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This law was first created in 1997. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 343<\/a> of that year\u2019s edition of \u201cActs of Assembly,\u201d the annual state publication listing all changes made to the Code of Virginia in that year.<\/p>","references":[{"id":84859,"section_number":"8.5A-108","catch_line":"Issuer's rights and obligations","order_by":null,"url":"\/8.5A-108\/"}],"refers_to":[{"id":68535,"section_number":"8.5A-109","catch_line":"Fraud and forgery","order_by":null,"url":"\/8.5A-109\/"}],"permalink":{"id":283389,"object_type":"law","relational_id":86292,"identifier":"8.5A-110","token":"8.5A\/8.5A-110","url":"\/8.5A-110\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/8.5A-110\/","token":"8.5A\/8.5A-110","dublin_core":{"Title":"Warranties","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 8.5A-110","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

a.<\/span> If its presentation is honored, the beneficiary warrants: <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

1.<\/span> to the issuer, any other person to whom presentation is made, and the applicant that there is no fraud<\/span> or forgery<\/span> of the kind described in § 8.5A-109<\/a>(a); and <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

2.<\/span> 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 augmented by the letter of credit. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

b.<\/span> The warranties in subsection (a) are in addition to warranties arising under Titles 8.3A, 8.4, 8.7, and 8.8A because of the presentation or transfer of documents covered by any of those titles. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nWARRANTIES (\u00a7 8.5A-110)\n\na. If its presentation is honored, the beneficiary warrants:\n\n 1. to the issuer, any other person to whom presentation is made, and the\n applicant that there is no fraud or forgery of the kind described in §\n 8.5A-109(a); and\n\n 2. to the applicant that the drawing does not violate any agreement between\n the applicant and beneficiary or any other agreement intended by them to be\n augmented by the letter of credit.\n\nb. The warranties in subsection (a) are in addition to warranties arising under\nTitles 8.3A, 8.4, 8.7, and 8.8A because of the presentation or transfer of\ndocuments covered by any of those titles.\n\nHISTORY: 1997, c. 343.","edition":{"id":1,"name":"2025","slug":"2025","date_created":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","date_modified":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","current":1,"order_by":1,"last_import":null}}