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Home » US Law » 2021 Tennessee Code » Title 47 - Commercial Instruments and Transactions » Chapter 2A - Leases » Part 4 - Performance of Lease Contract: Repudiated, Substituted and Excused

§ 47-2A-401. Insecurity — Adequate Assurance of Performance

A lease contract imposes an obligation on each party that the other’s expectation of receiving due performance will not be impaired. If reasonable grounds for insecurity arise with respect to the performance of either party, the insecure party may demand in writing adequate assurance of due performance. Until the insecure party receives that assurance, if […]

§ 47-2A-402. Anticipatory Repudiation

If either party repudiates a lease contract with respect to a performance not yet due under the lease contract, the loss of which performance will substantially impair the value of the lease contract to the other, the aggrieved party may: for a commercially reasonable time, await retraction of repudiation and performance by the repudiating party; […]

§ 47-2A-403. Retraction of Anticipatory Repudiation

Until the repudiating party’s next performance is due, the repudiating party can retract the repudiation unless, since the repudiation, the aggrieved party has cancelled the lease contract or materially changed the aggrieved party’s position or otherwise indicated that the aggrieved party considers the repudiation final. Retraction may be by any method that clearly indicates to […]

§ 47-2A-404. Substituted Performance

If without fault of the lessee, the lessor and the supplier, the agreed berthing, loading, or unloading facilities fail or the agreed type of carrier becomes unavailable or the agreed manner of delivery otherwise becomes commercially impracticable, but a commercially reasonable substitute is available, the substitute performance must be tendered and accepted. If the agreed […]

§ 47-2A-405. Excused Performance

Subject to § 47-2A-404 on substituted performance, the following rules apply: Delay in delivery or nondelivery in whole or in part by a lessor or a supplier who complies with paragraphs (b) and (c) is not a default under the lease contract if performance as agreed has been made impracticable by the occurrence of a […]

§ 47-2A-406. Procedure on Excused Performance

If the lessee receives notification of a material or indefinite delay or an allocation justified under § 47-2A-405, the lessee may by written notification to the lessor as to any goods involved, and with respect to all of the goods if under an installment lease contract the value of the whole lease contract is substantially […]

§ 47-2A-407. Irrevocable Promises — Finance Leases

In the case of a finance lease that is not a consumer lease the lessee’s promises under the lease contract become irrevocable and independent upon the lessee’s acceptance of the goods. A promise that has become irrevocable and independent under subsection (1): is effective and enforceable between the parties, and by or against third parties […]