Nevada Code § 104.5116

Choice of law and forum
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1. The liability of an issuer, nominated
person or adviser for action or omission is governed by the law of the
jurisdiction chosen by an agreement in the form of a record signed by the
affected parties or by a provision in his or her letter of credit, confirmation
or other undertaking. The jurisdiction whose law is chosen need not bear any
relation to the transaction.
2. Unless subsection 1 applies, the
liability of an issuer, nominated person or adviser for action or omission is
governed by the law of the jurisdiction in which he or she is located. The
issuer, nominated person or adviser for action or omission is considered to be
located at the address indicated in his or her undertaking. If more than one
address is indicated, he or she is considered to be located at the address from
which his or her undertaking was issued.
3. For the purpose of jurisdiction, choice
of law and recognition of interbranch letters of credit, but not enforcement of
a judgment, all branches of a bank are considered separate juridical entities
and a bank is considered to be located at the place where its relevant branch
is considered to be located under subsection 4.
4. A branch of a bank is considered to be
located at the address indicated in the branchs undertaking. If more than one
address is indicated, the branch is considered to be located at the address
from which the undertaking was issued.
5. Except as otherwise provided in this
subsection, the liability of an issuer, nominated person or adviser is governed
by any rules of custom or practice, such as the Uniform Customs and Practice for
Documentary Credits, to which the letter of credit, confirmation or other
undertaking is expressly made subject. If:
(a) This article would govern the liability of an
issuer, nominated person or adviser under subsection 1 or 2;
(b) The relevant undertaking incorporates rules
of custom or practice; and
(c) There is conflict between this article and
those rules as applied to that undertaking,
those rules
govern except to the extent of any conflict with the nonvariable provisions
specified in subsection 3 of NRS 104.5103 .
6. If there is conflict between this
article and article 3, 4, 4A or 9, this article governs.
7. The forum for settling disputes arising
out of an undertaking within this article may be chosen in the manner and with
the binding effect that governing law may be chosen in accordance with
subsection 1.

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