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...(A) Except as otherwise provided in section 1305.12 of the Revised Code, 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. (B) Even if a letter of credit provides that it is transferable, the issuer may refuse to recognize or carry out a transfer if: (1) The transfer would violate applicable...

...(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 may consent to amendments, sign and present documents, and receive payment or other items of value in its own name as the disclosed successor of the beneficiary. Except as other...

...(A) As used 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 include a beneficiary's drawing rights or documents presented by the beneficiary. (B) A beneficiary may assign its right to part or all of the proceeds of a letter...

...An action to enforce a right or obligation arising under this chapter 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 action accrues when the breach occurs, regardless of the aggrieved party's lack of knowledge of the breach.

...(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 or otherwise authenticated by the affected parties in the manner provided in section 1305.03 of the Revised Code or by a provision in the person's letter of credit, confirmation, or other undertaking. The jurisdiction whose law is chosen n...

...(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 and of the applicant to the same extent as if the issuer were the secondary obligor of the underlying obligation owed to the applicant. (B) An applicant that reimburses an issuer is subrogated to the rig...

...(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 the extent that an issuer or nominated person has not been reimbursed or has not otherwise recovered the value given with respect to a security interest in a document under division (A) of this se...

...blic corporation, or any other legal or commercial entity. (M) "Record" means information that is inscribed on a tangible medium or that is stored in an electronic or other medium and is retrievable in perceivable form. (N) "Security procedure" means a procedure employed for the purpose of verifying that an electronic signature, record, or performance is that of a specific person or for detecting changes or errors ...

...(A) Except as provided in division (B) of this section, sections 1306.01 to 1306.23 of the Revised Code apply to electronic records and electronic signatures relating to a transaction. (B) Sections 1306.01 to 1306.23 of the Revised Code do not apply to a transaction to the extent it is governed by any of the following: (1) A law governing the creation and execution of wills, codicils, or testamentary trusts;...

...Sections 1306.01 to 1306.23 of the Revised Code apply to any electronic record or electronic signature created, generated, sent, communicated, received, or stored on or after the effective date of sections 1306.01 to 1306.23 of the Revised Code.

...(A) Sections 1306.01 to 1306.23 of the Revised Code do not require a record or signature to be created, generated, sent, communicated, received, stored, or otherwise processed or used by electronic means or in electronic form. (B) Sections 1306.01 to 1306.23 of the Revised Code apply only to transactions between parties each of which has agreed to conduct transactions by electronic means. Whether the parties agree t...

...Sections 1306.01 to 1306.15 of the Revised Code may be known and cited as the "uniform electronic transactions act" and shall be construed and applied as follows: (A) To facilitate electronic transactions consistent with other applicable law; (B) To be consistent with reasonable practices concerning electronic transactions and with the continued expansion of those practices; (C) To effectuate its general purpose t...

...(A) A record or signature may not be denied legal effect or enforceability solely because it is in electronic form. (B) A contract may not be denied legal effect or enforceability solely because an electronic record was used in its formation. (C) If a law requires a record to be in writing, an electronic record satisfies the law. (D) If a law requires a signature, an electronic signature satisfies the law.

...(A) If the parties have agreed to conduct a transaction by electronic means and a law requires a person to provide, send, or deliver information in writing to another person, the requirement is satisfied if the information is provided, sent, or delivered, as the case may be, in an electronic record capable of retention by the recipient at the time of receipt. An electronic record is not capable of retention by the re...

...(A) An electronic record or electronic signature is attributable to a person if it was the act of the person. The act of the person may be shown in any manner, including a showing of the efficacy of any security procedure applied to determine the person to which the electronic record or electronic signature is attributable. (B) The effect of an electronic record or electronic signature attributed to a person under d...

...(A) If a change or error in an electronic record occurs in a transmission between parties to a transaction, both of the following apply: (1) If the parties have agreed to use a security procedure to detect changes or errors and one party has conformed to the procedure, but the other party has not, and the nonconforming party would have detected the change or error had that party also conformed, the conforming party ...

...If a law requires a signature or record to be notarized, acknowledged, verified, or made under oath, the requirement is satisfied if the electronic signature of the person authorized to perform those acts, together with all other information required to be included by other applicable law, is attached to or logically associated with the signature or record.

...(A) If a law requires that a record be retained, the requirement is satisfied by retaining an electronic record of the information in the record if both of the following are satisfied: (1) The electronic record accurately and completely reflects the information set forth in the record after it was first generated in its final form as an electronic record or otherwise. (2) The electronic record remains accessible fo...

...In a proceeding, evidence of a record or signature may not be excluded solely because it is in electronic form.

...In an automated transaction, all of the following apply: (A) A contract may be formed by the interaction of electronic agents of the parties, even if no individual was aware of or reviewed the electronic agents' actions or the resulting terms and agreements. (B) A contract may be formed by the interaction of an electronic agent and an individual, acting on the individual's own behalf or for another person, includin...

...(A) Unless otherwise agreed between the sender and the recipient, an electronic record is sent when it satisfies all of the following: (1) The record is addressed properly or otherwise directed properly to an information processing system that the recipient has designated or uses for the purpose of receiving electronic records or information of the type sent, and from which the recipient is able to retrieve the elec...

...nt record or writing under the uniform commercial code. If the applicable statutory requirements under section 1303.32, 1307.501, or 1309.27 of the Revised Code are satisfied, these rights and defenses include the rights and defenses of a holder in due course, a holder to which a negotiable document of title has been duly negotiated, or a purchaser, respectively. (2) Delivery, possession, and indorsement are n...

...(A) A provision of a nonelectronic contract involving a consumer and to which a state agency or a county office is not a party that authorizes the conducting of a transaction or any part of a transaction by electronic means is unenforceable against the consumer, unless the consumer separately signs the provision. (B) A consumer's agreement to conduct a transaction or a part of a transaction electronically shall not ...

...ection 1306.18 of the Revised Code, the commercial reasonableness of a security procedure is to be determined by a court. In making this determination, both of the following apply: (1) A security procedure established by statute or regulation is effective for transactions covered by the statute or regulation. (2) Except as otherwise provided in division (B)(1) of this section, the commercial reasonableness and effe...

...llowing: (a) The security procedure is commercially reasonable. (b) The party accepted or relied on the electronic message in good faith and in compliance with the security procedure and any additional agreement with or separate instructions of the other party. (c) The security procedure indicates that the electronic message is from the person to which attribution is sought. (B) If the electronic signature or ele...