The obligations imposed by this Article on an
issuer apply to a document of title regardless of the fact that:
(a) The document may not comply with the requirements of
this Article 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 or her 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 warehouse operator if it purports to be a warehouse
receipt.
[2011 c 336 § 834; 1965 ex.s. c 157 § 7-401. Cf. former RCW sections: (i) RCW 22.04.210; 1913 c 99 § 20; RRS § 3606. (ii) RCW 81.32.231; 1961 c 14 § 81.32.231; prior: 1915 c 159 § 23; RRS § 3669; formerly RCW 81.32.240.]