{"code":"COM","codeName":"Commercial Code","section":"7401","citation":"Com. Code, § 7401","status":"in-force","lawOn":"2026-09-28","headings":[{"name":"DIVISION 7. DOCUMENTS OF TITLE [7101. - 7603.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/commercial-code/division-7"},{"name":"CHAPTER 4. Warehouse Receipts and Bills of Lading: General Obligations [7401. - 7404.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/commercial-code/division-7/chapter-4"}],"history":"Repealed and added by Stats. 2006, Ch. 254, Sec. 49.   Effective January 1, 2007.","effective":"2007-01-01","html":"<p>The obligations imposed by this division on an issuer apply to a document of title even if:</p><p>(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;</p><p>(2) the issuer violated laws regulating the conduct of its business;</p><p>(3) the goods covered by the document were owned by the bailee when the document was issued; or</p><p>(4) the person issuing the document is not a warehouse but the document purports to be a warehouse receipt.</p>","text":"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.","otherVersions":[],"url":"https://blackletter.si/commercial-code/warehouse-receipts-and-bills-of-lading-general-obligations-7401","source":"California Legislative Information bulk export (pubinfo)"}