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 even if:
(1) The document does not comply with the requirements of this Article or of any other statute, rule, or regulation regarding its issuance, form, or content;
(2) The issuer violated laws regulating the conduct of its business;
(3) The goods covered by the document were owned by the bailee when the document was issued; or
(4) The person issuing the document is not a warehouse but the document purports to be a warehouse receipt.
[ 2012 c 214 s 501; 2011 c 336 s 834; 1965 ex.s. c 157 s 7-401. Cf. former RCW sections: (i) RCW 22.04.210; 1913 c 99 s 20; RRS s 3606. (ii) RCW 81.32.231; 1961 c 14 s 81.32.231; prior: 1915 c 159 s 23; RRS s 3669; formerly RCW 81.32.240.]
NOTES:
Application—Savings—2012 c 214: See notes following RCW 62A.1-101.