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CT Gen Stat § 42a-2A-201 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 42a - Uniform Commercial Code|Article 2A - Leases|Section 42a-2A-201 - Formal requirements.

 (a) Except as otherwise provided in this section, a lease contract is not enforceable by way of action or defense unless:(1) The total payments to be made under the lease contract, excluding payments for options to renew or buy, are less than one thousand dollars; or(2) There is a record, authenticated by the party against which enforcement is sought or by such party's authorized agent as the record of such person, which is sufficient to indicate that a lease contract has been made between the parties and to describe the goods leased and the duration of the lease.(b) A record is not insufficient merely because it omits a term, including a quantity term, or incorrectly states a term agreed upon, but, if the record contains a quantity term, the contract is not enforceable beyond the quantity of goods shown in the record.(c) Any description of the leased goods or of the duration of the lease is sufficient and satisfies subdivision (2) of subsection (a) of this section, whether or not it is specific, if it reasonably identifies what is described.(d) An otherwise valid lease contract that does not satisfy the requirements of subsection (a) of this section is nevertheless enforceable:(1) If the goods are to be specially manufactured or obtained for the lessee and are not suitable for lease or sale by the lessor to others in the ordinary course of business, and the lessor, before notice of repudiation is received and under circumstances that reasonably indicate that the goods are for the lessee, has made either a substantial beginning of their manufacture or commitments for their procurement;(2) If the party against which enforcement is sought admits in the party's pleading, testimony in court or otherwise under oath that a lease contract was made, but the lease contract is not enforceable under this subdivision beyond the quantity of goods admitted; or(3) With respect to goods that have been received and accepted by the lessee.(e) The duration of a lease under a lease contract referred to in subsection (d) of this section is:(1) If there is a record authenticated by the party against which enforcement is sought or by such party's authorized agent specifying the duration of the lease, the period so specified;(2) If the party against which enforcement is sought admits in such party's pleading or testimony, or otherwise in court, the duration of the lease, the period so admitted; or(3) A reasonable duration.(f) An enforceable lease contract under this section is not unenforceable merely because it is not capable of being performed within one year or any other applicable period after its making.(g) The affixing of a seal to a record evidencing a lease contract or offer does not make the record a sealed instrument. The law with respect to sealed instruments does not apply to the lease contract or offer.(P.A. 02-131, S. 10.)
CT Gen Stat § 42a-2A-202 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 42a - Uniform Commercial Code|Article 2A - Leases|Section 42a-2A-202 - Parol or extrinsic evidence.

 (a) Terms on which the confirmatory records of the parties agree, or which are otherwise set forth in a record intended by the parties as a final expression of their agreement with respect to the included terms, may not be contradicted by evidence of any previous agreement or of a contemporaneous oral agreement. However, terms in such a record may be supplemented by evidence of:(1) Consistent additional terms, unless the court finds that the record was intended as a complete and exclusive statement of the terms of the agreement; and(2) Course of performance, course of dealing or usage of trade.(b) Terms in a record may be explained by evidence of course of performance, course of dealing or usage of trade without a preliminary determination by the court that the language used is ambiguous. Terms in a record may also be explained from other sources as determined by the court under applicable law.(P.A. 02-131, S. 11.)
CT Gen Stat § 42a-2A-203 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 42a - Uniform Commercial Code|Article 2A - Leases|Section 42a-2A-203 - Formation in general.

 (a) A lease contract may be made in any manner sufficient to show agreement, including by offer and acceptance, conduct of both parties which recognizes the existence of a lease contract or the interaction of electronic agents.(b) If the parties so intend, an agreement sufficient to constitute a lease contract may be found even if the time of its making is undetermined, one or more terms are left open or to be agreed upon, the records of the parties do not otherwise establish a lease contract or one party reserves the right to modify terms.(c) Even if one or more terms are left open or to be agreed upon, a lease contract does not fail for indefiniteness if the parties intended to make a lease contract and there is a reasonably certain basis for giving an appropriate remedy.(P.A. 02-131, S. 12.)
CT Gen Stat § 42a-2A-204 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 42a - Uniform Commercial Code|Article 2A - Leases|Section 42a-2A-204 - Firm offers.

