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Section 2-302 – Unconscionable Contract or Clause

    (1)    If the court as a matter of law finds the contract or any clause of the contract to have been unconscionable at the time it was made the court may refuse to enforce the contract, or it may enforce the remainder of the contract without the unconscionable clause, or it may so limit the application […]

Section 2-303 – Allocation or Division of Risks

    Where this title allocates a risk or a burden as between the parties “unless otherwise agreed,” the agreement may not only shift the allocation but may also divide the risk or burden.

Section 2-304 – Price Payable in Money, Goods, Realty, or Otherwise

    (1)    The price can be made payable in money or otherwise. If it is payable in whole or in part in goods each party is a seller of the goods which he is to transfer.     (2)    Even though all or part of the price is payable in an interest in realty the transfer of the goods and […]

Section 2-305 – Open Price Term

    (1)    The parties if they so intend can conclude a contract for sale even though the price is not settled. In such a case the price is a reasonable price at the time for delivery if         (a)    Nothing is said as to price; or         (b)    The price is left to be agreed by the parties and they fail […]

Section 2-306 – Output, Requirements and Exclusive Dealings

    (1)    A term which measures the quantity by the output of the seller or the requirements of the buyer means such actual output or requirements as may occur in good faith, except that no quantity unreasonably disproportionate to any stated estimate or in the absence of a stated estimate to any normal or otherwise comparable prior […]

Section 2-307 – Delivery in Single Lot or Several Lots

    Unless otherwise agreed all goods called for by a contract for sale must be tendered in a single delivery and payment is due only on such tender but where the circumstances give either party the right to make or demand delivery in lots the price if it can be apportioned may be demanded for each […]

Section 2-308 – Absence of Specified Place for Delivery

    Unless otherwise agreed         (a)    The place for delivery of goods is the seller’s place of business or if he has none his residence; but         (b)    In a contract for sale of identified goods which to the knowledge of the parties at the time of contracting are in some other place, that place is the place for their […]

Section 2-309 – Absence of Specific Time Provisions; Notice of Termination

    (1)    The time for shipment or delivery or any other action under a contract if not provided in this title or agreed upon shall be a reasonable time.     (2)    Where the contract provides for successive performances but is indefinite in duration it is valid for a reasonable time but unless otherwise agreed may be terminated at any […]

Section 2-311 – Options and Cooperation Respecting Performance

    (1)    An agreement for sale which is otherwise sufficiently definite (subsection (3) of § 2-204) to be a contract is not made invalid by the fact that it leaves particulars of performance to be specified by one of the parties. Any such specification must be made in good faith and within limits set by commercial reasonableness. […]

Section 2-313 – Express Warranties by Affirmation, Promise, Description, Sample

    (1)    Express warranties by the seller are created as follows:         (a)    Any affirmation of fact or promise made by the seller to the buyer which relates to the goods and becomes part of the basis of the bargain creates an express warranty that the goods shall conform to the affirmation or promise.         (b)    Any description of the goods […]

Section 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 serving for value of food or drink to be consumed either on the premises or elsewhere […]

Section 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 this title on parol or extrinsic evidence (§ 2-202) negation or limitation is inoperative to the extent that […]

Section 2-316.1 – Limitation of Exclusion or Modification of Warranties to Consumers

    (1)    The provisions of § 2–316 do not apply to sales of consumer goods, as defined by § 9–102, services, or both.     (2)    Any oral or written language used by a seller of consumer goods and services, which attempts to exclude or modify any implied warranties of merchantability and fitness for a particular purpose or to exclude […]

Section 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 dominant. In ascertaining that intention the following rules apply:     (a)    Exact or technical specifications displace an inconsistent sample or model or general language of […]

Section 2-318 – Third Party Beneficiaries of Warranties Express or Implied

    A seller’s warranty whether express or implied extends to any natural person who is in the family or household of his buyer or who is a guest in his home or any other ultimate consumer or user of the goods or person affected thereby if it is reasonable to expect that such person may use, […]

Section 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 must at that place ship the goods in the […]