Nevada Code § 104.5109

Fraud and forgery
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1. If a presentation is made that
appears on its face strictly to comply with the terms and conditions of a
letter of credit, but a required document is forged or materially fraudulent,
or honor of the presentation would facilitate a material fraud by the
beneficiary on the issuer or applicant:
(a) The issuer shall honor the presentation, if
honor is demanded by a nominated person who has given value in good faith and
without notice of forgery or material fraud, a confirmer who has honored his or
her confirmation in good faith, a holder in due course of a draft drawn under
the letter of credit which was taken after acceptance by the issuer or
nominated person, or an assignee of the issuers or nominated persons deferred
obligation that was taken for value and without notice of forgery or material
fraud after the obligation was incurred by the issuer or nominated person; and
(b) The issuer, acting in good faith, may honor
or dishonor the presentation in any other case.
2. If an applicant claims that a required
document is forged or materially fraudulent or that honor of the presentation
would facilitate a material fraud by the beneficiary on the issuer or
applicant, a court of competent jurisdiction may temporarily or permanently
enjoin the issuer from honoring the presentation or grant similar relief
against the issuer or other persons only if the court finds that:
(a) The relief is not prohibited under the law
applicable to an accepted draft or deferred obligation incurred by the issuer;
(b) A beneficiary, issuer or nominated person who
may be adversely affected is adequately protected against loss that it may
suffer because the relief is granted;
(c) All of the conditions to entitle a person to
the relief under the law of this State have been met; and
(d) On the basis of the information submitted to
the court, the applicant is more likely than not to succeed under its claim of
forgery or material fraud and the person demanding honor does not qualify for
protection under paragraph (a) of subsection 1.

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