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Warehouse
The following is meant solely to help the reader understand the main features of primary regulations governing this activity, and not meant in any way to provide a legal interpretation.
Warehouse Receipt Act:
This Act provides the required particulars of warehouse receipts, and sets out the warehouse person's duty to deliver and liability for care of goods. A warehouse receipt is defined as an acknowledgment in writing by a warehouse person of the receipt for storage of goods that are not his or her own. A warehouse person is defined as a person who receives goods for storage for reward.
Warehouse Receipt Act:
http://www.qp.gov.bc.ca/statreg/stat/W/96481_01.htm
Warehouse Lien Act
This Act states that every warehouse person has a lien (legal claim) on goods deposited with him/her for storage. The Act provides rules for a warehouse person to follow when notifying others of the lien and when enforcing the lien by advertising and selling the stored goods, A warehouse person is defined as a person lawfully engaged in the business of storing goods as a bailee for hire.
Warehouse Lien Act:
http://www.qp.gov.bc.ca/statreg/stat/W/96480_01.htm
Primary Contact:
Ministry of Finance
Financial and Corporate Sector Policy Branch
PO Box 9418 Stn Prov Govt
Victoria, BC V8W 9V1
Tel: (250) 387-1269
Fax: (250) 387-9093
http://www.fin.gov.bc.ca
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