§490:2-705  Seller's stoppage of delivery in
transit or otherwise.  (1)  The seller may stop delivery of goods in the
possession of a carrier or other bailee when he discovers the buyer to be
insolvent (section 490:2-702) and may stop delivery of carload, truckload,
planeload or larger shipments of express or freight when the buyer repudiates
or fails to make a payment due before delivery or if for any other reason the
seller has a right to withhold or reclaim the goods.



(2)  As against such buyer the seller may stop
delivery until:



(a) Receipt of the goods by the buyer; or



(b) Acknowledgment to the buyer by any bailee of the
goods except a carrier that the bailee holds the goods for the buyer; or



(c) Such acknowledgment to the buyer by a carrier by
reshipment or as a warehouse; or



(d) Negotiation to the buyer of any negotiable
document of title covering the goods.



(3)  (a)  To stop delivery the seller must so notify
as to enable the bailee by reasonable diligence to prevent delivery of the
goods.



(b) After such notification the bailee must hold and
deliver the goods according to the directions of the seller but the seller is
liable to the bailee for any ensuing charges or damages.



(c) If a negotiable document of title has been issued
for goods the bailee is not obliged to obey a notification to stop until
surrender of possession or control of the document.



(d) A carrier who has issued a nonnegotiable bill of
lading is not obliged to obey a notification to stop received from a person
other than the consignor. [L 1965, c 208, §2-705; HRS §490:2-705; am L 2004, c
163, §14]