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Section 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 he has an option to return or reject them. Such identification can be made at any time and in any manner explicitly […]

Section 2-502 – Buyer’s Right to Goods on Seller’s Insolvency

    (1)    Subject to subsections (2) and (3) 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 has a special property under the provisions of the immediately preceding section may on making and keeping good a tender of any unpaid […]

Section 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 to take delivery. The manner, time and place for tender are determined by the agreement and this title, and in particular         (a)    Tender must be at a reasonable hour, […]

Section 2-504 – Shipment by Seller

    Where the seller is required or authorized to send the goods to the buyer and the contract does not require him to deliver them at a particular destination, then unless otherwise agreed he must     (a)    Put the goods in the possession of such a carrier and make such a contract for their transportation as may be […]

Section 2-505 – Seller’s Shipment Under Reservation

    (1)    Where the seller has identified goods to the contract by or before shipment:         (a)    His procurement of a negotiable bill of lading to his own order or otherwise reserves in him a security interest in the goods. His procurement of the bill to the order of a financing agency or of the buyer indicates in addition […]

Section 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 rights of the shipper in the goods including the right […]

Section 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 duty to pay for them. Tender entitles the seller to acceptance of the goods and to payment according to the contract.     (2)    Where payment is due and demanded on the delivery to the buyer of goods […]

Section 2-508 – Cure by Seller of Improper Tender or Delivery; Replacement

    (1)    Where any tender or delivery by the seller is rejected because nonconforming and the time for performance has not yet expired, the seller may seasonably notify the buyer of his intention to cure and may then within the contract time make a conforming delivery.     (2)    Where the buyer rejects a nonconforming tender which the seller had […]

Section 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 to deliver them at a particular destination, the risk of loss passes to the buyer when the goods are duly delivered to the carrier even though the shipment is under reservation (§ 2-505); but         (b)    If […]

Section 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 may to the extent of any deficiency in his effective insurance coverage treat the […]

Section 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 of business unless the seller demands payment in legal tender and gives any extension of time reasonably […]

Section 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 documents the circumstances would justify injunction against honor under the provisions of Titles 1 through 10 of this article (§ 5-109(b)).     (2)    Payment pursuant […]

Section 2-513 – Buyer’s Right to Inspection of Goods

    (1)    Unless otherwise agreed and subject to subsection (3), 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 reasonable place and time and in any reasonable manner. When the seller is required or authorized to send the goods […]

Section 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 goods including such of them as may be in the possession or control of the other; and […]