Title XXXIX, Commercial Relations

(1) An action for default under a lease contract, including breach of warranty or indemnity, must be commenced within the time prescribed in chapter 95. Notwithstanding the provisions of s. 95.03, in a lease contract that is not a consumer lease, by the original lease contract th…

(1) Damages based on market rent (s. 680.519 or s. 680.528) are determined according to the rent for the use of the goods concerned for a lease term identical to the remaining lease term of the original lease agreement and prevailing at the times specified in s. 680.519 or s. 680…

(1) If a lessor fails to deliver the goods in conformity to the lease contract (s. 680.509) or repudiates the lease contract (s. 680.402), or a lessee rightfully rejects the goods (s. 680.509) or justifiably revokes acceptance of the goods (s. 680.517), then with respect to any g…

(1) Subject to the provisions of s. 680.51 on default in installment lease contracts, if the goods or the tender or delivery fail in any respect to conform to the lease contract, the lessee may reject or accept the goods or accept any commercial unit or units and reject the rest …

(1) Under an installment lease contract, a lessee may reject any delivery that is nonconforming if the nonconformity substantially impairs the value of that delivery and cannot be cured or the nonconformity is a defect in the required documents; but if the nonconformity does not …

(1) Subject to any security interest of a lessee (s. 680.508(5)), if a lessor or a supplier has no agent or place of business at the market of rejection, a merchant lessee, after rejection of goods in his or her possession or control, shall follow any reasonable instructions rece…

(1) Except as otherwise provided with respect to goods that threaten to decline in value speedily (s. 680.511) and subject to any security interest of a lessee (s. 680.508(5)), the lessee, after rejection of goods in the lessee’s possession, shall hold them with reasonable care a…

(1) If any tender or delivery by the lessor or the supplier is rejected because it is nonconforming and the time for performance has not yet expired, the lessor or the supplier may seasonably notify the lessee of the lessor’s or the supplier’s intention to cure and may then make …

(1) In rejecting goods, a lessee’s failure to state a particular defect that is ascertainable by reasonable inspection precludes the lessee from relying on the defect:(a) To justify rejection or to establish default if, stated seasonably, the lessor or the supplier could have cur…

(1) Acceptance of goods occurs after the lessee has had a reasonable opportunity to inspect the goods and:(a) The lessee signifies or acts with respect to the goods in a manner that signifies to the lessor or the supplier that the goods are conforming or that the lessee will take…

(1) A lessee must pay rent for any goods accepted in accordance with the lease contract, with due allowance for goods rightfully rejected or not delivered.(2) A lessee’s acceptance of goods precludes rejection of the goods accepted. In the case of a finance lease, other than a co…

(1) A lessee may revoke acceptance of a lot or commercial unit the nonconformity of which substantially impairs its value to the lessee if he or she has accepted it:(a) Except in the case of a finance lease, on the reasonable assumption that its nonconformity would be cured and i…

(1) After default by a lessor under the lease contract of the type described in s. 680.508, or, if agreed, after another default by the lessor, the lessee may cover by making any purchase or lease of or contract to purchase or lease goods in substitution for those due from the le…

(1) Except as otherwise provided with respect to damages liquidated in the lease agreement (s. 680.504) or otherwise determined pursuant to agreement of the parties (ss. 671.102(2) and 680.503), if a lessee elects not to cover or a lessee elects to cover and the cover is by lease…

(1) Incidental damages resulting from a lessor’s default include:(a) Expenses reasonably incurred in inspection, receipt, transportation, and care and custody of goods rightfully rejected or goods the acceptance of which is justifiably revoked.(b) Any commercially reasonable char…

(1) Specific performance may be decreed if the goods are unique or in other proper circumstances.(2) A decree for specific performance may include any terms and conditions as to payment of the rent, damages, or other relief that the court deems just.(3) A lessee has a right of re…

(1) Subject to subsection (2) and even though the goods have not been shipped, a lessee who has paid a part or all of the rent and security for goods identified to a lease contract (s. 680.217) on making and keeping good a tender of any unpaid portion of the rent and security due…

(1) If a lessee wrongfully rejects or revokes acceptance of goods or fails to make a payment when due or repudiates with respect to a part or the whole, then, with respect to any goods involved, and with respect to all of the goods if under an installment lease contract the value…

(1) After default by the lessee under the lease contract of the type described in s. 680.523(1) or (3)(a) or, if agreed, after other default by the lessee, the lessor may:(a) Identify to the lease contract conforming goods not already identified if at the time the lessor learned …

(1) If a lessor discovers the lessee to be insolvent, the lessor may refuse to deliver the goods.(2) After a default by the lessee under the lease contract of the type described in s. 680.523(1) or (3)(a) or, if agreed, after other default by the lessee, the lessor has the right …

(1) A lessor may stop delivery of goods in the possession of a carrier or other bailee if the lessor discovers the lessee to be insolvent and may stop delivery of carload, truckload, planeload, or larger shipments of express or freight if the lessee repudiates or fails to make a …

(1) After a default by a lessee under the lease contract of the type described in s. 680.523(1) or (3)(a) or after the lessor refuses to deliver or takes possession of goods (s. 680.525 or s. 680.526), or, if agreed, after other default by a lessee, the lessor may dispose of the …

(1) Except as otherwise provided with respect to damages liquidated in the lease agreement (s. 680.504) or otherwise determined pursuant to agreement of the parties (ss. 671.102(2) and 680.503), if a lessor elects to retain the goods or a lessor elects to dispose of the goods and…

(1) After default by the lessee under the lease contract of the type described in s. 680.523(1) or (3)(a) or, if agreed, after other default by the lessee, if the lessor complies with subsection (2), the lessor may recover from the lessee as damages:(a) For goods accepted by the …

Incidental damages to an aggrieved lessor include any commercially reasonable charges, expenses, or commissions incurred in stopping delivery, in the transportation, care, and custody of goods after the lessee’s default, or in connection with return or disposition of the goods, o…

(1) If a third party so deals with goods that have been identified to a lease contract as to cause actionable injury to a party to the lease contract:(a) The lessor has a right of action against the third party.(b) The lessee has a right of action against the third party if the l…

In addition to any other recovery permitted by this chapter, the lessor may recover from the lessee an amount that will fully compensate the lessor for any loss of or damage to the lessor’s residual interest in the goods caused by the default of the lessee.History.—s. 1, ch. 90-2…

Except as provided in ss. 669.501-669.706, a transaction validly entered into before July 1, 2025, and the rights, duties, and interests flowing from such transaction remain valid thereafter and may be terminated, completed, consummated, or enforced as required or permitted by la…