Uniform Commercial Code

U.C.C. - ARTICLE 7 - WAREHOUSE RECEIPTS, BILLS OF LADING AND OTHER DOCUMENTS OF TITLE
..PART 4. WAREHOUSE RECEIPTS AND BILLS OF LADING: GENERAL OBLIGATIONS

§ 7-401. Irregularities in Issue of Receipt or Bill or Conduct of Issuer.

The obligations imposed by this Article on an issuer apply to a document of title regardless of the fact that

• (a) the document may not comply with the requirements of this Article or of any other law or regulation regarding its issue, form or content; or
• (b) the issuer may have violated laws regulating the conduct of his business; or
• (c) the goods covered by the document were owned by the bailee at the time the document was issued; or
• (d) the person issuing the document does not come within the definition of warehouseman if it purports to be a warehouse receipt.