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

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(1) The document does not comply with the requirements of this article or of any other statute, rule or regulation regarding its issue, 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.