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Michigan Compiled Laws, Chapter 440. Uniform Commercial Code § 440.7203

Current as of January 01, 2025 | Updated by Findlaw Staff

Sec. 7203. A party to or purchaser for value in good faith of a document of title, other than a bill of lading, that relies upon the description of the goods in the document may recover from the issuer damages caused by the nonreceipt or misdescription of the goods, except to the extent that any of the following apply:

(a) The document conspicuously indicates that the issuer does not know whether all or any part of the goods in fact were received or conform to the description, such as a case in which the description is in terms of marks or labels or kind, quantity, or condition, or the receipt or description is qualified by “contents, condition, and quality unknown”, “said to contain”, or words of similar import, if the indication is true.

(b) The party or purchaser has notice of the nonreceipt or misdescription.

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