§ 80109. — Liens under negotiable bills.
[Laws in effect as of January 7, 2003]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 7, 2003 and December 19, 2003]
[CITE: 49USC80109]
TITLE 49--TRANSPORTATION
SUBTITLE X--MISCELLANEOUS
CHAPTER 801--BILLS OF LADING
Sec. 80109. Liens under negotiable bills
A common carrier issuing a negotiable bill of lading has a lien on
the goods covered by the bill for--
(1) charges for storage, transportation, and delivery (including
demurrage and terminal charges), and expenses necessary to preserve
the goods or incidental to transporting the goods after the date of
the bill; and
(2) other charges for which the bill expressly specifies a lien
is claimed to the extent the charges are allowed by law and the
agreement between the consignor and carrier.
(Pub. L. 103-272, Sec. 1(e), July 5, 1994, 108 Stat. 1349.)
Historical and Revision Notes
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Revised Section Source (U.S. Code) Source (Statutes at Large)
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80109................................. 49 App.:105. Aug. 29, 1916, ch. 415, Sec. 25, 39
Stat. 542.
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In this section, before clause (1), the word ``If'' is omitted as
surplus. The words ``covered by the bill'' are substituted for ``therein
mentioned'' for clarity. In clause (1), the words ``charges for storage,
transportation, and delivery (including demurrage and terminal
charges)'' are substituted for ``all charges on those goods for freight,
storage, demurrage and terminal charges . . . and all other charges
incurred in transportation and delivery'' as being inclusive and to
conform to section 7-307 of the Uniform Commercial Code. In clause (2),
the words ``other charges for which the bill expressly specifies a
lien'' are substituted for ``unless the bill expressly enumerates other
charges for which a lien . . . In such case there shall also be a lien
for the charges enumerated'' for clarity.
