The obligations imposed by this division on an issuer apply to a document of title even if: (1) the document does not comply with the requirements of this division 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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