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

1. 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. 2. The issuer violated laws regulating the conduct of its business;
3. 3. The goods covered by the document were owned by the bailee when the document was issued; or
4. 4. The person issuing the document is not a warehouse but the document purports to be a warehouse receipt.