{"data":{"id":"us-md/md.-code-commercial-law-7-401","jurisdiction":"us-md","citation":"Md. Code, Commercial Law § 7–401","heading":"","body":"The obligations imposed by this title on an issuer apply to a document of title even if:\n(1) The document does not comply with the requirements of this title or of any other statute, rule, or regulation regarding its issuance, form, or content;\n(2) The issuer violated laws regulating the conduct of its business;\n(3) The goods covered by the document were owned by the bailee when the document was issued; or\n(4) The person issuing the document is not a warehouse but the document purports to be a warehouse receipt.","path":["Article - Commercial Law"],"source_url":"https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Laws/StatuteText?article=gcl\u0026section=7-401","current_through":"2026-01-01","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T19:56:33Z","sha256":"8501b1ed7ba327a2c1d07d2ac92006e48336c65bca5f267e4ad66452abe5c9dc","source_id":"us-md","stale":false,"prev":"us-md/md.-code-commercial-law-7-309","next":"us-md/md.-code-commercial-law-7-402"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}