Alabama Statutes
§ 7-7-401 — Irregularities in Issue of Receipt or Bill or Conduct of Issuer
Alabama·Title 7 Commercial Code·Art. 7 Warehouse Receipts, Bills of Lading and Other Documents of Title·Part 4 Warehouse Receipts and Bills of Lading: General Obligations
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.
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Legislative History
(Prior version of this section added by Acts 1965, No. 549, p. 811; repealed by Act 2004-315, p. 464, §1; current section added by Act 2004-315, p. 464, §1.)
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