 An offer by a merchant to enter into a lease contract made in an authenticated record that by its terms gives assurance that the offer will be held open is not revocable for lack of consideration during the time stated. If a time is not stated, the offer is irrevocable for a reasonable time not exceeding ninety days. A term of assurance in a record supplied by the offeree is ineffective unless the term is conspicuous.(P.A. 02-131, S. 13.)
CT Gen Stat § 42a-2A-205 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 42a - Uniform Commercial Code|Article 2A - Leases|Section 42a-2A-205 - Offer and acceptance.

 (a) Unless otherwise unambiguously indicated by the language or circumstances, an offer to make a lease contract must be construed as inviting acceptance in any manner and by any medium reasonable under the circumstances.(b) If the beginning of a requested performance is a reasonable mode of acceptance, an offeror that is not notified of acceptance within a reasonable time may treat the offer as having lapsed before acceptance.(P.A. 02-131, S. 14.)
CT Gen Stat § 42a-2A-206 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 42a - Uniform Commercial Code|Article 2A - Leases|Section 42a-2A-206 - Electronic contracting; formation.

 Except as otherwise provided in sections 42a-2A-207 to 42a-2A-210, inclusive, the following rules apply:(1) A lease contract may be formed by the interaction of electronic agents. If the interaction resulting from the electronic agents' engaging in operations is sufficient to show an agreement under section 42a-2A-203 or 42a-2A-205, a lease contract is formed unless the operations resulted from fraud, electronic mistake or the like.(2) A lease contract may be formed by the interaction of an electronic agent and an individual, acting on the individual's own behalf or for another person. A lease contract is formed if the individual takes actions that the individual is free to refuse to take or makes a statement that the individual has reason to know will:(A) Cause the electronic agent to complete the transaction or performance; or(B) Indicate acceptance of an offer, regardless of other expressions or actions by the individual to which the electronic agent cannot react.(3) In an interaction between individuals, if an offer evokes an electronic message in response, a lease contract is formed:(A) If the offer is accepted under section 42a-2A-205, when the acceptance is received; or(B) If the offer is accepted by an electronic performance, when the performance is received, unless the originating message required acceptance in a different manner.(P.A. 02-131, S. 15.)
CT Gen Stat § 42a-2A-207 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 42a - Uniform Commercial Code|Article 2A - Leases|Section 42a-2A-207 - Legal recognition of electronic records and authentications.

 (a) A record or authentication may not be denied legal effect or enforceability solely because it is in electronic form.(b) This article does not require that a record or authentication be generated, stored, sent, received or otherwise processed by electronic means or in electronic form.(c) In any transaction, a person may establish reasonable requirements regarding the type of authentication or record acceptable to such person.(P.A. 02-131, S. 16.)
CT Gen Stat § 42a-2A-208 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 42a - Uniform Commercial Code|Article 2A - Leases|Section 42a-2A-208 - Attribution.

 An electronic record is attributed to a person if it was the act of the person or such person's electronic agent, or if the person is otherwise bound by it under the law of agency. The party relying on attribution of an electronic record to another person has the burden of establishing attribution.(P.A. 02-131, S. 17.)
CT Gen Stat § 42a-2A-209 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 42a - Uniform Commercial Code|Article 2A - Leases|Section 42a-2A-209 - Contract formation; electronic record.

 (a) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (b) of this section, an electronic record is effective when received, even if no other person is aware of its receipt.(b) If an offer in an electronic message evokes an electronic message in response, a lease contract, if any, is formed as determined in section 42a-2A-206.(c) Receipt of an electronic acknowledgment establishes that the message was received but does not establish by itself that the content sent corresponds to the content received.(P.A. 02-131, S. 18.)
CT Gen Stat § 42a-2A-210 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 42a - Uniform Commercial Code|Article 2A - Leases|Section 42a-2A-210 - Contract formation; electronic agents.

