Title 6A
Uniform Commercial Code

Chapter 7
Documents of Title

Part 4
Warehouse Receipts and Bills of Lading: General Obligations

R.I. Gen. Laws § 6A-7-401

§ 6A-7-401. Irregularities in issue of receipt or bill or conduct of issuer.

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

(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;

(2) The issuer violated laws regulating the conduct of its business;

(3) The goods covered by the document were owned by the bailee when the document was issued; or

(4) The person issuing the document is not a warehouse but the document purports to be a warehouse receipt.

History of Section.
P.L. 2006, ch. 112, § 6; P.L. 2006, ch. 135, § 6.