# Commercial Law (GCL)

## Title 7. Documents of Title

### Subtitle 4. Warehouse Receipts and Bills of Lading: General Obligations

#### Section 7-404

A bailee that in good faith has received goods and delivered or otherwise disposed of the goods according to the terms of a document of title or pursuant to this title is not liable for the goods even if:

(1) The person from which the bailee received the goods did not have authority to procure the document or to dispose of the goods; or

(2) The person to which the bailee delivered the goods did not have authority to receive the goods.

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