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Official Code of Georgia Annotated

Title 11. COMMERCIAL CODE · Chapter 2. · Article 2. SALES · Part 3. GENERAL OBLIGATION AND CONSTRUCTION OF CONTRACT

11-2-322. Delivery “ex-ship.”

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  1. (1)

    Unless otherwise agreed a term for delivery of goods “ex-ship” (which means from the carrying vessel) or in equivalent language is not restricted to a particular ship and requires delivery from a ship which has reached a place at the named port of destination where goods of the kind are usually discharged.#

  2. (2)

    Under such a term unless otherwise agreed:#

    1. (a)

      The seller must discharge all liens arising out of the carriage and furnish the buyer with a direction which puts the carrier under a duty to deliver the goods; and#

    2. (b)

      The risk of loss does not pass to the buyer until the goods leave the ship’s tackle or are otherwise properly unloaded.#

The notes below are printed with the section but are not enacted law (O.C.G.A. § 1-1-1(c)). They are shown apart from the text.

History

Code 1933, § 109A-2-322, enacted by Ga. L. 1962, p. 156, § 1.

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