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- § 11204. If a receiving bank accepts a payment order issued in the name of its customer as
- § 11503. For proper cause and in compliance with applicable law, a court may restrain (i)
- § 17302. A security interest that is enforceable and perfected immediately before the effe
- § 17303. A security interest that is enforceable immediately before the effective date of
- § 17304. If action, other than the filing of a financing statement, is taken before the ef
- § 17306. Subject to subdivisions (b) and (c), Division 12 determines the priority of confl
- § 17305. Subject to subdivisions (b) and (c), the act adding this division determines the
- § 9335. A security interest may be created in an accession and continues in collateral th
- § 9341. Except as otherwise provided in subdivision (c) of Section 9340, and unless the b
- § 9401. Except as otherwise provided in subdivision (b) and in Sections 9406, 9407, 9408,
- § 9402. The existence of a security interest, agricultural lien, or authority given to a
- § 9603. The parties may determine by agreement the standards measuring the fulfillment of
- § 9612. Except as otherwise provided in subdivision (b), whether a notification is sent w
- § 9336. In this section,
- § 9331. This division does not limit the rights of a holder in due course of a negotiable
- § 9332. A transferee of tangible money takes the money free of a security interest if the
- § 9333. In this section,
- § 10501. Whether the lessor or the lessee is in default under a lease contract is determin
- § 10503. Except as otherwise provided in this division, the lease agreement may include ri
- § 10504. Damages payable by either party for default, or any other act or omission, includ
- § 10505. On cancellation of the lease contract, all obligations that are still executory o
- § 10506. An action for default under a lease contract, including breach of warranty or ind
- § 10507. Damages based on market rent (Section 10519 or 10528) are determined according to
- § 10510. Under an installment lease contract, a lessee may reject any delivery that is non
- § 9624. A debtor or secondary obligor may waive the right to notification of disposition
- § 10106. If the law chosen by the parties to a consumer lease is that of a jurisdiction ot
- § 10208. An agreement modifying a lease contract needs no consideration to be binding. (b)
- § 10209. The benefit of a supplier
- § 10210. Express warranties by the lessor are created as follows: (1) Any affirmation of f
- § 10211. There is in a lease contract a warranty that for the lease term no person holds a
- § 10212. Except in a finance lease, a warranty that the goods will be merchantable is impl
- § 10217. Identification of goods as goods to which a lease contract refers may be made at
- § 10218. A lessee obtains an insurable interest when existing goods are identified to the
- § 10219. Except in the case of a finance lease, risk of loss is retained by the lessor and
- § 10220. Where risk of loss is to pass to the lessee and the time of passage is not stated
- § 10221. If a lease contract requires goods identified when the lease contract is made, an
- § 10305. Subject to the provisions of Section 10303, a buyer or sublessee from the lessee
- § 10306. If a person in the ordinary course of his or her business furnishes services or m
- § 10308. A creditor of a lessor in possession of goods subject to a lease contract may tre
- § 10307. Except as otherwise provided in Section 10306, a creditor of a lessee takes subje
- § 10403. Until the repudiating party
- § 10404. If without fault of the lessee, the lessor, and the supplier, the agreed berthing
- § 10401. A lease contract imposes an obligation on each party that the other
- § 10402. If either party repudiates a lease contract, other than a consumer lease, with re
- § 10407. In the case of a finance lease that is not a consumer lease the lessee
- § 10405. Subject to Section 10404 on substituted performance, the following rules apply: (
- § 9501. Except as otherwise provided in subdivision (b), if the local law of this state g
- § 9505. A consignor, lessor, or other bailor of goods, a licensor, or a buyer of a paymen
- § 9340. Except as otherwise provided in subdivision (c), a bank with which a deposit acco
- § 9405. A modification of or substitution for an assigned contract is effective against a
- § 9338. If a security interest or agricultural lien is perfected by a filed financing sta
- § 10105. Subject to the provisions of subdivision (c) of Section 10304 and subdivision (c)
- § 10202. Terms with respect to which the confirmatory memoranda of the parties agree or wh
- § 10204. A lease contract may be made in any manner sufficient to show agreement, includin
- § 10206. Unless otherwise unambiguously indicated by the language or circumstances, an off
- § 9709. This division determines priority of conflicting claims to collateral. However, i
- § 9803. A security interest that is a perfected security interest immediately before July
- § 9901. The changes to this division made by the act adding this chapter become operative
- § 9703. A security interest that is enforceable immediately before July 1, 2001, and woul
- § 9704. All of the following rules apply with respect to a security interest that is enfo
- § 13105.
