2006 Minnesota Statutes

336.2-323 FORM OF BILL OF LADING REQUIRED IN OVERSEAS SHIPMENT;
"OVERSEAS".
(1) Where the contract contemplates overseas shipment and contains a term C.I.F. or C.& F.
or F.O.B. vessel, the seller unless otherwise agreed must obtain a negotiable bill of lading stating
that the goods have been loaded on board or, in the case of a term C.I.F. or C.& F., received for
shipment.
(2) Wherein a case within subsection (1) a tangible bill of lading has been issued in a set of
parts, unless otherwise agreed if the documents are not to be sent from abroad the buyer may
demand tender of the full set; otherwise only one part of the bill of lading need be tendered. Even
if the agreement expressly requires a full set
(a) due tender of a single part is acceptable within the provisions of this article on cure of
improper delivery (subsection (1) of section 336.2-508); and
(b) even though the full set is demanded, if the documents are sent from abroad the person
tendering an incomplete set may nevertheless require payment upon furnishing an indemnity
which the buyer in good faith deems adequate.
(3) A shipment by water or by air or a contract contemplating such shipment is "overseas"
insofar as by usage of trade or agreement it is subject to the commercial, financing or shipping
practices characteristic of international deep water commerce.
History: 1965 c 811 s 336.2-323; 2004 c 162 art 5 s 4