A.R.S. § 47-7401: Irregularities in issue of receipt or bill or conduct of issuer

The obligations imposed by this chapter on an issuer apply to a document of title even if:

1. The document does not comply with the requirements of this chapter 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.