California Commercial Code
§ 9409
COM § 9409 Effective Jan 1, 2001Div. 9 · Ch. 4
Statute text
View on leginfo.ca.gov(a)A term in a letter of credit or a rule of law, statute, regulation, custom, or practice applicable to the letter of credit which prohibits, restricts, or requires the consent of an applicant, issuer, or nominated person to a beneficiary’s assignment of or creation of a security interest in a letter-of-credit right is ineffective to the extent that the term or rule of law, statute, regulation, custom, or practice does, or would do, either of the following:
(1)It would impair the creation, attachment, or perfection of a security interest in the letter-of-credit right.
(2)It provides that the assignment or the creation, attachment, or perfection of the security interest may give rise to a default, breach, right of recoupment, claim, defense, termination, right of termination, or remedy under the letter-of-credit right.
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Legislative history
Repealed (by Sec. 33) and added by Stats. 2000, Ch. 1003, Sec. 34. Effective January 1, 2001. Operative July 1, 2001, by Sec. 56 of Ch. 1003.