Colorado § 4-2-704 - Seller's right to identify goods to the contract notwithstanding breach or to salvage unfinished goods.
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§ 4-2-704. Seller's right to identify goods to the contract notwithstanding breach or to salvage unfinished goods.
(1) An aggrieved seller under section 4-2-703 may:
(a) Identify to the contract conforming goods not already identified if at the time he learned of the breach they are in his possession or control;
(b) Treat as the subject of resale goods which have demonstrably been intended for the particular contract even though those goods are unfinished.
(2) Where the goods are unfinished, an aggrieved seller may in the exercise of reasonable commercial judgment for the purposes of avoiding loss and of effective realization either complete the manufacture and wholly identify the goods to the contract or cease manufacture and resell for scrap or salvage value or proceed in any other reasonable manner.
Source: L. 65: p. 1335, § 1. C.R.S. 1963: § 155-2-704.
ANNOTATION
For giving notice as condition precedent to seller's recovery, see B. J. Shelton Co. v. Muckle Eng'r Co., 121 Colo. 509, 218 P.2d 1057 (1950) (decided under repealed CSA, C. 143A, § 64(3), uniform sales act).
Source: official Colorado text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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Section 4-2-704 ("Seller's right to identify goods to the contract notwithstanding breach or to salvage unfinished goods.") is part of the Colorado Revised Statutes, the codified statutory law of Colorado. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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