(1) The seller may stop delivery of goods in the
possession of a carrier or other bailee when he or she discovers
the buyer to be insolvent (RCW 62A.2-702) and may stop delivery
of carload, truckload, planeload, or larger shipments of express
or freight when the buyer repudiates or fails to make a payment
due before delivery or if for any other reason the seller has a
right to withhold or reclaim the goods.
(2) As against such buyer the seller may stop delivery
until:
(a) Receipt of the goods by the buyer; or
(b) Acknowledgment to the buyer by any bailee of the goods
except a carrier that the bailee holds the goods for the buyer;
or
(c) Such acknowledgment to the buyer by a carrier by
reshipment or as warehouse operator; or
(d) Negotiation to the buyer of any negotiable document of
title covering the goods.
(3)(a) To stop delivery the seller must so notify as to
enable the bailee by reasonable diligence to prevent delivery of
the goods.
(b) After such notification the bailee must hold and deliver
the goods according to the directions of the seller but the
seller is liable to the bailee for any ensuing charges or
damages.
(c) If a negotiable document of title has been issued for
goods the bailee is not obliged to obey a notification to stop
until surrender of the document.
(d) A carrier who has issued a nonnegotiable bill of lading
is not obliged to obey a notification to stop received from a
person other than the consignor.
[2011 c 336 § 823; 1965 ex.s. c 157 § 2-705. Cf. former RCW sections: (i) RCW 22.04.100; 1913 c 99 § 9; RRS § 3595; prior: 1891 c 134 § 7. (ii) RCW 22.04.120; 1913 c 99 § 11; RRS § 3597; prior: 1886 p 121 § 7. (iii) RCW 22.04.500; 1913 c 99 § 49; RRS § 3635. (iv) RCW 63.04.580 through 63.04.600; 1925 ex.s. c 142 §§ 57 through 59; RRS §§ 5836-57 through 5836-59. (v) RCW 81.32.121, 81.32.141, and 81.32.421; 1961 c 14 §§ 81.32.121, 81.32.141, and 81.32.421; prior: 1915 c 159 §§ 12, 14, and 42; RRS §§ 3658, 3660, and 3688; formerly RCW 81.32.130, 81.32.160 and 81.32.510.]