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[[13128]] The Uniform Commercial Code, as adopted in North Carolina, dictates when the transfer of risk of loss occurs UCC -2-509(1)(a) provides, in pertinent part: Risk of loss in the absence of breach. -- (1) Where the contract requires or authorizes the seller to ship the goods by carrier (a) if it does not require him to deliver them at a particular destination, the risk of loss passes to the buyer when the goods are duly delivered to the carrier even though the shipment is under reservation (2-505). . . .

Before a seller will be deemed to have 'duly delivered' ...