Section 8.7-104 - Negotiable and nonnegotiable documents(1) Except as otherwise provided in subsection 3, a document is negotiable:(a) if by its terms the goods are to be delivered to bearer or to the order of a named person; or(b) where recognized in overseas trade, if it runs to a named person or assigns.(2) A document other than one described in subsection 1 is nonnegotiable. A bill of lading in which it is stated that the goods are consigned to a named person is not made negotiable by a provision that the goods are to be delivered only against an order in a record signed by the same or another named person.(3) A document is nonnegotiable if, at the time it is issued, the document has a conspicuous legend, however expressed, that it is nonnegotiable.Code 1950, §§ 61-7, 61-8; 1964, c. 219; 2004, c. 200.Amended by Acts 2004, § c. 200.Amended by Acts 1964, § c. 219.