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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>71376</law_id><section_number>8.9A-306</section_number><catch_line>Law governing perfection and priority of security interests in letter-of-credit rights</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="1" identifier="8.9A">Commercial Code &#x2014; Secured Transactions</unit><unit label="part" level="2" order_by="1" identifier="3">Perfection and Priority</unit><unit label="subpart" level="3" order_by="1" identifier="1">Law Governing Perfection and Priority</unit></structure><text>
						<section id="a"><p><span class="prefix-number">a.</span> Governing <span class="dictionary">law</span>; issuer&#x2019;s or nominated person&#x2019;s <span class="dictionary">jurisdiction</span>. Subject to subsection (c), the local <span class="dictionary">law</span> of the issuer&#x2019;s <span class="dictionary">jurisdiction</span> or a nominated person&#x2019;s <span class="dictionary">jurisdiction</span> governs perfection, the effect of perfection or nonperfection, and the priority of a security interest in a letter-of-credit right if the issuer&#x2019;s <span class="dictionary">jurisdiction</span> or nominated person&#x2019;s <span class="dictionary">jurisdiction</span> is a state. <a id="paragraph-257344" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/8.9A-306/#a"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="b"><p><span class="prefix-number">b.</span> Issuer&#x2019;s or nominated person&#x2019;s <span class="dictionary">jurisdiction</span>. For purposes of this part, an issuer&#x2019;s <span class="dictionary">jurisdiction</span> or nominated person&#x2019;s <span class="dictionary">jurisdiction</span> is the <span class="dictionary">jurisdiction</span> whose <span class="dictionary">law</span> governs the liability of the issuer or nominated person with respect to the letter-of-credit right as provided in &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Choice of law and forum" href="/8.5A-116/">8.5A-116</a>. <a id="paragraph-257345" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/8.9A-306/#b"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="c"><p><span class="prefix-number">c.</span> When section not applicable. This section does not apply to a security interest that is perfected only under &#xA7; <a class="law" title="When security interest or agricultural lien is perfected; continuity of perfection" href="/8.9A-308/">8.9A-308</a> (d). <a id="paragraph-257346" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/8.9A-306/#c"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>2000, c. 1007.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
