N.D. Cent. Code § 41-07-26: (7-401) 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.