{"data":{"id":"us-dc/d.c.-code-28-7-401","jurisdiction":"us-dc","citation":"D.C. Code § 28:7-401","heading":"Irregularities in issue of receipt or bill or conduct of issuer.","body":"The obligations imposed by this article on an issuer apply to a document of title even if:\n\n(1)\nThe document does not comply with the requirements of this article or of any other statute, rule, or regulation regarding its issuance, form, or content;\n\n(2)\nThe issuer violated laws regulating the conduct of its business;\n\n(3)\nThe goods covered by the document were owned by the bailee when the document was issued; or\n\n(4)\nThe person issuing the document is not a warehouse but the document purports to be a warehouse receipt.","path":["Title 28. Commercial Instruments and Transactions. [Enacted title]","Subtitle I. Uniform Commercial Code.","Article 7. Documents of Title.","Part 1. General."],"source_url":"https://code.dccouncil.gov/us/dc/council/code/sections/28:7-401","current_through":"2026-08-20 (D.C. Law 26-175)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-29T05:44:07Z","sha256":"48b324d0465eff82d028e130ff485453d38b318742c651a8646e58f27c538561","source_id":"us-dc","stale":false,"prev":"us-dc/d.c.-code-28-7-309","next":"us-dc/d.c.-code-28-7-402"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}