- § 14102. The provisions of Division 13 shall continue to apply to this code, as amended by
- § 14103. Transactions validly entered into after January 1, 1965, and before January 1, 19
- § 16103. Nothing in this division shall have the effect of (a) reviving a cause of action
- § 16104. Unless a change in law, as contrasted with a clarification, has clearly been made
- § 14104. A security interest for the perfection of which filing or the taking of possessio
- § 17201. Except as provided in Chapter 3 (commencing with Section 17301), a transaction va
- § 14105.
- § 14108. Unless a change in law has clearly been made, the provisions of this code as amen
- § 14109.
- § 15102. The provisions of Division 13 (commencing with Section 13101) and Division 14 (co
- § 15103. The owner of an interest (other than a security interest) in an uncertificated se
- § 16101. The repeal and addition of Division 3 (commencing with Section 3101) and the repe
- § 11301. A payment order is
- § 11304. If the sender of a payment order that is erroneously executed as stated in Sectio
- § 11504. If a receiving bank has received more than one payment order of the sender or one
- § 11505. If a receiving bank has received payment from its customer with respect to a paym
- § 11501. Except as otherwise provided in this division, the rights and obligations of a pa
- § 10215. Warranties, whether express or implied, must be construed as consistent with each
- § 10515. Acceptance of goods occurs after the lessee has had a reasonable opportunity to i
- § 11212. If a receiving bank fails to accept a payment order that it is obliged by express
- § 11506. If, under this division, a receiving bank is obliged to pay interest with respect
- § 12103. If there is conflict between this division and Division 9 (commencing with Sectio
- § 2514. Unless otherwise agreed documents against which a draft is drawn are to be delive
- § 2604. Subject to the provisions of the immediately preceding section on perishables if
- § 2607.
- § 2613. Where the contract requires for its performance goods identified when the contrac
- § 2701. Remedies for breach of any obligation or promise collateral or ancillary to a con
- § 2706.
- § 2707.
- § 3402. If a person acting, or purporting to act, as a representative signs an instrument
- § 3310. Unless otherwise agreed, if a certified check, cashier
- § 3311. If a person against whom a claim is asserted proves that (1) that person in good
- § 3312. In this section: (1)
- § 3401. A person is not liable on an instrument unless (a) the person signed the instrume
- § 3404. If an impostor, by use of the mails or otherwise, induces the issuer of an instru
- § 3405. In this section: (1)
- § 3408. A check or other draft does not of itself operate as an assignment of funds in th
- § 3412. The issuer of a note or cashier
- § 3414. This section does not apply to cashier
- § 3416. A person who transfers an instrument for consideration warrants all of the follow
- § 3417. If an unaccepted draft is presented to the drawee for payment or acceptance and t
- § 7209. A warehouse has a lien against the bailor on the goods covered by a warehouse rec
- § 7205. A buyer in ordinary course of business of fungible goods sold and delivered by a
- § 7206. A warehouse, by giving notice to the person on whose account the goods are held a
- § 7210. Except as otherwise provided in subdivision (b), a warehouse
- § 7301. A consignee of a nonnegotiable bill of lading which has given value in good faith
- § 7302. The issuer of a through bill of lading, or other document of title embodying an u
- § 7305. Instead of issuing a bill of lading to the consignor at the place of shipment, a
- § 7308. A carrier
- § 7403. A bailee shall deliver the goods to a person entitled under a document of title i
- § 7404. A bailee that in good faith has received goods and delivered or otherwise dispose
- § 7501. The following rules apply to a negotiable tangible document of title: (1) If the
- § 9342. This division does not require a bank to enter into an agreement of the kind desc
- § 9339. This division does not preclude subordination by agreement by a person entitled t
- § 9403. In this section,
- § 9404. Unless an account debtor has made an enforceable agreement not to assert defenses
- § 9406. Subject to subdivisions (b) to (i), inclusive, and (l), an account debtor on an a
- § 9408. Except as otherwise provided in subdivisions (b) and (f), a term in a promissory
- § 9409. A term in a letter of credit or a rule of law, statute, regulation, custom, or pr
- § 9502. Subject to subdivision (b), a financing statement is sufficient only if it satisf
- § 9503. A financing statement sufficiently provides the name of the debtor only if it doe
- § 9504. A financing statement sufficiently indicates the collateral that it covers if the
- § 9620. Except as otherwise provided in subdivision (g), a secured party may accept colla
- § 9622. A secured party
- § 9625. If it is established that a secured party is not proceeding in accordance with th
- § 9626. In an action arising from a transaction, other than a consumer transaction, in wh
- § 9628. Subject to subdivision (e), unless a secured party knows that a person is a debto
- § 9629. No renunciation or modification by the debtor of any of his or her rights under t
- § 9701. This division shall become operative on July 1, 2001.
