680.203 – Seals inoperative.
680.203 Seals inoperative.—The affixing of a seal to a writing evidencing a lease contract or an offer to enter into a lease contract does not render the writing a sealed instrument, and the law with respect to sealed instruments does not apply to the lease contract or offer. History.—s. 1, ch. 90-278.
680.204 – Formation in general.
680.204 Formation in general.— (1) A lease contract may be made in any manner sufficient to show agreement, including conduct by both parties which recognizes the existence of a lease contract. (2) An agreement sufficient to constitute a lease contract may be found although the moment of its making is undetermined. (3) Although one or more terms are left […]
680.205 – Firm offers.
680.205 Firm offers.—An offer by a merchant to lease goods to or from another person in a signed writing that by its terms gives assurance it will be held open is not revocable, for lack of consideration, during the time stated or, if no time is stated, for a reasonable time, but in no event may […]
680.206 – Offer and acceptance in formation of lease contract.
680.206 Offer and acceptance in formation of lease contract.— (1) Unless otherwise unambiguously indicated by the language or circumstances, an offer to make a lease contract must be construed as inviting acceptance in any manner and by any medium reasonable in the circumstances. (2) If the beginning of a requested performance is a reasonable mode of acceptance, an […]
680.207 – Course of performance or practical construction.
680.207 Course of performance or practical construction.— (1) If a lease contract involves repeated occasions for performance by either party with knowledge of the nature of the performance and opportunity for objection to it by the other, any course of performance accepted or acquiesced in without objection is relevant to determine the meaning of the lease agreement. […]
680.208 – Modification, rescission, and waiver.
680.208 Modification, rescission, and waiver.— (1) An agreement modifying a lease contract needs no consideration to be binding. (2) A signed lease agreement that excludes modification or rescission except by a signed writing may not be otherwise modified or rescinded, but, except as between merchants, such a requirement on a form supplied by a merchant must be separately […]
680.209 – Lessee under finance lease as beneficiary of supply contract.
680.209 Lessee under finance lease as beneficiary of supply contract.— (1) The benefit of the supplier’s promises to the lessor under a supply contract, and of all warranties, whether express or implied, under the supply contract, extends to the lessee to the extent of the lessee’s leasehold interest under a finance lease related to the supply contract, […]
680.21 – Express warranties.
680.21 Express warranties.— (1) Express warranties by the lessor are created as follows: (a) Any affirmation of fact or promise made by the lessor to the lessee which relates to the goods and becomes part of the basis of the bargain creates an express warranty that the goods will conform to the affirmation or promise. (b) Any description of […]
680.211 – Warranties against interference and against infringement; lessee’s obligation against infringement.
680.211 Warranties against interference and against infringement; lessee’s obligation against infringement.— (1) There is in a lease contract a warranty that for the lease term no person holds a claim to or interest in the goods that arose from an act or omission of the lessor, other than a claim by way of infringement or the like, […]
680.201 – Statute of frauds.
680.201 Statute of frauds.— (1) A lease contract is not enforceable by way of action or defense unless: (a) In a lease contract that is not a consumer lease, the total payments to be made under the lease contract, excluding payments for options to renew or buy, are less than $1,000; or (b) There is a writing, signed by […]