made or liabilities incurred, at the time of the issue of the receipt, is unknown to the warehouse or to its agent that issued the receipt, in which case a statement of the fact that advances have been made or liabilities incurred and the purpose of the advances or liabilities is sufficient.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>A warehouse may insert in its receipt any terms that are not contrary to the Maryland Uniform Commercial Code and do not impair its obligation of delivery under § 7-403 or its duty of care under § 7-204. Any contrary provision is ineffective.</text>
  </level>
</section>
