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RI Gen L § 6A-2-714 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 6A - Uniform Commercial Code|Chapter 6A-2 - Sales|Section 6A-2-714 - Buyer's damages for breach in regard to accepted goods.

§ 6A-2-714. Buyer's damages for breach in regard to accepted goods.(1) Where the buyer has accepted goods and given notification (§ 6A-2-607(3)) he or she may recover as damages for any nonconformity of tender the loss resulting in the ordinary course of events from the seller's breach as determined in any manner which is reasonable.(2) The measure of damages for breach of warranty is the difference at the time and place of acceptance between the value of the goods accepted and the value they would have had if they had been as warranted, unless special circumstances show proximate damages of a different amount.(3) In a proper case any incidental and consequential damages under the next section may also be recovered.History of Section.P.L. 1960, ch. 147, § 1.
RI Gen L § 6A-2-715 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 6A - Uniform Commercial Code|Chapter 6A-2 - Sales|Section 6A-2-715 - Buyer's incidental and consequential damages.

§ 6A-2-715. Buyer's incidental and consequential damages.(1) Incidental damages resulting from the seller's breach include expenses reasonably incurred in inspection, receipt, transportation and care and custody of goods rightfully rejected, any commercially reasonable charges, expenses or commissions in connection with effecting cover, and any other reasonable expense incident to the delay or other breach.(2) Consequential damages resulting from the seller's breach include:(a) Any loss resulting from general or particular requirements and needs of which the seller at the time of contracting had reason to know and which could not reasonably be prevented by cover or otherwise; and(b) Injury to person or property proximately resulting from any breach of warranty.History of Section.P.L. 1960, ch. 147, § 1.
RI Gen L § 6A-2-716 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 6A - Uniform Commercial Code|Chapter 6A-2 - Sales|Section 6A-2-716 - Buyer's right to specific performance or replevin.

§ 6A-2-716. Buyer's right to specific performance or replevin.(1) Specific performance may be decreed where the goods are unique or in other proper circumstances.(2) The decree for specific performance may include such terms and conditions as to payment of the price, damages, or other relief as the court may deem just.(3) The buyer has a right of replevin for goods identified to the contract if after reasonable effort he or she is unable to effect cover for such goods or the circumstances reasonably indicate that such effort will be unavailing or if the goods have been shipped under reservation and satisfaction of the security interest in them has been made or tendered. In the case of goods bought for personal, family, or household purposes, the buyer's right of replevin vests upon acquisition of a special property, even if the seller had not then repudiated or failed to deliver.History of Section.P.L. 1960, ch. 147, § 1; P.L. 2000, ch. 182, § 8; P.L. 2000, ch. 420, § 8.
RI Gen L § 6A-2-717 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 6A - Uniform Commercial Code|Chapter 6A-2 - Sales|Section 6A-2-717 - Deduction of damages from the price.

§ 6A-2-717. Deduction of damages from the price.The buyer on notifying the seller of his or her intention to do so may deduct all or any part of the damages resulting from any breach of the contract from any part of the price still due under the same contract.History of Section.P.L. 1960, ch. 147, § 1.
RI Gen L § 6A-2-718 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 6A - Uniform Commercial Code|Chapter 6A-2 - Sales|Section 6A-2-718 - Liquidation or limitation of damages - Deposits.

§ 6A-2-718. Liquidation or limitation of damages — Deposits.(1) Damages for breach by either party may be liquidated in the agreement but only at an amount which is reasonable in the light of the anticipated or actual harm caused by the breach, the difficulties of proof of loss, and the inconvenience or nonfeasibility of otherwise obtaining an adequate remedy. A term fixing unreasonably large liquidated damages is void as a penalty.(2) Where the seller justifiably withholds delivery of goods because of the buyer's breach, the buyer is entitled to restitution of any amount by which the sum of his or her payment exceeds:(a) The amount to which the seller is entitled by virtue of terms liquidating the seller's damages in accordance with subsection (1), or(b) In the absence of such terms, twenty per cent (20%) of the value of the total performance for which the buyer is obligated under the contract or five hundred dollars ($500), whichever is smaller.(3) The buyer's right to restitution under subsection (2) is subject to offset to the extent that the seller establishes:(a) A right to recover damages under the provisions of this chapter other than subsection (1); and(b) The amount or value of any benefits received by the buyer directly or indirectly by reason of the contract.(4) Where a seller has received payment in goods their reasonable value or the proceeds of their resale shall be treated as payments for the purposes of subsection (2); but if the seller has notice of the buyer's breach before reselling goods received in part performance, his or her resale is subject to the conditions laid down in this chapter on resale by an aggrieved seller (§ 6A-2-706).History of Section.P.L. 1960, ch. 147, § 1.
RI Gen L § 6A-2-719 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 6A - Uniform Commercial Code|Chapter 6A-2 - Sales|Section 6A-2-719 - Contractual modification or limitation of remedy.