 (a) A person that uses an electronic agent for authentication, agreement or performance is bound by the operations of the electronic agent even if no person was aware of or reviewed the electronic agent's actions or the results of the operations.(b) Whether a lease contract is formed by the interaction of electronic agents or the interaction of an electronic agent and a person is determined by section 42a-2A-206.(P.A. 02-131, S. 19.)
CT Gen Stat § 42a-2A-301 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 42a - Uniform Commercial Code|Article 2A - Leases|Section 42a-2A-301 - Course of performance or practical construction.

 Section 42a-2A-301 is repealed, effective October 1, 2005.(P.A. 02-131, S. 20; P.A. 05-109, S. 56.)
CT Gen Stat § 42a-2A-302 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 42a - Uniform Commercial Code|Article 2A - Leases|Section 42a-2A-302 - Modification, rescission and waiver.

 (a) An agreement made in good faith modifying a lease contract needs no consideration to be binding.(b) An authenticated record containing a term that prohibits modification or rescission except by an authenticated record may not be otherwise modified or rescinded. Such a term in a form or record supplied by a merchant to a nonmerchant must be separately authenticated. A party whose language or conduct is inconsistent with the term is precluded from asserting the term if the assertion is unjust in view of a material change of position in reliance on the language or conduct.(c) A condition in a lease contract may be waived by the party for whose benefit it was included. Language or conduct is relevant to show a waiver. A party that has made a waiver affecting an executory portion of a lease contract may retract the waiver by reasonable notice received by the other party that strict performance will be required of any term waived, unless the retraction would be unjust in view of a material change of position in reliance on the waiver.(P.A. 02-131, S. 21.)
CT Gen Stat § 42a-2A-303 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 42a - Uniform Commercial Code|Article 2A - Leases|Section 42a-2A-303 - Lessee under finance lease as beneficiary of supply contract.

 (a) The benefit of the supplier's promises to the lessor under a supply contract and of all warranties, whether express or implied, including those of any third party provided in connection with or as part of the supply contract, extends to the lessee to the extent of the lessee's leasehold interest under a finance lease related to the supply contract, but is subject to the terms of the warranty and supply contract and all defenses or claims arising therefrom.(b) The extension of the benefit of a supplier's promises and of warranties to the lessee does not modify the rights and obligations of the parties to the supply contract, whether arising therefrom or otherwise, or impose any duty or liability under the supply contract on the lessee.(c) A modification or rescission of a supply contract by the supplier and the lessor is effective between the supplier and the lessee unless, before the modification or rescission, the supplier has received notice that the lessee has entered into a finance lease related to the supply contract. If the modification or rescission is effective between the supplier and the lessee, the lessor assumes, in addition to the obligations of the lessor to the lessee under the lease contract, the promises of the supplier to the lessor and warranties that were so modified or rescinded as they existed and were available to the lessee before modification or rescission.(d) In addition to the extension of the benefit of the supplier's promises and of warranties to the lessee under subsection (a) of this section, the lessee retains all rights that the lessee may have against the supplier which arise from a contract between the lessee and the supplier or under other law.(P.A. 02-131, S. 22.)
CT Gen Stat § 42a-2A-304 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 42a - Uniform Commercial Code|Article 2A - Leases|Section 42a-2A-304 - Identification.

 Identification of existing goods as goods to which a lease contract refers may be made at any time and in any manner expressly agreed to by the parties. In the absence of express agreement, identification occurs:(1) If the contract is for the lease of already existing and designated goods, when the lease contract is made;(2) If the contract is for the lease of future goods other than those described in subdivision (3) of this section, when the goods are shipped, marked or otherwise designated by the lessor as goods to which the lease contract refers, if the lease contract is for a lease of goods that are not existing and identified; or(3) If the lease contract is for a lease of unborn young of animals, when the young are conceived.(P.A. 02-131, S. 23.)
CT Gen Stat § 42a-2A-305 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 42a - Uniform Commercial Code|Article 2A - Leases|Section 42a-2A-305 - Insurance and proceeds.

