Mississippi Code
Miss. Code Ann. § 75-5-102 (2026)
Definitions
✓ current as of July 2026
- (a) In this chapter:
- (1) "Adviser" means a person who, at the request of the issuer, a confirmer, or another adviser, notifies or requests another adviser to notify the beneficiary that a letter of credit has been issued, confirmed or amended.
- (2) "Applicant" means a person at whose request or for whose account a letter of credit is issued. The term includes a person who requests an issuer to issue a letter of credit on behalf of another if the person making the request undertakes an obligation to reimburse the issuer.
- (3) "Beneficiary" means a person who under the terms of a letter of credit is entitled to have its complying presentation honored. The term includes a person to whom drawing rights have been transferred under a transferable letter of credit.
- (4) "Confirmer" means a nominated person who undertakes, at the request or with the consent of the issuer, to honor a presentation under a letter of credit issued by another.
- (5) "Dishonor" of a letter of credit means failure timely to honor or to take an interim action, such as acceptance of a draft, that may be required by the letter of credit.
- (6) "Document" means a draft or other demand, document of title, investment security, certificate, invoice, or other record, statement, or representation of fact, law, right, or opinion (i) which is presented in a written or other medium permitted by the letter of credit or, unless prohibited by the letter of credit, by the standard practice referred to in Section 75-5-108(e), and (ii) which is capable of being examined for compliance with the terms and conditions of the letter of credit. A document may not be oral.
- (7) "Good faith" means honesty in fact in the conduct or transaction concerned.
- (8) "Honor" of a letter of credit means performance of the issuer's undertaking in the letter of credit to pay or deliver an item of value. Unless the letter of credit otherwise provides, "honor" occurs:
- (i) Upon payment;
- (ii) If the letter of credit provides for acceptance, upon acceptance of a draft and, at maturity, its payment; or
- (iii) If the letter of credit provides for incurring a deferred obligation, upon incurring the obligation and, at maturity, its performance.
- (9) "Issuer" means a bank or other person that issues a letter of credit, but does not include an individual who makes an engagement for personal, family or household purposes.
- (10) "Letter of credit" means a definite undertaking that satisfies the requirements of Section 75-5-104 by an issuer to a beneficiary at the request or for the account of an applicant or, in the case of a financial institution, to itself or for its own account, to honor a documentary presentation by payment or delivery of an item of value.
- (11) "Nominated person" means a person whom the issuer (i) designates or authorizes to pay, accept, negotiate or otherwise give value under a letter of credit, and (ii) undertakes by agreement or custom and practice to reimburse.
- (12) "Presentation" means delivery of a document to an issuer or nominated person for honor or giving of value under a letter of credit.
- (13) "Presenter" means a person making a presentation as or on behalf of a beneficiary or nominated person.
- (14) "Record" means information that is inscribed on a tangible medium, or that is stored in an electronic or other medium and is retrievable in perceivable form.
- (15) "Successor of a beneficiary" means a person who succeeds to substantially all of the rights of a beneficiary by operation of law, including a corporation with or into which the beneficiary has been merged or consolidated, an administrator, executor, personal representative, trustee in bankruptcy, debtor in possession, liquidator and receiver.
- (b) Other definitions applying to this chapter and the sections in which they appear are:
"Accept" or "Acceptance" Section 3-409 [Section 75-3-409]
"Value" Sections 3-303, 4-211 [Sections 75-3-303, 75-4-211]
- (c) Chapter 1 contains certain additional general definitions and principles of construction and interpretation applicable throughout this chapter.
Laws, 1996, ch. 460, § 3, eff. 7/1/1996.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 5
cases, 1978–2011 · leading case: First Am. Nat. Bank of Iuka v. Alcorn, Inc., 361 So. 2d 481 (Miss. 1978).
First Am. Nat. Bank of Iuka v. Alcorn, Inc., 361 So. 2d 481 (Miss. 1978). “[§ 75-5-102] that the issuer will honor drafts or other demands for payment upon compliance with the conditions specified in the credit.”
Hataway v. Nicholls, 893 So. 2d 1054 (Miss. 2005). “" Miss.Code Ann. § 75-5-102(10). The "standard practice of financial institutions" that issue letters of credit shall be observed.”
Rogers v. CIT Grp./Equip. Fin., Inc. (In Re B.C. Rogers Poultry, Inc.), 455 B.R. 524 (Bankr. S.D. Miss. 2011). “Miss.Code Ann. § 75-5-102. 38 At common law, the issuer of a letter of credit had a direct obligation to pay independent of the underlying contract between the customer and the beneficiary as long as the documents presented satisfied the terms of the letter of credit.”
Rushing v. Trustmark Nat'l Bank, 66 So. 3d 729 (Miss. Ct. App. 2011). “Additionally, Mississippi Code Annotated section 75-5-108(g) provides that "[i]f an undertaking constituting a letter of credit under Section 75-5-102(a)(10) contains nondocumentary conditions, an issuer shall disregard the nondocumentary conditions and treat them as if they…”
Hendry Const. Co. v. Bank of Hattiesburg, 562 So. 2d 100 (Miss. 1990). “Miss. Code Ann. § 75-5-102 . It is "an engagement .”
— Miss. Code Ann. § 75-5-102(1) — 1 case
First Am. Nat. Bank of Iuka v. Alcorn, Inc., 361 So. 2d 481 (Miss. 1978). “[§ 75-5-102] that the issuer will honor drafts or other demands for payment upon compliance with the conditions specified in the credit.”
— Miss. Code Ann. § 75-5-102(1)(a) — 1 case
First Am. Nat. Bank of Iuka v. Alcorn, Inc., 361 So. 2d 481 (Miss. 1978). “[§ 75-5-102] that the issuer will honor drafts or other demands for payment upon compliance with the conditions specified in the credit.”
— Miss. Code Ann. § 75-5-102(1)(c) — 1 case
First Am. Nat. Bank of Iuka v. Alcorn, Inc., 361 So. 2d 481 (Miss. 1978). “[§ 75-5-102] that the issuer will honor drafts or other demands for payment upon compliance with the conditions specified in the credit.”
— Miss. Code Ann. § 75-5-102(10) — 1 case
Hataway v. Nicholls, 893 So. 2d 1054 (Miss. 2005). “" Miss.Code Ann. § 75-5-102(10). The "standard practice of financial institutions" that issue letters of credit shall be observed.”
— Miss. Code Ann. § 75-5-102(a)(10) — 1 case
Rushing v. Trustmark Nat'l Bank, 66 So. 3d 729 (Miss. Ct. App. 2011). “Additionally, Mississippi Code Annotated section 75-5-108(g) provides that "[i]f an undertaking constituting a letter of credit under Section 75-5-102(a)(10) contains nondocumentary conditions, an issuer shall disregard the nondocumentary conditions and treat them as if they…”
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