- § 9705. If action, other than the filing of a financing statement, is taken before July 1
- § 6107. Except as provided in subdivision (c), and subject to the limitation in subdivisi
- § 5117. An issuer that honors a beneficiary
- § 6101. This division shall be known and may be cited as Uniform Commercial Code
- § 6102. In this division, unless the context otherwise requires: (1)
- § 6103. Except as otherwise provided in subdivision (c), this division applies to a bulk
- § 6105. A notice that is governed by this section shall comply with each of the following
- § 6106.2. This section applies only to a bulk sale where the consideration is two million d
- § 6106.4. In any case where the notice of a bulk sale subject to Section 6106.2 states that
- § 7101. This division may be cited as the Uniform Commercial Code
- § 7102. In this division, unless the context otherwise requires: (1)
- § 7104. Except as otherwise provided in subdivision (c), a document of title is negotiabl
- § 7105. Upon request of a person entitled under an electronic document of title, the issu
- § 7106. A person has control of an electronic document of title if a system employed for
- § 7202. A warehouse receipt need not be in any particular form. (b) Unless a warehouse re
- § 8406. If a security certificate has been lost, apparently destroyed, or wrongfully take
- § 8502. An action based on an adverse claim to a financial asset, whether framed in conve
- § 8503. To the extent necessary for a securities intermediary to satisfy all security ent
- § 8510. In a case not covered by the priority rules in Division 9 (commencing with Sectio
- § 8601. This division becomes operative January 1, 1997.
- § 9101. This division may be cited as the Uniform Commercial Code-Secured Transactions.
- § 9102. In this division: (1)
- § 9103. In this section: (1)
- § 9105. A purchaser has control of an authoritative electronic copy of a record evidencin
- § 9706. The filing of an initial financing statement in the office specified in Section 9
- § 9707. In this section,
- § 9801. The changes to this division made by the act adding this chapter shall become ope
- § 9802. Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, the changes to this division made b
- § 9805. The filing of a financing statement before July 1, 2014, is effective to perfect
- § 9806. The filing of an initial financing statement in the office specified in Section 9
- § 9807. In this section,
- § 9808. A person may file an initial financing statement or a continuation statement unde
- § 9903. A security interest that is a perfected security interest immediately before Janu
- § 2717. The buyer on notifying the seller of his intention to do so may deduct all or any
- § 2720. Unless the contrary intention clearly appears, expressions of
- § 2721. Remedies for material misrepresentation or fraud include all remedies available u
- § 2800. As used in this chapter
- § 3101. This division may be cited as Uniform Commercial Code
- § 3103. In this division: (1)
- § 3104. Except as provided in subdivisions (c) and (d),
- § 3107. Unless the instrument otherwise provides, an instrument that states the amount pa
- § 3110. The person to whom an instrument is initially payable is determined by the intent
- § 7504. A transferee of a document of title, whether negotiable or nonnegotiable, to whic
- § 7505. The indorsement of a tangible document of title issued by a bailee does not make
- § 7509. Whether a document of title is adequate to fulfill the obligations of a contract
- § 7603. If more than one person claims title to or possession of the goods, the bailee is
- § 8102. In this division: (1)
- § 8103. A share or similar equity interest issued by a corporation, business trust, joint
- § 8105. A person has notice of an adverse claim if any of the following applies: (1) The
- § 8106. A purchaser has
- § 8107.
