Code of Virginia - Title 8.7 Commercial Code - Warehouse Receipts, Bills Of Lading And Other Documents Of Title - Section 8.7-401 Irregularities in issue of receipt or bill or conduct of issuer

§ 8.7-401. Irregularities in issue of receipt or bill or conduct of issuer

The obligations imposed by this title on an issuer apply to a document even if:

(a) the document may not comply with the requirements of this title or of any other law or regulation regarding its issue, form or content; or

(b) the issuer may have violated laws regulating the conduct of his business; or

(c) the goods covered by the document were owned by the bailee at the time the document was issued; or

(d) the person issuing the document does not come within the definition of warehouseman if it purports to be a warehouse receipt.

(Code 1950, § 61-23; 1964, c. 219; 2004, c. 200.)

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