But most consumer protection is left to other laws. UCC2A settles recurring problems of what to do with leased goods that become fixtures and accessions and who has priority in each case. Generally, if goods are leased and become fixtures, the lessor with prior interest in them has priority over those with the real estate interests if the lessor perfects his or her prior interest with a fixture filing under UCC Article 9. Any existing rights in a lease contract are superior to any rights in the whole in which leased goods become accession after the lease contract is entered. The changes in leasing transactions in recent years make it clear that modernization is long overdue.
States now depend on the common law to resolve disputes over lease contracts.
This creates great uncertainty, particularly for companies that conduct business in more than one state, since case law conflicts from state to state. Additionally, some important issues have never been adequately addressed in the common law, and UCC2A answers these immediate needs.