The following rules govern priority among conflicting security interests in the same letter-of-credit right:

Terms Used In Arizona Laws 47-9329

  • Letter-of-credit right: means a right to payment or performance under a letter of credit, whether or not the beneficiary has demanded or is at the time entitled to demand payment or performance. See Arizona Laws 47-9102
  • Secured party: means :

    (a) A person in whose favor a security interest is created or provided for under a security agreement, whether or not any obligation to be secured is outstanding;

    (b) A person that holds an agricultural lien;

    (c) A consignor;

    (d) A person to which accounts, chattel paper, payment intangibles or promissory notes have been sold;

    (e) A trustee, indenture trustee, agent, collateral agent or other representative in whose favor a security interest or agricultural lien is created or provided for; or

    (f) A person that holds a security interest arising under section 47-2401, 47-2505, 47-2711, 47-2A508, 47-4210 or 47-5118. See Arizona Laws 47-9102

1. A security interest held by a secured party having control of the letter-of-credit right under section 47-9107 has priority to the extent of its control over a conflicting security interest held by a secured party that does not have control.

2. Security interests perfected by control under section 47-9314 rank according to priority in time of obtaining control.