The Vermont Statutes Online
The Statutes below include the actions of the 2025 session of the General Assembly.
NOTE: The Vermont Statutes Online is an unofficial copy of the Vermont Statutes Annotated that is provided as a convenience.
(Cite as: 9A V.S.A. § 7-204)
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§ 7—204. Duty of care; contractual limitation of warehouse’s liability
(a) A warehouse is liable for damages for loss of or injury to the goods caused by its
failure to exercise care with regard to the goods that a reasonably careful person
would exercise under similar circumstances. Unless otherwise agreed, the warehouse
is not liable for damages that could not have been avoided by the exercise of that
care.
(b) Damages may be limited by a term in the warehouse receipt or storage agreement limiting
the amount of liability in case of loss or damage beyond which the warehouse is not
liable. Such a limitation is not effective with respect to the warehouse’s liability
for conversion to its own use. On request of the bailor in a record at the time of
signing the storage agreement or within a reasonable time after receipt of the warehouse
receipt, the warehouse’s liability may be increased on part or all of the goods covered
by the storage agreement or the warehouse receipt. In this event, increased rates
may be charged based on an increased valuation of the goods.
(c) Reasonable provisions as to the time and manner of presenting claims and commencing
actions based on the bailment may be included in the warehouse receipt or storage
agreement. (Added 2015, No. 51, § B.3, eff. June 3, 2015.)