Rhode Island General Laws 6A-7-401. Irregularities in issue of receipt or bill or conduct of issuer
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The obligations imposed by this chapter on an issuer apply to a document of title even if:
(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.
History of Section.
P.L. 2006, ch. 112, § 6; P.L. 2006, ch. 135, § 6.
Terms Used In Rhode Island General Laws 6A-7-401
- 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 Rhode Island General Laws 6A-7-102
- Goods: means all things that are treated as movable for the purposes of a contract for storage or transportation. See Rhode Island General Laws 6A-7-102
- 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 Rhode Island General Laws 6A-7-102
- person: may be construed to extend to and include co-partnerships and bodies corporate and politic. See Rhode Island General Laws 43-3-6
- Statute: A law passed by a legislature.
- Warehouse: means a person engaged in the business of storing goods for hire. See Rhode Island General Laws 6A-7-102