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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>59884</law_id><section_number>8.5A-103</section_number><catch_line>Scope</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><referred_to_by><reference>8.5A-116</reference></referred_to_by><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="1" identifier="8.5A">Uniform Commercial Code &#x2014; Letters of Credit</unit></structure><text>
						<section id="a"><p><span class="prefix-number">a.</span> This title applies to letters of credit and to certain rights and obligations arising out of transactions involving letters of credit. <a id="paragraph-219357" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/8.5A-103/#a"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="b"><p><span class="prefix-number">b.</span> The statement of a rule in this title 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 title. <a id="paragraph-219358" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/8.5A-103/#b"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="c"><p><span class="prefix-number">c.</span> With the exception of this subsection, subsections (a) and (d), &#xA7;&#xA7; <a class="law" title="Definitions" href="/8.5A-102/">8.5A-102</a>(a) (9) and (10), <a class="law" title="Issuance, amendment, cancellation, and duration" href="/8.5A-106/">8.5A-106</a>(d), and <a class="law" title="Assignment of proceeds" href="/8.5A-114/">8.5A-114</a>(d), and except to the extent prohibited in &#xA7;&#xA7; <a class="law" title="Variation by agreement" href="/8.1A-302/">8.1A-302</a> and <a class="law" title="Subrogation of issuer, applicant, and nominated person" href="/8.5A-117/">8.5A-117</a>(d), the effect of this title may be varied by agreement or by a provision stated or incorporated by reference in an undertaking. A term in an agreement or undertaking generally excusing liability or generally limiting remedies for failure to perform obligations is not sufficient to vary obligations prescribed by this title. <a id="paragraph-219359" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/8.5A-103/#c"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="d"><p><span class="prefix-number">d.</span> Rights and obligations of an issuer to a beneficiary or a nominated person under a letter of credit are independent of the existence, performance, or nonperformance of a <span class="dictionary">contract</span> or arrangement out of which the letter of credit arises or which underlies it, including <span class="dictionary">contracts</span> or arrangements between the issuer and the applicant and between the applicant and the beneficiary. <a id="paragraph-219360" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/8.5A-103/#d"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>1997, c. 343; 2003, c. 353.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
