{"data":{"id":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-25-7-401","jurisdiction":"us-nc","citation":"N.C. Gen. Stat. § 25-7-401","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(1)\tThe 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(2)\tThe issuer violated laws regulating the conduct of its business;\n(3)\tThe goods covered by the document were owned by the bailee when the document was issued; or\n(4)\tThe person issuing the document is not a warehouse but the document purports to be a warehouse receipt. (1917, c. 37, s. 20; 1919, c. 65, ss. 21, 22; C.S., ss. 303, 304, 4060; 1931, c. 358, s. 1; 1965, c. 700, s. 1; 2006-112, s. 25.)","path":["Chapter 25. Uniform Commercial Code.","Article 7. Documents of Title.","Part 4. Warehouse Receipts and Bills of Lading: General Obligations."],"source_url":"https://www.ncleg.gov/EnactedLegislation/Statutes/HTML/BySection/Chapter_25/GS_25-7-401.html","current_through":"S.L. 2026-30","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T17:58:47Z","sha256":"8955fd9df94d5492a28a5f7968d4e00b7b3f2871d01c9f5446e60fe351c79781","source_id":"us-nc","stale":false,"prev":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-25-7-309","next":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-25-7-402"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}