§12A-7-403.

§12A-7-403.
   
   (1) The bailee must deliver the goods to a person entitled under the
   document who complies with subsections (2) and (3), unless and to the
   extent that the bailee establishes any of the following:
   
   (a) delivery of the goods to a person whose receipt was rightful as
   against the claimant;
   
   (b) damage to or delay, loss or destruction of the goods for which the
   bailee is not liable;
   
   (c) previous sale or other disposition of the goods in lawful
   enforcement of a lien or on warehouseman's lawful termination of
   storage;
   
   (d) the exercise by a seller of his right to stop delivery pursuant to
   the provisions of the Article on Sales (Section 2-705);
   
   (e) a diversion, reconsignment or other disposition pursuant to the
   provisions of this article (Section 7-303) or tariff regulating such
   right;
   
   (f) release, satisfaction or any other fact affording a personal
   defense against the claimant;
   
   (g) any other lawful excuse.
   
   (2) A person claiming goods covered by a document of title must
   satisfy the bailee's lien where the bailee so requests or where the
   bailee is prohibited by law from delivering the goods until the
   charges are paid.
   
   (3) Unless the person claiming is one against whom the document
   confers no right under Section 7-503(1), he must surrender for
   cancellation or notation of partial deliveries any outstanding
   negotiable document covering the goods, and the bailee must cancel the
   document or conspicuously note the partial delivery thereon or be
   liable to any person to whom the document is duly negotiated.
   
   (4) "Person entitled under the document" means holder in the case of a
   negotiable document, or the person to whom delivery is to be made by
   the terms of or pursuant to written instructions under a nonnegotiable
   document.