 (a) A lessee obtains an insurable interest in existing goods identified to the lease contract even if the goods are nonconforming and the lessee has an option to return or reject them.(b) If a lessee has an insurable interest only by reason of the lessor's identification of the goods, the lessor may substitute other goods for those identified until the lessee's default or insolvency or notice to the lessee that the identification is final.(c) The lessor retains an insurable interest until an option to buy has been exercised by the lessee and risk of loss has passed to the lessee.(d) This section does not affect any insurable interest recognized under any other law.(e) The parties, by agreement, may determine that one or more parties have an obligation to obtain and pay for insurance covering the goods and determine the beneficiary of the proceeds of the insurance.(P.A. 02-131, S. 24.)See Sec. 42-500 re insurance disclosures.
CT Gen Stat § 42a-2A-306 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 42a - Uniform Commercial Code|Article 2A - Leases|Section 42a-2A-306 - Risk of loss.

 (a) Except in the case of a finance lease, risk of loss is retained by the lessor and does not pass to the lessee. In the case of a finance lease, risk of loss passes to the lessee.(b) If under the lease contract risk of loss will pass to the lessee but the agreement does not specify when the risk passes, except as otherwise provided in subsection (c) of this section, risk of loss passes to the lessee, regardless of the conformity of the goods to the lease contract, as follows:(1) Subject to this subsection, the risk of loss passes to a lessee upon receipt of the goods. If the lessee does not intend to take possession, risk of loss passes to the lessee when the lessee receives control of the goods.(2) If the lease contract requires or authorizes a lessor to ship goods by carrier, the following rules apply:(A) If the lease contract does not require delivery at a particular destination, the risk of loss passes to the lessee when the goods are duly delivered to the carrier.(B) If the lease contract requires delivery at a particular destination and the goods arrive there in the possession of the carrier, the risk of loss passes to the lessee when the goods are so tendered as to enable the lessee to take delivery.(3) If goods are held by a bailee to be delivered without being moved, the risk of loss passes to the lessee on acknowledgment by the bailee to the lessee of the lessee's right to possession of the goods.(c) A default under the lease contract by either party affects the risk of loss only in the following cases:(1) If the lessee rightfully rejects the goods or justifiably revokes acceptance of the goods, the lessor has the risk of loss from the time that the rejection or revocation is effective.(2) If the lessor has tendered nonconforming goods so that the lessee would have the right to reject the goods or revoke acceptance of the goods, the goods are damaged or lost before the lessee effectively rejects or revokes acceptance, and the risk of loss would have otherwise passed to the lessee under subsection (b) or (c) of this section, the lessor has the risk of loss to the extent the nonconformity of the goods caused the damage or loss.(3) If conforming goods are identified to the lease contract when the lessee repudiates or is otherwise in breach and the risk of loss has not otherwise passed to the lessee, the lessee has the risk of loss for such goods for a commercially reasonable time after the breach or repudiation.(P.A. 02-131, S. 25.)
CT Gen Stat § 42a-2A-307 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 42a - Uniform Commercial Code|Article 2A - Leases|Section 42a-2A-307 - Casualty to identified goods.

