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W. Va. Code § 46-7-401: Irregularities in issue of receipt or bill or conduct of issuer.
Where this section sits in the code
- CHAPTER 46. UNIFORM COMMERCIAL CODE.
- ARTICLE 7. WAREHOUSE RECEIPTS, BILLS OF LADING AND OTHER DOCUMENTS OF TITLE.
- Part 4. Warehouse Receipts and Bills of Lading: General Obligations.
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.
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