California · Commercial Code
COM §7504: (a) A transferee of a document of title, whether negotiable or nonnegotiable, to which the document has been delivered but not duly negotiated, acquires the title and rights that its transferor had or
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A person who receives a document of title that was delivered but not properly negotiated acquires the same title and rights the transferor possessed.
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