The Florida Senate

675.116  Transfer and assignment.--

(1)  The right to draw under a credit can be transferred or assigned only when the credit is expressly designated as transferable or assignable.

(2)  Even though the credit specifically states that it is nontransferable or nonassignable, the beneficiary may before performance of the conditions of the credit assign his or her right to proceeds. Such an assignment is an assignment of an account under chapter 679 on secured transactions and is governed by that chapter except that:

(a)  The assignment is ineffective until the letter of credit or advice of credit is delivered to the assignee which delivery constitutes perfection of the security interest under chapter 679; and

(b)  The issuer may honor drafts or demands for payment drawn under the credit until it receives a notification of the assignment signed by the beneficiary which reasonably identifies the credit involved in the assignment and contains a request to pay the assignee; and

(c)  After what reasonably appears to be such a notification has been received, the issuer may without dishonor refuse to accept or pay even to a person otherwise entitled to honor until the letter of credit or advice of credit is exhibited to the issuer.

(3)  Except where the beneficiary has effectively assigned his or her right to draw or his or her right to proceeds, nothing in this section limits the beneficiary's right to transfer or negotiate drafts or demands drawn under the credit.

History.--s. 1, ch. 65-254; s. 5, ch. 79-398; s. 620, ch. 97-102.

Note.--s. 5-116, U.C.C.