(a) Term or law restricting assignment generally ineffective.-- A term in a letter of credit or a rule of law, statute, regulation, custom or practice applicable to the letter of credit which prohibits, restricts or requires the consent of an applicant, issuer or nominated person to a beneficiary's assignment of or creation of a security interest in a letter-of-credit right is ineffective to the extent that the term or rule of law, statute, regulation, custom or practice: (1) would impair the creation, attachment or perfection of a security interest in the letter-of-credit right; or (2) provides that the assignment or the creation, attachment or perfection of the security interest may give rise to a default, breach, right of recoupment, claim, defense, termination, right of termination or remedy under the letter-of-credit right. (b) Limitation on ineffectiveness under subsection (a).-- To the extent that a term in a letter of credit is ineffective under subsection (a) but would be effective under law other than this division or a custom or practice applicable to the letter of credit, to the transfer of a right to draw or otherwise demand performance under the letter of credit or to the assignment of a right to proceeds of the letter of credit, the creation, attachment or perfection of a security interest in the letter-of-credit right: (1) is not enforceable against the applicant, issuer, nominated person or transferee beneficiary; (2) imposes no duties or obligations on the applicant, issuer, nominated person or transferee beneficiary; and (3) does not require the applicant, issuer, nominated person or transferee beneficiary to recognize the security interest, pay or render performance to the secured party or accept payment or other performance from the secured party. CHAPTER 95 FILING Subchapter A. Filing Office; Contents and Effectiveness of Financing Statement B. Duties and Operation of Filing Office Prior Provisions. Former Chapter 95, which related to default, was added November 1, 1979, P.L.255, No.86, and repealed June 8, 2001, P.L.123, No.18, effective July 1, 2001. SUBCHAPTER A FILING OFFICE; CONTENTS AND EFFECTIVENESS OF FINANCING STATEMENT Sec. 9501. Filing office. 9502. Contents of financing statement; record of mortgage as financing statement; time of filing financing statement. 9503. Name of debtor and secured party. 9504. Indication of collateral. 9505. Filing and compliance with other statutes and treaties for consignments, leases, other bailments and other transactions. 9506. Effect of errors or omissions. 9507. Effect of certain events on effectiveness of financing statement. 9508. Effectiveness of financing statement if new debtor becomes bound by security agreement. 9509. Persons entitled to file a record. 9510. Effectiveness of filed record. 9511. Secured party of record. 9512. Amendment of financing statement. 9513. Termination statement. 9514. Assignment of powers of secured party of record. 9515. Duration and effectiveness of financing statement; effect of lapsed financing statement. 9516. What constitutes filing; effectiveness of filing. 9517. Effect of indexing errors. 9518. Claim concerning inaccurate or wrongfully filed record.
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