{"data":{"id":"us-ri/r.i.-gen.-laws-6a-7-401","jurisdiction":"us-ri","citation":"R.I. Gen. Laws § 6A-7-401","heading":"Irregularities in issue of receipt or bill or conduct of issuer.","body":"The obligations imposed by this chapter on an issuer apply to a document of title even if:\n(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;\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":["Title 6A Uniform Commercial Code","Chapter 7 Documents of Title","Part 4 Warehouse Receipts and Bills of Lading: General Obligations"],"source_url":"https://webserver.rilegislature.gov/Statutes/TITLE6A/6A-7/6A-4/6A-7-401.htm","current_through":"site files published 2025-08-13","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T18:17:39Z","sha256":"c320a8dc1cb06583f4c8f340d6e5a42d2571c133b0101b7c09a4900414e26fa8","source_id":"us-ri","stale":true,"prev":"us-ri/r.i.-gen.-laws-6a-7-309","next":"us-ri/r.i.-gen.-laws-6a-7-402"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}