Colorado § 4-2-103 - Definitions and index of definitions.
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§ 4-2-103. Definitions and index of definitions.
(1) In this article unless the context otherwise requires:
(a) "Buyer" means a person who buys or contracts to buy goods.
(b) "Good faith" in the case of a merchant means honesty in fact and the observance of reasonable commercial standards of fair dealing in the trade.
(c) "Receipt" of goods means taking physical possession of them.
(d) "Seller" means a person who sells or contracts to sell goods.
(2) Other definitions applying to this article or to specified portions thereof, and the sections in which they appear are:
"Acceptance". Section 4-2-606.
"Banker's credit". Section 4-2-325.
"Between merchants". Section 4-2-104.
"Cancellation". Section 4-2-106 (4).
"Commercial unit". Section 4-2-105.
"Confirmed credit". Section 4-2-325.
"Conforming to contract". Section 4-2-106.
"Contract for sale". Section 4-2-106.
"Cover". Section 4-2-712.
"Entrusting". Section 4-2-403.
"Financing agency". Section 4-2-104.
"Future goods". Section 4-2-105.
"Goods". Section 4-2-105.
"Identification". Section 4-2-501.
"Installment contract". Section 4-2-612.
"Letter of credit". Section 4-2-325.
"Lot". Section 4-2-105.
"Merchant". Section 4-2-104.
"Overseas". Section 4-2-323.
"Person in position of seller". Section 4-2-707.
"Present sale". Section 4-2-106.
"Sale". Section 4-2-106.
"Sale on approval". Section 4-2-326.
"Sale or return". Section 4-2-326.
"Termination". Section 4-2-106.
(3) "Control" as provided in section 4-7-106 and the following definitions in other articles apply to this article:
"Check". Section 4-3-104.
"Consignee". Section 4-7-102.
"Consignor". Section 4-7-102.
"Consumer goods". Section 4-9-102.
"Dishonor". Section 4-3-502.
"Draft". Section 4-3-104.
(4) In addition, article 1 of this title contains general definitions and principles of construction and interpretation applicable throughout this article.
Source: L. 65: p. 1298, § 1. C.R.S. 1963: § 155-2-103. L. 99: (3) amended, p. 616, § 2, effective August 4. L. 2001: (3) amended, p. 1436, § 18, effective July 1. L. 2006: (3) amended, p. 490, § 3, effective September 1. L. 2007: (3) amended, p. 374, § 27, effective August 3.
Cross references: For the delegation of performance and assignment of rights, see § 4-2-210.
ANNOTATION
Law reviews. For article, "Buyer-Secured Party Conflicts Under Section 9-307(1) of the Uniform Commercial Code", see 46 U. Colo. L. Rev. 333 (1974-75).
Upon repossession of collateral, a secured creditor becomes a legal successor in interest to its debtor, the initial buyer, and therefore becomes a buyer within the meaning of this section and may recover as a third-party beneficiary on a breach of warranty claim. Cheyenne Mtn. Bank v. Whetstone Corp., 787 P.2d 210 (Colo. App. 1990).
Applied in Palmer v. A.H. Robins, Co., Inc., 684 P.2d 187 (Colo. 1984).
Source: official Colorado text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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