CCQ-1991 - Civil Code of Québec

Section 2047 Disposition versions

1994-01-01

2047. Where the receiver cannot be found or refuses or neglects to take delivery of the property or where, for any other reason, the carrier cannot deliver the property through no fault of his own, the carrier shall notify the shipper without delay and request instructions as to disposal of the property; in an emergency, however, the carrier may dispose of perishable property without notice.

If the carrier receives no instructions within 15 days of notification, he may return the property to the shipper at the shipper’s expense or dispose of it in accordance with the rules contained in Book Four on Property concerning the holder of property entrusted and forgotten.

1991, c. 64, a. 2047.