PART {NUMBER}. GENERAL DEFINITIONS AND PRINCIPLES OF INTERPRETATION.

57A-1-101 . Short title. (a) This title may be cited as the Uniform Commercial Code. (b) This chapter may be cited as Uniform Commercial Code--General Provisions. Source: SL 2008, ch 259 , § 1. 57A-1-102 . Scope of chapter. This chapter applies to a transaction to the extent that it is governed by another chapter of Title 57A. Source: SL 2008, ch 259 , § 2. 57A-1-103 . Construction of title to promote its purposes and policies--Applicability of supplemental principles of law. (a) This title shall be liberally construed and applied to promote its underlying purposes and policies, which are: (1) To simplify, clarify, and modernize the law governing commercial transactions; (2) To permit the continued expansion of commercial practices through custom, usage, and agreement of the parties; and (3) To make uniform the law among the various jurisdictions. (b) Unless displaced by the particular provisions of this title, the principles of law and equity, including the law merchant and the law relative to capacity to contract, principal and agent, estoppel, fraud, misrepresentation, duress, coercion, mistake, bankruptcy, and other validating or invalidating cause supplement its provisions. Source: SL 2008, ch 259 , § 3. 57A-1-104 . Construction against implied repeal. This title being a general act intended as a unified coverage of its subject matter, no part of it may be deemed to be impliedly repealed by subsequent legislation if such construction can reasonably be avoided. Source: SL 2008, ch 259 , § 4. 57A-1-105 . Severability. If any provision or clause of this title or its application to any person or circumstance is held invalid, the invalidity does not affect other provisions or applications of this title which can be given effect without the invalid provision or application, and to this end the provisions of this title are severable. Source: SL 2008, ch 259 , § 5. 57A-1-106 . Use of singular and plural--Gender. In this title, unless the statutory context otherwise requires: (1) Words in the singular number include the plural, and those in the plural include the singular; and (2) Words of any gender also refer to any other gender. Source: SL 2008, ch 259 , § 6. 57A-1-107 . Section captions. Section captions are part of this title. Source: SL 2008, ch 259 , § 7. 57A-1-108 . Relation to Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act. This chapter modifies, limits, and supersedes the federal Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act, 15 U.S.C. Section 7001 et seq. , except that nothing in this chapter modifies, limits, or supersedes Section 7001(c) of that Act or authorizes electronic delivery of any of the notices described in Section 7003(b) of that Act. Source: SL 2008, ch 259 , § 8.