Section 9--306. Law Governing Perfection and Priority of Security Interests in Letter-of-credit Rights  


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  • (a) Governing  law:  issuer's  or  nominated  person's   jurisdiction.
      Subject to subsection (c), the local law of the issuer's jurisdiction or
      a  nominated  person's  jurisdiction  governs  perfection, the effect of
      perfection or nonperfection, and the priority of a security interest  in
      a  letter-of-credit  right  if  the  issuer's  jurisdiction or nominated
      person's jurisdiction is a state.
        (b) Issuer's or nominated person's jurisdiction. For purposes of  this
      part, an issuer's jurisdiction or nominated person's jurisdiction is the
      jurisdiction  whose law governs the liability of the issuer or nominated
      person with respect to the letter-of-credit right as provided in Section   5--116.
        (c) When section not applicable. This section  does  not  apply  to  a
      security interest that is perfected only under Section 9--308(d).