7-7-307
Section 7-7-307 Lien of carrier. (a) A carrier has a lien on the goods covered by a bill of lading or on the proceeds thereof in its possession for charges after the date of the carrier's receipt of the goods for storage or transportation, including demurrage and terminal charges, and for expenses necessary for preservation of the goods incident to their transportation or reasonably incurred in their sale pursuant to law. However, against a purchaser for value of a negotiable bill of lading, a carrier's lien is limited to charges stated in the bill or the applicable tariffs or, if no charges are stated, a reasonable charge. (b) A lien for charges and expenses under subsection (a) on goods that the carrier was required by law to receive for transportation is effective against the consignor or any person entitled to the goods unless the carrier had notice that the consignor lacked authority to subject the goods to those charges and expenses. Any other lien under subsection (a) is...
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37-2-28
Section 37-2-28 Sale of unclaimed freight - Nonperishable freight. (a) Any transportation company having an office or place of business in this state, and having any unclaimed articles, not perishable, in its possession for a period of 40 days, may, at the expiration of that time, sell the same at public auction. (b) Out of the proceeds thereof, the transportation company may retain the transportation charges, storage, advertisement and sale, and said sale may be held at any point where, in the opinion of the officers of such transportation company, the best prices can be obtained. (c) Notice of such sale shall be mailed to the consignor and consignee in writing not less than 15 days before such sale shall be made, or notice of such sale shall be published for two weeks in some newspaper of general circulation published at the point of destination; but if there is no such paper published at such point of destination, then the publication may be made in any paper having a general...
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7-7-503
Section 7-7-503 Document of title to goods defeated in certain cases. (a) A document of title confers no right in goods against a person that before issuance of the document had a legal interest or a perfected security interest in the goods and that did not: (1) Deliver or entrust the goods or any document of title covering the goods to the bailor or the bailor's nominee with: (A) Actual or apparent authority to ship, store, or sell; (B) Power to obtain delivery under Section 7-7-403; or (C) Power of disposition under Section 7-2-403, 7-2A-304(2), 7-2A-305(2), 7-9A-320, or 7-9A-321(c) or other statute or rule of law; or (2) Acquiesce in the procurement by the bailor or its nominee of any document. (b) Title to goods based upon an unaccepted delivery order is subject to the rights of any person to which a negotiable warehouse receipt or bill of lading covering the goods has been duly negotiated. That title may be defeated under Section 7-7-504 to the same extent as the rights of the...
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8-22-4
Section 8-22-4 Definitions. The following terms shall have the meanings ascribed to them in this section unless otherwise stated and unless the context or subject matter clearly indicates otherwise: (1) PERSON. Any person, firm, association, organization, partnership, business trust, joint stock company, company, corporation, or legal entity. (2) MOTOR FUEL. Those products upon which the state excise tax levied, or defined, in Sections 40-17-1 through 40-17-52 and 40-17-170, as amended, is imposed. (3) WHOLESALER. Includes any person qualified as a wholesaler of motor fuel with the state Revenue Commissioner, and shall also mean and include any person, other than a buying pool defined herein, wherever resident or located, who brings or causes to be brought into this state motor fuel purchased directly from the manufacturer thereof. (4) WHOLESALE DISTRIBUTION. Any person, or the act of any person, including any affiliate of such person, in commerce within the state, who purchases motor...
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2-19-10
Section 2-19-10 Failure of cotton broker, etc., to pay for cotton purchased and disposed of. Any cotton broker or other person, firm or corporation engaged in the business of buying cotton, either on his own account or for others, who buys or engages to buy from a planter or commission merchant any cotton and fails or refuses to pay for the same at the time agreed upon and makes away with or disposes of any cotton purchased and not paid for is guilty of fraud and embezzlement and, on conviction, must be imprisoned in the penitentiary not less than one nor more than five years at the discretion of the jury. (Ag. Code 1927, §361; Code 1940, T. 2, §151.)...
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2-19-2
Section 2-19-2 Corporations, etc., operating, etc., places for storing, weighing or dealing in cotton to maintain records of bale cotton weighed, etc. Any corporation, company, individual or his or their agents operating or owning places for storing, weighing or dealing in cotton doing business in this state who fail to keep a record of all bale cotton weighed by warehousemen, corporations, companies, individuals or their agents for whom each bale of cotton is weighed, with the names of such persons posted on the books daily together with the weight and description of each bale, or who fail to keep such record open to the inspection of the public at all reasonable times shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. (Ag. Code 1927, §353; Code 1940, T. 2, §143.)...
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19-3B-109
Section 19-3B-109 Methods and waiver of notice. (a) Notice to a person under this chapter or the transmission of information to a person under this chapter must be accomplished in a manner reasonably suitable under the circumstances and likely to result in receipt of the notice or information. Permissible methods of notice or for transmitting information include first-class mail, personal delivery, delivery to the person's last known place of residence or place of business, a properly directed electronic message, or any method otherwise provided by the Alabama Rules of Civil Procedure. (b) Notice otherwise required under this chapter or information otherwise required to be sent under this chapter need not be provided to a person whose identity or location is unknown to and not reasonably ascertainable by the trustee. (c) Notice under this chapter or the transmission of information under this chapter may be waived by the person to be notified or sent the document. (d) Notice of a...
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7-2-320
Section 7-2-320 C.I.F. and C. & F. terms. (1) The term C.I.F. means that the price includes in a lump sum the cost of the goods and the insurance and freight to the named destination. The term C. & F. or C.F. means that the price so includes cost and freight to the named destination. (2) Unless otherwise agreed and even though used only in connection with the stated price and destination, the term C.I.F. destination or its equivalent requires the seller at his own expense and risk to: (a) Put the goods into the possession of a carrier at the port for shipment and obtain a negotiable bill or bills of lading covering the entire transportation to the named destination; and (b) Load the goods and obtain a receipt from the carrier (which may be contained in the bill of lading) showing that the freight has been paid or provided for; and (c) Obtain a policy or certificate of insurance, including any war risk insurance, of a kind and on terms then current at the port of shipment in the usual...
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8-15-15
Section 8-15-15 Issuance of receipt by warehouseman. Every public warehouseman receiving property of any kind for safekeeping must issue, on delivery to him or it of such property, in favor of the person from whom received, a receipt therefor, which shall comply with the requirements of the laws of this state. (Ag. Code 1927, §403; Acts 1939, No. 443, p. 586; Code 1940, T. 2, §582.)...
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26-23A-4
Section 26-23A-4 Voluntary and informed consent required for abortion. Except in the case of a medical emergency, no abortion shall be performed or induced without the voluntary and informed consent of the woman upon whom the abortion is to be performed or induced. Except in the case of a medical emergency, consent to an abortion is voluntary and informed if and only if: (a) At least 48 hours before the abortion, the physician who is to perform the abortion, the referring physician, or a qualified person has informed and provided the woman in person, or by return receipt certified mail restricted delivery, and if by mail, again in person prior to the abortion, a copy of the printed materials in Section 26-23A-5 which list agencies that offer assistance, adoption agencies, development of the unborn child, methods and risks of abortion and childbirth, father's obligations, and alternatives to abortion. Mailing of the materials in Section 26-23A-5 may be arranged by telephone. (b) Prior...
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