7 USC 262: Delivery of products stored on demand; conditions to delivery
Text contains those laws in effect on January 23, 2000
From Title 7-AGRICULTURECHAPTER 10-WAREHOUSES
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§262. Delivery of products stored on demand; conditions to delivery
A warehouseman conducting a warehouse licensed under this chapter, in the absence of some lawful excuse, shall, without unnecessary delay, deliver the agricultural products stored therein upon a demand made either by the holder of a receipt for such agricultural products or by the depositor thereof if such demand be accompanied with (a) an offer to satisfy the warehouseman's lien; (b) an offer to surrender the receipt, if negotiable, with such indorsements as would be necessary for the negotiation of the receipt; and (c) a readiness and willingness to sign, when the products are delivered, an acknowledgement that they have been delivered if such signature is requested by the warehouseman.