Title 09A, Title 09A: Uniform Commercial Code

§ 2—314. Implied warranty: merchantability; usage of trade (1) Unless excluded or modified (§ 2—316), a warranty that the goods shall be merchantable is implied in a contract for their sale if the seller is a merchant with respect to goods of that kind. Under this section the ser…

§ 2—315. Implied warranty: fitness for particular purpose Where the seller at the time of contracting has reason to know any particular purpose for which the goods are required and that the buyer is relying on the seller’s skill or judgment to select or furnish suitable goods, th…

§ 2—316. Exclusion or modification of warranties (1) Words or conduct relevant to the creation of an express warranty and words or conduct tending to negate or limit warranty shall be construed wherever reasonable as consistent with each other; but subject to the provisions of th…

§ 2—317. Cumulation and conflict of warranties express or implied Warranties whether express or implied shall be construed as consistent with each other and as cumulative, but if such construction is unreasonable the intention of the parties shall determine which warranty is domi…

§ 2—318. Third party beneficiaries of warranties express or implied A seller’s warranty whether express or implied extends to any natural person if it is reasonable to expect that such person may use, consume or be affected by the goods and who is injured in person by breach of t…

§ 2—319. F.O.B. and F.A.S. terms (1) Unless otherwise agreed the term F.O.B. (which means “free on board”) at a named place, even though used only in connection with the stated price, is a delivery term under which: (a) when the term is F.O.B. the place of shipment, the seller mu…

§ 2—320. C.I.F. and C. & F. terms (1) The term C.I.F. means that the price includes in a lump sum the cost of the goods and the insurance and freight to the named destination. The term C. & F. or C.F. means that the price so includes cost and freight to the named destination. (2)…

§ 2—321. C.I.F. or C. & F.: “net landed weights”; “payment on arrival”; warranty of condition on arrival Under a contract containing a term C.I.F. or C. & F. (1) Where the price is based on or is to be adjusted according to “net landed weights”, “delivered weights”, “out turn” qu…

§ 2—322. Delivery “ex-ship” (1) Unless otherwise agreed a term for delivery of goods “ex-ship” (which means from the carrying vessel) or in equivalent language is not restricted to a particular ship and requires delivery from a ship which has reached a place at the named port of …

§ 2—323. Form of bill of lading required in overseas shipment; “overseas” (1) Where the contract contemplates overseas shipment and contains a term C.I.F. or C. & F. or F.O.B. vessel, the seller unless otherwise agreed must obtain a negotiable bill of lading stating that the good…

§ 2—324. “No arrival, no sale” term Under a term “no arrival, no sale” or terms of like meaning, unless otherwise agreed: (a) the seller must properly ship conforming goods and if they arrive by any means he or she must tender them on arrival but he or she assumes no obligation t…

§ 2—325. “Letter of credit” term; “confirmed credit” (1) Failure of the buyer seasonably to furnish an agreed letter of credit is a breach of the contract for sale. (2) The delivery to seller of a proper letter of credit suspends the buyer’s obligation to pay. If the letter of cr…

§ 2—326. Sale on approval and sale or return; rights of creditors (1) Unless otherwise agreed, if delivered goods may be returned by the buyer even though they conform to the contract, the transaction is: (a) a “sale on approval” if the goods are delivered primarily for use; and …

§ 2—327. Special incidents of sale on approval and sale or return (1) Under a sale on approval unless otherwise agreed: (a) although the goods are identified to the contract the risk of loss and the title do not pass to the buyer until acceptance; and (b) use of the goods consist…

§ 2—328. Sale by auction (1) In a sale by auction if goods are put up in lots each lot is the subject of a separate sale. (2) A sale by auction is complete when the auctioneer so announces by the fall of the hammer or in other customary manner. Where a bid is made while the hamme…

§ 2—401. Passing of title; reservation for security; limited application of this section Each provision of this article with regard to the rights, obligations, and remedies of the seller, the buyer, purchasers, or other third parties applies irrespective of title to the goods exc…

§ 2—402. Rights of seller’s creditors against sold goods (1) Except as provided in subsections (2) and (3) of this section, rights of unsecured creditors of the seller with respect to goods which have been identified to a contract for sale are subject to the buyer’s rights to rec…

§ 2—403. Power to transfer; good faith purchase of goods; “entrusting” (1) A purchaser of goods acquires all title which his or her transferor had or had power to transfer except that a purchaser of a limited interest acquires rights only to the extent of the interest purchased. …

§ 2—501. Insurable interest in goods; manner of identification of goods (1) The buyer obtains a special property and an insurable interest in goods by identification of existing goods as goods to which the contract refers even though the goods so identified are nonconforming and …

§ 2—502. Buyer’s right to goods on seller’s repudiation, failure to deliver, or insolvency (1) Subject to subsections (2) and (3) of this section and even though the goods have not been shipped a buyer who has paid a part or all of the price of goods in which he or she has a spec…

§ 2—503. Manner of seller’s tender of delivery (1) Tender of delivery requires that the seller put and hold conforming goods at the buyer’s disposition and give the buyer any notification reasonably necessary to enable him or her to take delivery. The manner, time, and place for …

§ 2—504. Shipment by seller (1) Where the seller is required or authorized to send the goods to the buyer and the contract does not require him or her to deliver them at a particular destination, then unless otherwise agreed he or she must: (a) put the goods in the possession of …

