2016 South Carolina Code of Laws
Title 36 - Commercial Code
CHAPTER 2 - COMMERCIAL CODE - SALES
Section 36-2-506. Rights of financing agency.
(1) A financing agency by paying or purchasing for value a draft which relates to a shipment of goods acquires to the extent of the payment or purchase and in addition to its own rights under the draft and any document of title securing it any rights of the shipper in the goods including the right to stop delivery and the shipper's right to have the draft honored by the buyer.
(2) The right to reimbursement of a financing agency which has in good faith honored or purchased the draft under commitment to or authority from the buyer is not impaired by subsequent discovery of defects with reference to any relevant document which was apparently regular.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 10.2-506; 1966 (54) 2716; 2014 Act No. 213 (S.343), Section 12, eff October 1, 2014.
Editor's Note
2014 Act No. 213, Section 51, provides as follows:
"SECTION 51. This act becomes effective on October 1, 2014. It applies to transactions entered into and events occurring after that date."
Effect of Amendment
2014 Act No. 213, Section 12, in subsection (2), deleted "on its face" after "apparently regular".
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