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810 ILCS 5/2A-526

(810 ILCS 5/2A-526) (from Ch. 26, par. 2A-526)

Sec. 2A-526.

Lessor's stoppage of delivery in transit
or otherwise.

(1) A lessor may stop delivery of goods in the possession
of a carrier or other bailee if the lessor discovers the lessee to
be insolvent and may stop delivery of carload, truckload,
planeload, or larger shipments of express or freight if the lessee
repudiates or fails to make a payment due before delivery,
whether for rent, security or otherwise under the lease
contract, or for any other reason the lessor has a right to
withhold or take possession of the goods.

(2) In pursuing its remedies under subsection (1), the
lessor may stop delivery until:

(a) receipt of the goods by the lessee;

(b) acknowledgment to the lessee by any bailee of the

goods, except a carrier, that the bailee holds the goods for the lessee; or

(c) such an acknowledgment to the lessee by a carrier

via reshipment or as a warehouse.

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

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

(c) 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.

(Source: P.A. 95-895, eff. 1-1-09.)