- § 8108. A person who transfers a certificated security to a purchaser for value warrants
- § 8110. The local law of the issuer
- § 8111. A rule adopted by a clearing corporation governing rights and obligations among t
- § 1101. This code may be cited as the Uniform Commercial Code.
- § 1102. This division applies to a transaction to the extent that it is governed by anoth
- § 1106. In this code, unless the statutory context otherwise requires: (1) words in the s
- § 1201. Unless the context otherwise requires, words or phrases defined in this section,
- § 1202. Subject to subdivision (f), a person has
- § 1203. Whether a transaction in the form of a lease creates a lease or security interest
- § 1205. Whether a time for taking an action required by this code is reasonable depends o
- § 1303.
- § 1304. Every contract or duty within this code imposes an obligation of good faith in it
- § 1306. A claim or right arising out of an alleged breach may be discharged in whole or i
- § 3419. If an instrument is issued for value given for the benefit of a party to the inst
- § 3501.
- § 3502. Dishonor of a note is governed by the following rules: (1) If the note is payable
- § 3601. The obligation of a party to pay the instrument is discharged as stated in this d
- § 3605. In this section, the term
- § 4101. This division may be cited as Uniform Commercial Code
- § 4104. In this division unless the context otherwise requires: (1)
- § 4105. In this division: (1)
- § 4111. An action to enforce an obligation, duty, or right arising under this division sh
- § 9108. Except as otherwise provided in subdivisions (c), (d), and (e), a description of
- § 9105.1. A person has control of electronic money if each of the following conditions is s
- § 9107. A secured party has control of a letter-of-credit right to the extent of any righ
- § 9109. Except as otherwise provided in subdivisions (c) and (d), this division applies t
- § 9201. Except as otherwise provided in this code, a security agreement is effective acco
- § 9202. Except as otherwise provided with respect to consignments or sales of accounts, c
- § 9203. A security interest attaches to collateral when it becomes enforceable against th
- § 9207. Except as otherwise provided in subdivision (d), a secured party shall use reason
- § 9208. This section applies to cases in which there is no outstanding secured obligation
- § 9210. In this section: (1)
- § 9302. While farm products are located in a jurisdiction, the local law of that jurisdic
- § 3113. An instrument may be antedated or postdated. The date stated determines the time
- § 3118. Except as provided in subdivision (e), an action to enforce the obligation of a p
- § 3201.
- § 3206. An indorsement limiting payment to a particular person or otherwise prohibiting f
- § 3207. Reacquisition of an instrument occurs if it is transferred to a former holder, by
- § 3302. Subject to subdivision (c) and subdivision (d) of Section 3106,
- § 3305. Except as stated in subdivision (b), the right to enforce the obligation of a par
- § 3306. A person taking an instrument, other than a person having rights of a holder in d
- § 3307. In this section: (1)
- § 4203. Subject to Division 3 (commencing with Section 3101) concerning conversion of ins
- § 4206. Any agreed method that identifies the transferor bank is sufficient for the item
- § 4207. A customer or collecting bank that transfers an item and receives a settlement or
- § 4208. If an unaccepted draft is presented to the drawee for payment or acceptance and t
- § 4210. A collecting bank has a security interest in an item and any accompanying documen
- § 4211. For purposes of determining its status as a holder in due course, a bank has give
- § 4213. With respect to settlement by a bank, the medium and time of settlement may be pr
- § 4214. If a collecting bank has made provisional settlement with its customer for an ite
- § 4215. An item is finally paid by a payor bank when the bank has first done any of the f
- § 4404. A bank is under no obligation to a customer having a checking account to pay a ch
- § 9509. A person may file an initial financing statement, an amendment that adds collater
- § 9510. A filed record is effective only to the extent that it was filed by a person that
- § 9513. A secured party shall cause the secured party of record for a financing statement
- § 9515. Except as otherwise provided in subdivisions (b), (e), (f), and (g), a filed fina
- § 9516. Except as otherwise provided in subdivision (b), communication of a record to a f
