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HomeCommercial CodeDiv. 7Ch. 2§ 7207 Warehouse Goods Separation Rules

§ 7207 Warehouse Goods Separation Rules

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§ 7207 Warehouse Goods Separation Rules

Key Takeaways

  • •Warehouses must keep your stuff separate from others' stuff unless it's something like grain or oil that can be mixed.
  • •If your stuff gets mixed with others, you still own your share, and the warehouse must give you what you're owed.
  • •If the warehouse gives out more receipts than they have stuff (like promising 10 bags of grain but only having 8), everyone who got a receipt shares what's left.

Example

You store 100 bags of wheat in a warehouse. The warehouse mixes your wheat with someone else's because it's the same type.

Even though your wheat is mixed, you still own 100 bags. If the warehouse accidentally gave out receipts for 200 bags but only has 150, you and the other owners share the 150 bags based on what you each put in.

AI-generated — May contain errors. Not legal advice. Always verify source.

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§ 7207 Warehouse Goods Separation Rules

(a) Unless the warehouse receipt provides otherwise, a warehouse shall keep separate the goods covered by each receipt so as to permit at all times identification and delivery of those goods. However, different lots of fungible goods may be commingled. (b) If different lots of fungible goods are commingled, the goods are owned in common by the persons entitled thereto and the warehouse is severally liable to each owner for that owner’s share. If, because of overissue, a mass of fungible goods is insufficient to meet all the receipts the warehouse has issued against it, the persons entitled include all holders to which overissued receipts have been duly negotiated. (Repealed and added by Stats. 2006, Ch. 254, Sec. 49. Effective January 1, 2007.)

Last verified: January 23, 2026

Key Terms

warehouse receiptfungible goodscommingledoverissueduly negotiated

Related Statutes

  • § 7205 Buyer Rights Fungible Goods
  • § 10212 Lease Merchantability Warranty
  • § 7201 Warehouse Receipt Issuance Rules
  • § 7202 Warehouse Receipt Requirements
  • § 7204 Warehouse Liability For Goods

References

  • Official text at leginfo.legislature.ca.gov
  • California Legislature. Commercial Code. Section 7207.
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