ORS 77.6010
Lost, stolen or destroyed documents of title

(1)

If a document of title is lost, stolen or destroyed, a court may order delivery of the goods or issuance of a substitute document and the bailee may without liability to any person comply with the order. If the document was negotiable, a court may not order delivery of the goods or issuance of a substitute document without the claimant’s posting security unless it finds that any person that may suffer loss as a result of nonsurrender of possession or control of the document is adequately protected against the loss. If the document was nonnegotiable, the court may require security. The court may also order payment of the bailee’s reasonable costs and attorney fees in any action under this subsection.

(2)

A bailee that without a court order delivers goods to a person claiming under a missing negotiable document of title is liable to any person injured thereby. If the delivery is not in good faith, the bailee is liable for conversion. Delivery in good faith is not conversion if the claimant posts security with the bailee in an amount at least double the value of the goods at the time of posting to indemnify any person injured by the delivery which files a notice of claim within one year after the delivery. [1961 c.726 §77.6010 (Lost, stolen or destroyed documents of title); 2009 c.181 §86]

Source: Section 77.6010 — Lost, stolen or destroyed documents of title, https://www.­oregonlegislature.­gov/bills_laws/ors/ors077.­html (accessed May 26, 2025).

77.1010
Short title 77.1020
Definitions and index of definitions 77.1030
Relation of chapter to treaty or statute 77.1040
Negotiable and nonnegotiable document of title 77.1050
Reissuance in alternative medium 77.1060
Control of electronic document of title 77.2010
Person that may issue a warehouse receipt 77.2020
Form of warehouse receipt 77.2030
Liability for nonreceipt or misdescription 77.2040
Duty of care 77.2050
Title under warehouse receipt defeated in certain cases 77.2060
Termination of storage at warehouse’s option 77.2070
Goods must be kept separate 77.2080
Altered warehouse receipts 77.2090
Lien of warehouse 77.2100
Enforcement of warehouse’s lien 77.3010
Liability for nonreceipt or misdescription 77.3020
Through bills of lading and similar documents of title 77.3030
Diversion 77.3040
Bills of lading in a set 77.3050
Destination bills 77.3060
Altered bills of lading 77.3070
Lien of carrier 77.3080
Enforcement of carrier’s lien 77.3090
Duty of care 77.4010
Irregularities in issue of receipt or bill or conduct of issuer 77.4020
Duplicate document of title 77.4030
Obligation of bailee to deliver 77.4040
No liability for good faith delivery pursuant to document of title 77.5010
Form of negotiation and requirements of due negotiation 77.5020
Rights acquired by due negotiation 77.5030
Document of title to goods defeated in certain cases 77.5040
Rights acquired in the absence of due negotiation 77.5050
Indorser not a guarantor for other parties 77.5060
Delivery without indorsement 77.5070
Warranties on negotiation or delivery of document of title 77.5080
Warranties of collecting bank as to documents 77.5090
Adequate compliance with commercial contract 77.6010
Lost, stolen or destroyed documents of title 77.6020
Judicial process against goods covered by negotiable document of title 77.6030
Conflicting claims

Current through early 2026

§ 77.6010. Lost, stolen or destroyed documents of title's source at oregon​.gov