(A) If its presentation is honored, the beneficiary warrants:

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Terms Used In Ohio Code 1305.09

  • Applicant: means a person at whose request or for whose account a letter of credit is issued. See Ohio Code 1305.01
  • Beneficiary: A person who is entitled to receive the benefits or proceeds of a will, trust, insurance policy, retirement plan, annuity, or other contract. Source: OCC
  • Beneficiary: means a person who, under the terms of a letter of credit, is entitled to have its complying presentation honored. See Ohio Code 1305.01
  • Forgery: The fraudulent signing or alteration of another's name to an instrument such as a deed, mortgage, or check. The intent of the forgery is to deceive or defraud. Source: OCC
  • Fraud: Intentional deception resulting in injury to another.
  • Issuer: means a bank or other person that issues a letter of credit, but does not include an individual who makes an engagement for personal, family, or household purposes. See Ohio Code 1305.01
  • Letter of credit: means a definite undertaking that satisfies the requirements of section 1305. See Ohio Code 1305.01
  • Person: includes an individual, corporation, business trust, estate, trust, partnership, and association. See Ohio Code 1.59
  • Presentation: means delivery of a document to an issuer or nominated person for honor or giving of value under a letter of credit. See Ohio Code 1305.01

(1) To the issuer, any other person to whom presentation is made, and the applicant that there is no fraud or forgery of the kind described in division (A) of section 1305.08 of the Revised Code; and

(2) 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.

(B) The warranties in division (A) of this section are in addition to warranties arising under Chapters 1303., 1304., 1307., and 1308. of the Revised Code because of the presentation or transfer of documents covered by any of those chapters.