Georgia § 11-2-102 - Scope; certain security and other transactions excluded from this article.
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§ 11-2-102. Scope; certain security and other transactions excluded from this article.
Unless the context otherwise requires, this article applies to transactions in goods; it does not apply to any transaction which although in the form of an unconditional contract to sell or present sale is intended to operate only as a security transaction nor does this article impair or repeal any statute regulating sales to consumers, farmers, or other specified classes of buyers. (Code 1933, § 109A-2 - 102, enacted by Ga. L. 1962, p. 156, § 1.) Cross references. - Deceptive or unfair consumer practices, § 10-1-393 . Law reviews. - For article on choice-of-law of contracts in Georgia, see 21 Mercer L. Rev. 389 (1970). For article, "Computer Software: Does Article 2 of the Uniform Commercial Code Apply?," see 35 Emory L.J. 853 (1986). For article, "Impracticability As Risk Allocation: The Effect of Changed Circumstances upon Contract Obligations for the Sale of Goods," see 22 Ga. L. Rev. 503 (1988). For comment on Redfern Meats, Inc. v. Hertz Corp., 134 Ga. App. 381 , 215 S.E.2d 10 (1975), appearing below, see 27 Mercer L. Rev. 347 (1975). For comment making comparative analysis of negotiability of promissory notes payable in specifics between Georgia and other jurisdictions, see 4 Ga. B.J. 5 (1942).
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