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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>58998</law_id><section_number>8.5A-106</section_number><catch_line>Issuance, amendment, cancellation, and duration</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><referred_to_by><reference>8.5A-103</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> 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. <a id="paragraph-216310" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/8.5A-106/#a"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="b"><p><span class="prefix-number">b.</span> After a letter of credit is issued, rights and obligations of a beneficiary, applicant, confirmer, and issuer are not affected by an amendment or cancellation to which that person has not consented except to the extent the letter of credit provides that it is revocable or that the issuer may <span class="dictionary">amend</span> or cancel the letter of credit without that consent. <a id="paragraph-216311" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/8.5A-106/#b"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="c"><p><span class="prefix-number">c.</span> If there is no stated expiration date or other provision that determines its duration, a letter of credit expires one year after its stated date of issuance or, if none is stated, after the date on which it is issued. <a id="paragraph-216312" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/8.5A-106/#c"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="d"><p><span class="prefix-number">d.</span> A letter of credit that states that it is perpetual expires five years after its stated date of issuance, or if none is stated, after the date on which it is issued. <a id="paragraph-216313" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/8.5A-106/#d"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>1997, c. 343.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