§ 2—505. Seller’s shipment under reservation (1) Where the seller has identified goods to the contract by or before shipment: (a) his or her procurement of a negotiable bill of lading to his or her own order or otherwise reserves in him or her a security interest in the goods. Hi…

§ 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 …

§ 2—507. Effect of seller’s tender; delivery on condition (1) Tender of delivery is a condition to the buyer’s duty to accept the goods and, unless otherwise agreed, to his or her duty to pay for them. Tender entitles the seller to acceptance of the goods and to payment according…

§ 2—508. Cure by seller of improper tender or delivery; replacement (1) Where any tender or delivery by the seller is rejected because non-conforming and the time for performance has not yet expired, the seller may seasonably notify the buyer of his or her intention to cure and m…

§ 2—509. Risk of loss in the absence of breach (1) Where the contract requires or authorizes the seller to ship the goods by carrier: (a) if it does not require him or her to deliver them at a particular destination, the risk of loss passes to the buyer when the goods are duly de…

§ 2—510. Effect of breach on risk of loss (1) Where a tender or delivery of goods so fails to conform to the contract as to give a right of rejection the risk of their loss remains on the seller until cure or acceptance. (2) Where the buyer rightfully revokes acceptance he or she…

§ 2—511. Tender of payment by buyer; payment by check (1) Unless otherwise agreed tender of payment is a condition to the seller’s duty to tender and complete any delivery. (2) Tender of payment is sufficient when made by any means or in any manner current in the ordinary course …

§ 2—512. Payment by buyer before inspection (1) Where the contract requires payment before inspection nonconformity of the goods does not excuse the buyer from so making payment unless: (a) the nonconformity appears without inspection; or (b) despite tender of the required docume…

§ 2—513. Buyer’s right to inspection of goods (1) Unless otherwise agreed and subject to subsection (3) of this section, where goods are tendered or delivered or identified to the contract for sale, the buyer has a right before payment or acceptance to inspect them at any reasona…

§ 2—514. When documents deliverable on acceptance; when on payment Unless otherwise agreed documents against which a draft is drawn are to be delivered to the drawee on acceptance of the draft if it is payable more than three days after presentment; otherwise, only on payment.

§ 2—515. Preserving evidence of goods in dispute In furtherance of the adjustment of any claim or dispute: (a) either party on reasonable notification to the other and for the purpose of ascertaining the facts and preserving evidence has the right to inspect, test and sample the …

§ 2—601. Buyer’s rights on improper delivery Subject to the provisions of this article on breach in installment contracts (§ 2—612) and unless otherwise agreed under the sections on contractual limitations of remedy (§§ 2—718 and 2—719), if the goods or the tender of delivery fai…

§ 2—602. Manner and effect of rightful rejection (1) Rejection of goods must be within a reasonable time after their delivery or tender. It is ineffective unless the buyer seasonably notifies the seller. (2) Subject to the provisions of the two following sections on rejected good…

§ 2—603. Merchant buyer’s duties as to rightfully rejected goods (1) Subject to any security interest in the buyer (§ 2—711(3)), when the seller has no agent or place of business at the market of rejection a merchant buyer is under a duty after rejection of goods in his or her po…

§ 2—604. Buyer’s options as to salvage of rightfully rejected goods Subject to the provisions of the immediately preceding section on perishables if the seller gives no instructions within a reasonable time after notification of rejection the buyer may store the rejected goods fo…

§ 2—605. Waiver of buyer’s objections by failure to particularize (1) The buyer’s failure to state in connection with rejection a particular defect which is ascertainable by reasonable inspection precludes him or her from relying on the unstated defect to justify rejection or to …

§ 2—606. What constitutes acceptance of goods (1) Acceptance of goods occurs when the buyer: (a) After a reasonable opportunity to inspect the goods signifies to the seller that the goods are conforming or that he or she will take or retain them in spite of their non-conformity; …

§ 2—607. Effect of acceptance; notice of breach; burden of establishing breach after acceptance; notice of claim or litigation to person answerable over (1) The buyer must pay at the contract rate for any goods accepted. (2) Acceptance of goods by the buyer precludes rejection of…

§ 2—608. Revocation of acceptance in whole or in part (1) The buyer may revoke his or her acceptance of a lot or commercial unit whose non-conformity substantially impairs its value to him or her if he or she has accepted it: (a) on the reasonable assumption that its nonconformit…

§ 2—609. Right to adequate assurance of performance (1) A contract for sale imposes an obligation on each party that the other’s expectation of receiving due performance will not be impaired. When reasonable grounds for insecurity arise with respect to the performance of either p…

§ 2—610. Anticipatory repudiation When either party repudiates the contract with respect to a performance not yet due the loss of which will substantially impair the value of the contract to the other, the aggrieved party may: (a) for a commercially reasonable time await performa…

§ 2—611. Retraction of anticipatory repudiation (1) Until the repudiating party’s next performance is due he or she can retract his or her repudiation unless the aggrieved party has since the repudiation cancelled or materially changed his or her position or otherwise indicated t…

§ 2—612. “Installment contract”; breach (1) An “installment contract” is one which requires or authorizes the delivery of goods in separate lots to be separately accepted, even though the contract contains a clause “each delivery is a separate contract” or its equivalent. (2) The…

§ 2—613. Casualty to identified goods Where the contract requires for its performance goods identified when the contract is made, and the goods suffer casualty without fault of either party before the risk of loss passes to the buyer, or in a proper case under a “no arrival, no s…