{"data":{"id":"us-wv/w.-va.-code-46-7-401","jurisdiction":"us-wv","citation":"W. Va. Code § 46-7-401","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) 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;\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":["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."],"source_url":"https://code.wvlegislature.gov/46-7-401/","current_through":"as of 2026-08-03; contains at least the enactments of the 2026 Regular Session","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-06T00:29:52Z","sha256":"c15a252264b872558aa32eab00126194e4c1bf4b931c36691da1315aff6e1fde","source_id":"us-wv","stale":true,"prev":"us-wv/w.-va.-code-46-7-309","next":"us-wv/w.-va.-code-46-7-402"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}