# RCW 62A.7-102: RCW 62A.7-102: Definitions and index of definitions > Washington · Statutes · Reserved URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_WA_T62A_C7_S7-102 ## Section - **Citation:** RCW 62A.7-102 - **Heading:** RCW 62A.7-102: Definitions and index of definitions - **Jurisdiction:** Washington - **Kind:** Statutes - **Status:** Reserved - **Text as of:** August 14, 2026 - **Source:** Compiled text - **Location:** Washington Code / Title 62A / Chapter 7 / Section 7-102 ## Text (a) In this Article, unless the context otherwise requires: (1) "Bailee" means a person that by a warehouse receipt, bill of lading, or other document of title acknowledges possession of goods and contracts to deliver them. (2) "Carrier" means a person that issues a bill of lading. (3) "Consignee" means a person named in a bill of lading to which or to whose order the bill promises delivery. (4) "Consignor" means a person named in a bill of lading as the person from which the goods have been received for shipment. (5) "Delivery order" means a record that contains an order to deliver goods directed to a warehouse, carrier, or other person that in the ordinary course of business issues warehouse receipts or bills of lading. (6) [Reserved.] (7) "Goods" means all things that are treated as movable for the purposes of a contract for storage or transportation. (8) "Issuer" means a bailee that issues a document of title or, in the case of an unaccepted delivery order, the person that orders the possessor of goods to deliver. The term includes a person for which an agent or employee purports to act in issuing a document if the agent or employee has real or apparent authority to issue documents, even if the issuer did not receive any goods, the goods were misdescribed, or in any other respect the agent or employee violated the issuer's instructions. (9) "Person entitled under the document" means the holder, in the case of a negotiable document of title, or the person to which delivery of the goods is to be made by the terms of, or pursuant to instructions in a record under, a nonnegotiable document of title. (10) [Reserved.] (11) [Reserved.] (12) "Shipper" means a person that enters into a contract of transportation with a carrier. (13) "Warehouse" means a person engaged in the business of storing goods for hire. (b) Definitions in other articles applying to this Article and the sections in which they appear are: (1) "Contract for sale", RCW 62A.2-106 ; (2) "Lessee in ordinary course of business," RCW 62A.2A-103 ; and (3) "Receipt" of goods, RCW 62A.2-103 . (c) In addition, Article 1 contains general definitions and principles of construction and interpretation applicable throughout this Article. ## Nearby sections - [RCW 62A.7-101 RCW 62A.7-101: Short title.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_WA_T62A_C7_S7-101.md) - [RCW 62A.7-102 RCW 62A.7-102: Definitions and index of definitions.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_WA_T62A_C7_S7-102.md) - [RCW 62A.7-103 RCW 62A.7-103: Relation of Article to treaty or statute.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_WA_T62A_C7_S7-103.md) - [RCW 62A.7-104 RCW 62A.7-104: Negotiable and nonnegotiable document of title.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_WA_T62A_C7_S7-104.md) - [RCW 62A.7-105 RCW 62A.7-105: Reissuance in alternative medium.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_WA_T62A_C7_S7-105.md) - [RCW 62A.7-106 RCW 62A.7-106: Control of electronic document of title.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_WA_T62A_C7_S7-106.md) - [RCW 62A.7-201 RCW 62A.7-201: Person that may issue a warehouse receipt; storage under bond.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_WA_T62A_C7_S7-201.md) - [RCW 62A.7-202 RCW 62A.7-202: Form of warehouse receipt; effect of omission.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_WA_T62A_C7_S7-202.md) - [RCW 62A.7-203 RCW 62A.7-203: Liability for nonreceipt or misdescription.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_WA_T62A_C7_S7-203.md) - [RCW 62A.7-204 RCW 62A.7-204: Duty of care; contractual limitation of warehouse's liability.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_WA_T62A_C7_S7-204.md) - [RCW 62A.7-205 RCW 62A.7-205: Title under warehouse receipt defeated in certain cases.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_WA_T62A_C7_S7-205.md) - [RCW 62A.7-206 RCW 62A.7-206: Termination of storage at warehouse's option.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_WA_T62A_C7_S7-206.md) - [RCW 62A.7-207 RCW 62A.7-207: Goods must be kept separate; fungible goods.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_WA_T62A_C7_S7-207.md) - [RCW 62A.7-208 RCW 62A.7-208: Altered warehouse receipts.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_WA_T62A_C7_S7-208.md) --- Source: Frix Law Library, https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_WA_T62A_C7_S7-102. 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