West Virginia Code
Article 7. Warehouse Receipts, Bills of Lading and Other Documents of Title
§46-7-401. Irregularities in Issue of Receipt or Bill or Conduct of Issuer

§46-7-401. Irregularities in issue of receipt or bill or conduct of issuer.
The obligations imposed by this article on an issuer apply to a document of title even if:
(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;
(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.

Structure West Virginia Code

West Virginia Code

Chapter 46. Uniform Commercial Code

Article 7. Warehouse Receipts, Bills of Lading and Other Documents of Title

§46-7-101. Short Title

§46-7-102. Definitions and Index of Definitions

§46-7-103. Relation of Article to Treaty or Statute

§46-7-104. Negotiable and Nonnegotiable Document of Title

§46-7-105. Reissuance in Alternative Medium

§46-7-106. Control of Electronic Document of Title

§46-7-201. Person That May Issue a Warehouse Receipt; Storage Under Bond

§46-7-202. Form of Warehouse Receipt; Effect of Omission

§46-7-203. Liability for Nonreceipt or Misdescription

§46-7-204. Duty of Care; Contractual Limitation of Warehouse's Liability

§46-7-205. Title Under Warehouse Receipt Defeated in Certain Cases

§46-7-206. Termination of Storage at Warehouse's Option

§46-7-207. Goods Must Be Kept Separate; Fungible Goods

§46-7-208. Altered Warehouse Receipts

§46-7-209. Lien of Warehouse

§46-7-210. Enforcement of Warehouse's Lien

§46-7-301. Liability for Nonreceipt or Misdescription; &Quot;said to Contain"; &Quot;shipper's Weight, Load and Count"; Improper Handling

§46-7-302. Through Bills of Lading and Similar Documents of Title

§46-7-303. Diversion; Reconsignment; Change of Instructions

§46-7-304. Tangible Bills of Lading in a Set

§46-7-305. Destination Bills

§46-7-306. Altered Bills of Lading

§46-7-307. Lien of Carrier

§46-7-308. Enforcement of Carrier's Lien

§46-7-309. Duty of Care; Contractual Limitation of Carrier's Liability

§46-7-401. Irregularities in Issue of Receipt or Bill or Conduct of Issuer

§46-7-402. Duplicate Document of Title; Overissue

§46-7-403. Obligation of Bailee to Deliver; Excuse

§46-7-404. No Liability for Good-Faith Delivery Pursuant to Document of Title

§46-7-501. Form of Negotiation and Requirements of Due Negotiation

§46-7-502. Rights Acquired by Due Negotiation

§46-7-503. Document of Title to Goods Defeated in Certain Cases

§46-7-504. Rights Acquired in Absence of Due Negotiation; Effect of Diversion; Stoppage of Delivery

§46-7-505. Indorser Not Guarantor for Other Parties

§46-7-506. Delivery Without Indorsement: Right to Compel Indorsement

§46-7-507. Warranties on Negotiation or Delivery of Document of Title

§46-7-508. Warranties of Collecting Bank as to Documents of Title

§46-7-509. Adequate Compliance With Commercial Contract

§46-7-601. Lost, Stolen or Destroyed Documents of Title

§46-7-602. Judicial Process Against Goods Covered by Negotiable Document of Title

§46-7-603. Conflicting Claims; Interpleader

§46-7-701. Applicability

§46-7-702. Savings Clause