§ 11-105-305 — Acceptances - letters of credit

(1) A state bank may accept:

(a) A draft that has not more than six months' sight to run, exclusive of days
of grace, and is drawn to finance the purchase of goods with maturity in accordance
with the original terms of purchase, or is secured by shipping documents
transferring or securing title to goods, or by receipt of a licensed or bonded
warehouse or elevator transferring or securing title to readily marketable staples;

(b) A draft that has no more than three months' sight to run, exclusive of
days of grace, and is drawn by a bank outside the continental limits of the United
States for the purpose of furnishing dollar exchange for trade.

(2) A state bank may issue letters of credit, but, unless the authority
conferred to draw upon the bank or its correspondents is limited to such drafts as a
bank is authorized by this section to accept, the amount of the credit outstanding at
any one time shall be deemed to be a loan to the person for whose account the
credit was issued.

Legislative History

Source: L. 2003: Entire article added with relocations, p. 1124, � 3, effective July 1.