1999 Minnesota Statutes

     336.7-202 Form of warehouse receipt; essential terms; 
  optional terms.  

    (1) A warehouse receipt need not be in any particular form. 

    (2) Unless a warehouse receipt embodies within its written 
 or printed terms each of the following, the warehouse operator 
 is liable for damages caused by the omission to a person injured 
 thereby: 

    (a) The location of the warehouse where the goods are 
 stored; 

    (b) The date of issue of the receipt; 

    (c) The consecutive number of the receipt; 

    (d) A statement whether the goods received will be 
 delivered to the bearer, to a specified person, or to a 
 specified person or the person's order; 

    (e) The rate of storage and handling charges, except that 
 where goods are stored under a field warehousing arrangement a 
 statement of that fact is sufficient on a nonnegotiable receipt; 

    (f) A description of the goods or of the packages 
 containing them; 

    (g) The signature of the warehouse operator, which may be 
 made by an authorized agent; 

    (h) If the receipt is issued for goods of which the 
 warehouse operator is owner, either solely or jointly or in 
 common with others, the fact of such ownership; and 

    (i) A statement of the amount of advances made and of 
 liabilities incurred for which the warehouse operator claims a 
 lien or security interest (section 336.7-209).  If the precise 
 amount of such advances made or of such liabilities incurred is, 
 at the time of the issue of the receipt, unknown to the 
 warehouse operator or to the warehouse operator's agent who 
 issues it, a statement of the fact that advances have been made 
 or liabilities incurred and the purpose thereof is sufficient.  

    (3) A warehouse operator may insert in the receipt any 
 other terms which are not contrary to the provisions of this 
 chapter and do not impair the warehouse operator's obligation of 
 delivery (section 336.7-403) or duty of care (section 
 336.7-204).  Any contrary provisions shall be ineffective. 

    HIST: 1965 c 811 s 336.7-202; 1986 c 444