Title 09A, Title 09A: Uniform Commercial Code

§ 5—105. Consideration Consideration is not required to issue, amend, transfer, or cancel a letter of credit, advice, or confirmation. (Added 1997, No. 65 (Adj. Sess.), § 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1999.)

§ 5—106. Issuance, amendment, cancellation, and duration (a) A letter of credit is issued and becomes enforceable according to its terms against the issuer when the issuer sends or otherwise transmits it to the person requested to advise or to the beneficiary. A letter of credit …

§ 5—107. Confirmer, nominated person, and adviser (a) A confirmer is directly obligated on a letter of credit and has the rights and obligations of an issuer to the extent of its confirmation. The confirmer also has rights against and obligations to the issuer as if the issuer we…

§ 5—108. Issuer’s rights and obligations (a) Except as otherwise provided in section 5—109 of this title, an issuer shall honor a presentation that, as determined by the standard practice referred to in subsection (e) of this section, appears on its face strictly to comply with t…

§ 5—109. Fraud and forgery (a) If a presentation is made that appears on its face strictly to comply with the terms and conditions of the letter of credit, but a required document is forged or materially fraudulent, or honor of the presentation would facilitate a material fraud b…

§ 5—110. Warranties (a) If its presentation is honored, the beneficiary warrants: (1) to the issuer, any other person to whom presentation is made, and the applicant that there is no fraud or forgery of the kind described in subsection 5—109(a) of this title; and (2) to the appli…

§ 5—111. Remedies (a) If an issuer wrongfully dishonors or repudiates its obligation to pay money under a letter of credit before presentation, the beneficiary, successor, or nominated person presenting on its own behalf may recover from the issuer the amount that is the subject …

§ 5—112. Transfer of letter of credit (a) Except as otherwise provided in section 5—113 of this title, unless a letter of credit provides that it is transferable, the right of a beneficiary to draw or otherwise demand performance under a letter of credit may not be transferred. (…

§ 5—113. Transfer by operation of law (a) A successor of a beneficiary may consent to amendments, sign and present documents, and receive payment or other items of value in the name of the beneficiary without disclosing its status as a successor. (b) A successor of a beneficiary …

§ 5—114. Assignment of proceeds (a) In this section, “proceeds of a letter of credit” means the cash, check, accepted draft, or other item of value paid or delivered upon honor or giving of value by the issuer or any nominated person under the letter of credit. The term does not …

§ 5—115. Statute of limitations An action to enforce a right or obligation arising under this article must be commenced within one year after the expiration date of the relevant letter of credit or one year after the cause of action accrues, whichever occurs later. A cause of act…

§ 5—116. Choice of law and forum (a) The liability of an issuer, nominated person, or adviser for action or omission is governed by the law of the jurisdiction chosen by an agreement in the form of a record signed by the affected parties or by a provision in the person’s letter o…

§ 5—117. Subrogation of issuer, applicant, and nominated person (a) An issuer that honors a beneficiary’s presentation is subrogated to the rights of the beneficiary to the same extent as if the issuer were a secondary obligor of the underlying obligation owed to the beneficiary …

§ 5—118. Security interest of issuer or nominated person (a) An issuer or nominated person has a security interest in a document presented under a letter of credit to the extent that the issuer or nominated person honors or gives value for the presentation. (b) So long as and to …