- § 9517. The failure of the filing office to index a record correctly does not affect the
- § 9518. A person may file in the filing office an information statement with respect to a
- § 9519. For each record filed in a filing office, the filing office shall do all of the f
- § 9523. If a person that files a written record requests an acknowledgment of the filing,
- § 9524. Delay by the filing office beyond a time limit prescribed by this chapter is excu
- § 9528. Upon the request of any person, the Secretary of State shall issue a combined cer
- § 9601. After default, a secured party has the rights provided in this chapter and, excep
- § 9602. Except as otherwise provided in Section 9624, to the extent that they give rights
- § 9526.5. For purposes of this section, the following terms have the following meanings: (1
- § 9604. If an obligation secured by a security interest in personal property or fixtures
- § 9606. For purposes of this chapter, a default occurs in connection with an agricultural
- § 9607. If so agreed, and in any event after default, a secured party may do all of the f
- § 9608. If a security interest or agricultural lien secures payment or performance of an
- § 9610. After default, a secured party may sell, lease, license, or otherwise dispose of
- § 9611. In this section,
- § 9613. Except in a consumer-goods transaction, the following rules apply: (1) The conten
- § 9614. In a consumer-goods transaction, the following rules apply: (1) A notification of
- § 9615. A secured party shall apply or pay over for application the cash proceeds of disp
- § 9616. In this section: (1)
- § 4406. A bank that sends or makes available to a customer a statement of account showing
- § 4501. A bank that takes a documentary draft for collection shall present or send the dr
- § 5101. This division may be cited as Uniform Commercial Code
- § 5102. In this division: (1)
- § 5104. A letter of credit, confirmation, advice, transfer, amendment, or cancellation ma
- § 5105. Consideration is not required to issue, amend, transfer, or cancel a letter of cr
- § 5108. Except as otherwise provided in Section 5109, an issuer shall honor a presentatio
- § 5109. If a presentation is made that appears on its face strictly to comply with the te
- § 5111. If an issuer wrongfully dishonors or repudiates its obligation to pay money under
- § 5113. A successor of a beneficiary may consent to amendments, sign and present document
- § 5114. In this section,
- § 5115. An action to enforce a right or obligation arising under this article must be com
- § 5116. The liability of an issuer, nominated person, or adviser for action or omission i
- § 2103.
- § 2101. This division shall be known and may be cited as Uniform Commercial Code
- § 2105.
- § 2201.
- § 2202. Terms with respect to which the confirmatory memoranda of the parties agree or wh
- § 2210.
- § 2301. The obligation of the seller is to transfer and deliver and that of the buyer is
- § 2303. Where this division allocates a risk or a burden as between the parties
- § 2307. Unless otherwise agreed all goods called for by a contract for sale must be tende
- § 8116. A securities intermediary that receives a financial asset and establishes a secur
- § 8202. Even against a purchaser for value and without notice, the terms of a certificate
- § 8207. Before due presentment for registration of transfer of a certificated security in
- § 8209. A lien in favor of an issuer upon a certificated security is valid against a purc
- § 8305. If an instruction has been originated by an appropriate person but is incomplete
- § 8306. A person who guarantees a signature of an endorser of a security certificate warr
- § 8402. An issuer may require the following assurance that each necessary endorsement or
- § 8403. A person who is an appropriate person to make an endorsement or originate an inst
- § 2319.
- § 2320.
- § 2315. Where the seller at the time of contracting has reason to know any particular pur
- § 2316.
- § 2401. Each provision of this division with regard to the rights, obligations and remedi
- § 2502.
- § 2503.
- § 2507.
- § 9305. Except as otherwise provided in subdivision (c), the following rules apply: (1) W
- § 9306.1. Except as provided in subdivision (d), if chattel paper is evidenced only by an a
- § 9307. In this section,
- § 9309. The following security interests are perfected when they attach: (1) A purchase m
- § 9310. Except as otherwise provided in subdivision (b) and in subdivision (b) of Section