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

Terms Used In Arizona Laws 47-7401

  • Bailee: means a person that by a warehouse receipt, bill of lading or other document of title acknowledges possession of goods and contracts to deliver them. See Arizona Laws 47-7102
  • Goods: means all things that are treated as movable for the purposes of a contract for storage or transportation. See Arizona Laws 47-7102
  • Issuer: means a bailee that issues a document of title or, in the case of an unaccepted delivery order, the person that orders the possessor of goods to deliver. See Arizona Laws 47-7102
  • Person: includes a corporation, company, partnership, firm, association or society, as well as a natural person. See Arizona Laws 1-215
  • Statute: A law passed by a legislature.
  • Warehouse: means a person engaged in the business of storing goods for hire. See Arizona Laws 47-7102

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.