554.5103 Scope. 1. This Article applies to letters of credit and to certain rights and obligations arising out of transactions involving letters of credit. 2. The statement of a rule in this Article does not by itself require, imply, or negate application of the same or a different rule to a situation not provided for, or to a person notspecified, in this Article. 3. With the exception of this subsection, subsections 1 and 4, section 554.5102, subsection 1, paragraphs 'i' and 'j', section 554.5106, subsection 4, and section 554.5114, subsection 4,and except to the extent prohibited in section 554.1302 and section 554.5117, subsection 4,the effect of this Article may be varied by agreement or by a provision stated or incorporatedby reference in an undertaking. A term in an agreement or undertaking generally excusingliability or generally limiting remedies for failure to perform obligations is not sufficient tovary obligations prescribed by this Article. 4. Rights and obligations of an issuer to a beneficiary or a nominated person under a letter of credit are independent of the existence, performance, or nonperformance of a contract orarrangement out of which the letter of credit n issuer to a beneficiary or a nominated person under a letter of credit are independent of the existence, performance, or nonperformance of a contract orarrangement out of which the letter of credit arises or which underlies it, including contractsor arrangements between the issuer and the applicant and between the applicant and thebeneficiary. [C66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §554.5103]94 Acts, ch 1167, §117, 122; 96 Acts, ch 1026, §2, 28; 2007 Acts, ch 41, §28Referred to in §554.5116 Sat Dec 23 01:57:35 2023 Iowa Code 2024, Section 554.5103 (25, 0)
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