 If the lease contract requires for its performance goods identified when the lease contract is made and the goods suffer casualty without the fault of the lessee, the lessor or the supplier before delivery or if the goods suffer casualty before the risk of loss passes to the lessee under the lease agreement or section 42a-2A-306, the following rules apply:(1) If the loss occurs before the goods are delivered to the lessee, the lessor or supplier shall seasonably notify the lessee of the nature and extent of the loss.(2) If the loss is total, the lease contract is avoided.(3) If the loss is partial or the goods no longer conform to the lease contract, the lessee may nevertheless demand inspection and may treat the lease contract as avoided or, except in a finance lease that is not a consumer lease, accept or retain the goods with due allowance from the rent payable for the balance of the duration of the lease for the nonconformity but without further right against the lessor.(P.A. 02-131, S. 26.)
CT Gen Stat § 42a-2A-308 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 42a - Uniform Commercial Code|Article 2A - Leases|Section 42a-2A-308 - Termination; survival of obligations.

 (a) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (b) of this section, on the termination of a lease contract, all obligations that are still executory on both sides are discharged.(b) The following survive termination of a lease contract:(1) A right based on a previous default or performance of the lease contract;(2) A term limiting the scope, manner, method or location of the exercise of rights in the goods;(3) An obligation of confidentiality, nondisclosure or noncompetition;(4) A choice of law or forum;(5) An obligation to return or dispose of goods or return any unearned part of the rent;(6) An obligation to arbitrate or otherwise resolve disputes through alternative dispute resolution procedures;(7) A term limiting the time for bringing an action or for providing notice;(8) An indemnity term;(9) A limitation of remedy or disclaimer of warranty;(10) An obligation to provide an accounting and make any payment due under the accounting;(11) Other rights, remedies or limitations stated in the agreement as surviving to the extent enforceable under applicable law; and(12) Other rights, remedies or limitations if in the circumstances their survival is necessary to achieve the purposes of the parties.(P.A. 02-131, S. 27.)
CT Gen Stat § 42a-2A-401 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 42a - Uniform Commercial Code|Article 2A - Leases|Section 42a-2A-401 - Enforceability of lease contract.

 Except as otherwise provided in this title, a lease contract is effective and enforceable according to its terms between the parties, against purchasers of the goods and against creditors.(P.A. 02-131, S. 28.)
CT Gen Stat § 42a-2A-402 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 42a - Uniform Commercial Code|Article 2A - Leases|Section 42a-2A-402 - Title to and possession of goods.

 Except as otherwise provided in this article, the application of this article is not affected by whether the lessor or a third party has title to the goods, by whether the lessor, the lessee, or a third party has possession of the goods or by any statute or rule of law that possession or the absence of possession is fraudulent.(P.A. 02-131, S. 29.)
CT Gen Stat § 42a-2A-404 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 42a - Uniform Commercial Code|Article 2A - Leases|Section 42a-2A-404 - Subsequent lease of goods by lessor.

 (a) Subject to section 42a-2A-403, a subsequent lessee from a lessor of goods under an existing lease contract obtains, to the extent of the leasehold interest transferred, the leasehold interest that the lessor had or had power to transfer and, except as otherwise provided in subsection (b) of this section and subsection (d) of section 42a-2A-720, takes subject to the existing lease contract.(b) A lessor with voidable rights or voidable title acquired in a purchase of goods from a transferor has power to transfer a good leasehold interest to a good faith subsequent lessee for value. Under this subsection, voidable rights or voidable title is acquired when the goods have been delivered under a transaction of purchase even if:(1) The transferor was deceived as to the identity of the lessor;(2) The delivery was in exchange for a check later dishonored;(3) It was agreed that the transaction was to be a cash sale; or(4) The delivery was procured through fraud punishable under criminal law.(c) A subsequent lessee in the ordinary course of business from a lessor that is a merchant dealing in goods of that kind to which the goods were entrusted by the existing lessee of such lessor before the interest of the subsequent lessee became enforceable against such lessor obtains, to the extent of the leasehold interest transferred, all rights to the goods of such lessor and the existing lessee, and takes free of the existing lease contract.(d) A subsequent lessee from the lessor of goods that are subject to an existing lease contract and are covered by a certificate of title issued under a statute of this state or of another jurisdiction takes no greater rights than those provided both by this section and by the certificate of title statute.(P.A. 02-131, S. 31.)