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.
Subchapter
001
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BILLS OF LADING
(Cite as: 13 V.S.A. § 2054)
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§ 2054. Negotiation of bill of lading for goods subject to security interest
A person who ships goods to which he or she has not title or in which there is a security
interest and who takes for such goods a negotiable bill of lading which he or she
afterwards negotiates for value with intent to deceive and without disclosing his
or her want of title or the existence of the security interest, shall be imprisoned
not more than one year or fined not more than $1,000.00, or both. (Added 1966, No. 29 (Sp. Sess.), § 9.)