California · Commercial Code
COM §7502: (a) Subject to Sections 7205 and 7503, a holder to which a negotiable document of title has been duly negotiated acquires thereby: (1) title to the document; (2) title to the goods; (3) all rights acc
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A person who receives a negotiable document of title through proper negotiation gains ownership of the document, ownership of the goods it represents, and associated rights, subject to certain conditions.
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