62A.7-201 - Who may issue a warehouse receipt; storage under government bond.

Who may issue a warehouse receipt; storage under government bond.

(1) A warehouse receipt may be issued by any warehouseman.

     (2) Where goods including distilled spirits and agricultural commodities are stored under a statute requiring a bond against withdrawal or a license for the issuance of receipts in the nature of warehouse receipts, a receipt issued for the goods has like effect as a warehouse receipt even though issued by a person who is the owner of the goods and is not a warehouseman.

[1965 ex.s. c 157 § 7-201. Cf. former RCW 22.04.020; 1913 c 99 § 1; RRS § 3587; prior: 1891 c 134 § 1.]