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...(A) Subject to division (E) of section 1304.66 and divisions (D) and (E) of section 1304.77 of the Revised Code, if a beneficiary's bank accepts a payment order, the bank shall pay the amount of the order to the beneficiary of the order. Payment is due on the payment date of the order, but, if acceptance occurs on the payment date after the close of the funds-transfer business day of the bank, payment is due on the n...

...(A) If the beneficiary's bank credits an account of the beneficiary of a payment order, payment of the bank's obligation under division (A) of section 1304.76 of the Revised Code occurs when and to the extent the beneficiary is notified of the right to withdraw the credit, the bank lawfully applies the credit to a debt of the beneficiary, or funds with respect to the order are otherwise made available to the benefici...

...(A) Subject to division (E) of section 1304.66 and divisions (D) and (E) of section 1304.77 of the Revised Code, the originator of a funds transfer shall pay the beneficiary of the originator's payment order at the time a payment order for the benefit of the beneficiary is accepted by the beneficiary's bank in the funds transfer and in an amount equal to the amount of the order accepted by the beneficiary's bank, but...

...(A) "Funds-transfer system rule" means either of the following: (1) A rule of an association of banks that governs transmission of payment orders by means of a funds-transfer system of the association or rights and obligations with respect to those orders; (2) A rule of an association of banks to the extent that it governs rights and obligations between banks that are parties to a funds transfer in which a federal ...

...(A) As used in this section, "creditor process" means levy, attachment, garnishment, notice of lien, sequestration, or similar process issued by or on behalf of a creditor or other claimant with respect to an account. (B) This division applies to creditor process with respect to an authorized account of the sender of a payment order if the creditor process is served on the receiving bank. For the purpose of determin...

...For proper cause and in compliance with applicable law, a court may restrain a person from issuing a payment order to initiate a funds transfer, an originator's bank from executing the payment order of the originator, or the beneficiary's bank from releasing funds to the beneficiary or the beneficiary from withdrawing the funds. A court may not otherwise restrain a person from issuing a payment order, paying or recei...

...(A) If a receiving bank has received more than one payment order of the sender or one or more payment orders and other items that are payable from the sender's account, the bank may charge the sender's account with respect to the various orders and items in any sequence. (B) In determining whether a credit to an account has been withdrawn by the holder of the account or applied to a debt of the holder of the accoun...

...If a receiving bank has received payment from its customer with respect to a payment order issued in the name of the customer as sender and accepted by the bank, and the customer received notification reasonably identifying the order, the customer is precluded from asserting that the bank is not entitled to retain the payment unless the customer notifies the bank of the customer's objection to the payment within one ...

...(A) If, under sections 1304.51 to 1304.85 of the Revised Code, a receiving bank is obliged to pay interest with respect to a payment order issued to the bank, the amount payable may be determined by agreement of the sender and receiving bank, or by a funds-transfer system rule if the payment order is transmitted through a funds-transfer system. (B) If the amount of interest is not determined by an agreement or rule ...

...(A) All of the following apply unless the affected parties otherwise agree or division (C) of this section applies: (1) The rights and obligations between the sender of a payment order and the receiving bank are governed by the law of the jurisdiction in which the receiving bank is located. (2) The rights and obligations between the beneficiary's bank and the beneficiary are governed by the law of the jurisdiction ...

...(A) As used in this chapter: (1) "Adviser" means a person who, at the request of the issuer, a confirmer, or another adviser, notifies or requests another adviser to notify the beneficiary that a letter of credit has been issued, confirmed, or amended. (2) "Applicant" means a person at whose request or for whose account a letter of credit is issued. The term includes a person who requests an issuer to issue a lette...

...(A) This chapter applies to letters of credit and to certain rights and obligations arising out of transactions involving letters of credit. (B) The statement of a rule in this chapter does not by itself require, imply, or negate application of the same or a different rule to a situation not provided for, or to a person not specified, in this chapter. (C) With the exception of this division, divisions (A) and...

...A letter of credit, confirmation, advice, transfer, amendment, or cancellation may be issued in any form that is a record and is authenticated by a signature or in accordance with the agreement of the parties or the standard practice referred to in division (E) of section 1305.07 of the Revised Code.

...Consideration is not required to issue, amend, transfer, or cancel a letter of credit, advice, or confirmation.

...(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 is revocable only if it so provides. (B) After a letter of credit is issued, rights and obligations of a beneficiary, applicant, confirmer, and issuer are not affected by an amendment or cancellat...

...(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 were an applicant and the confirmer had issued the letter of credit at the request and for the account of the issuer. (B) A nominated person who is not a confirmer is not obligated to honor o...

...(A) Except as otherwise provided in section 1305.08 of the Revised Code, an issuer shall honor a presentation that, as determined by the standard practice referred to in division (E) of this section, appears on its face strictly to comply with the terms and conditions of the letter of credit. Except as otherwise provided in section 1305.12 of the Revised Code and, unless otherwise agreed with the applicant, an issuer...

...(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 by the beneficiary on the issuer or applicant: (1) The issuer shall honor the presentation, if honor is demanded by (a) a nominated person who has given value in good ...

...(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 division (A) of section 1305.08 of the Revised Code; and (2) To the applicant that the drawing does not violate any agreement between the applicant and beneficiary or any other agreement intended by them to be aug...

...(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 of the dishonor or repudiation. If the issuer's obligation under the letter of credit is not for the payment of money, the claimant may obtain specific perfor...

...(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...