HRS §490:7-303
When a carrier can change where your goods go
This section explains when a shipping company can deliver goods to a different person or place than the bill of lading says, without being blamed for a wrong delivery. It depends on who gives the instructions and what type of bill is used. If the bill is negotiable, the person who holds it can give instructions.
The statute, as written — Diversion; reconsignment; change of instructions
(a) Unless the bill of lading otherwise provides, a carrier may deliver the goods to a person or destination other than that stated in the bill or may otherwise dispose of the goods, without liability for misdelivery, on instructions from: (1) The holder of a negotiable bill; (2) The consignor on a nonnegotiable bill, even if the consignee has given contrary instructions; (3) The consignee on a nonnegotiable bill in the absence of contrary instructions from the consignor, if the goods have arrived at the billed destination or if the consignee is in possession of the tangible bill or in control of the electronic bill; or (4) The consignee on a nonnegotiable bill, if the consignee is entitled as against the consignor to dispose of the goods. (b) Unless instructions described in subsection (a) are included in a negotiable bill of lading, a person to which the bill is duly negotiated may hold the bailee according to the original terms.
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