§ 6A-2-719. Contractual modification or limitation of remedy.(1) Subject to the provisions of subsections (2) and (3) of this section and of the preceding section on liquidation and limitation of damages,(a) The agreement may provide for remedies in addition to or in substitution for those provided in this chapter and may limit or alter the measure of damages recoverable under this chapter, as by limiting the buyer's remedies to return of the goods and repayment of the price or to repair and replacement of nonconforming goods or parts; and(b) Resort to a remedy as provided is optional unless the remedy is expressly agreed to be exclusive, in which case it is the sole remedy.(2) Where circumstances cause an exclusive or limited remedy to fail of its essential purpose, remedy may be had as provided in title 6A.(3) Consequential damages may be limited or excluded unless the limitation or exclusion is unconscionable. Limitation of consequential damages for injury to the person in the case of consumer goods is prima facie unconscionable but limitation of damages where the loss is commercial is not.History of Section.P.L. 1960, ch. 147, § 1.
RI Gen L § 6A-2-720 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 6A - Uniform Commercial Code|Chapter 6A-2 - Sales|Section 6A-2-720 - Effect of "cancellation" or "rescission" on claims for antecedent breach.

§ 6A-2-720. Effect of "cancellation" or "rescission" on claims for antecedent breach.Unless the contrary intention clearly appears, expressions of "cancellation" or "rescission" of the contract or the like shall not be construed as a renunciation or discharge of any claim in damages for an antecedent breach.History of Section.P.L. 1960, ch. 147, § 1.
RI Gen L § 6A-2-721 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 6A - Uniform Commercial Code|Chapter 6A-2 - Sales|Section 6A-2-721 - Remedies for fraud.

§ 6A-2-721. Remedies for fraud.Remedies for material misrepresentation or fraud include all remedies available under this chapter for nonfraudulent breach. Neither rescission or a claim for rescission of the contract for sale nor rejection or return of the goods shall bar or be deemed inconsistent with a claim for damages or other remedy.History of Section.P.L. 1960, ch. 147, § 1.
RI Gen L § 6A-2-722 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 6A - Uniform Commercial Code|Chapter 6A-2 - Sales|Section 6A-2-722 - Who can sue third parties for injury to goods.

§ 6A-2-722. Who can sue third parties for injury to goods.Where a third party so deals with goods which have been identified to a contract for sale as to cause actionable injury to a party to that contract,(a) A right of action against the third party is in either party to the contract for sale who has title to or a security interest or a special property or an insurable interest in the goods; and if the goods have been destroyed or converted a right of action is also in the party who either bore the risk of loss under the contract for sale or has since the injury assumed that risk as against the other;(b) If at the time of the injury the party plaintiff did not bear the risk of loss as against the other party to the contract for sale and there is no arrangement between them for disposition of the recovery, his or her suit or settlement is, subject to his or her own interest, as a fiduciary for the other party to the contract;(c) Either party may with the consent of the other sue for the benefit of whom it may concern.History of Section.P.L. 1960, ch. 147, § 1.
RI Gen L § 6A-2-723 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 6A - Uniform Commercial Code|Chapter 6A-2 - Sales|Section 6A-2-723 - Proof of market price - Time and place.

§ 6A-2-723. Proof of market price — Time and place.(1) If an action based on anticipatory repudiation comes to trial before the time for performance with respect to some or all of the goods, any damages based on market price (§ 6A-2-708 or 6A-2-713) shall be determined according to the price of such goods prevailing at the time when the aggrieved party learned of the repudiation.(2) If evidence of a price prevailing at the times or places described in this chapter is not readily available the price prevailing within any reasonable time before or after the time described or at any other place which in commercial judgment or under usage of trade would serve as a reasonable substitute for the one described may be used, making any proper allowance for the cost of transporting the goods to or from such other place.(3) Evidence of a relevant price prevailing at a time or place other than the one described in this chapter offered by one party is not admissible unless and until he or she has given the other party such notice as the court finds sufficient to prevent unfair surprise.History of Section.P.L. 1960, ch. 147, § 1.
RI Gen L § 6A-2-724 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 6A - Uniform Commercial Code|Chapter 6A-2 - Sales|Section 6A-2-724 - Admissibility of market quotations.

§ 6A-2-724. Admissibility of market quotations.Whenever the prevailing price or value of any goods regularly bought and sold in any established commodity market is in issue, reports in official publications or trade journals or in newspapers or periodicals of general circulation published as the reports of such market shall be admissible in evidence. The circumstances of the preparation of such a report may be shown to affect its weight but not its admissibility.History of Section.P.L. 1960, ch. 147, § 1.
RI Gen L § 6A-2-725 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 6A - Uniform Commercial Code|Chapter 6A-2 - Sales|Section 6A-2-725 - Statute of limitations - Contracts for sale - Breach of warranty.

§ 6A-2-725. Statute of limitations — Contracts for sale — Breach of warranty.(1) An action for breach of any contract for sale must be commenced within four (4) years after the cause of action has accrued. By the original agreement the parties may reduce the period of limitation to not less than one year but may not extend it.(2) A cause of action accrues when the breach occurs, regardless of the aggrieved party's lack of knowledge of the breach. A breach of warranty occurs when tender of delivery is made, except that where a warranty explicitly extends to future performance of the goods and discovery of the breach must await the time of such performance the cause of action accrues when the breach is or should have been discovered.(3) Where an action commenced within the time limited by subsection (1) is so terminated as to leave available a remedy by another action for the same breach such other action may be commenced after the expiration of the time limited and within six (6) months after the termination of the first action unless the termination resulted from voluntary discontinuance or from dismissal for failure or neglect to prosecute.(4) This section does not alter the law on tolling of the statute of limitations nor does it apply to causes of action which have accrued before January 2, 1962.(5) Notwithstanding any other provision of this section, any action for breach of warranty arising out of an alleged design, inspection, testing or manufacturing defect, or any other alleged defect of whatsoever kind or nature in a product, must be commenced within ten (10) years after the date the product was first purchased for use or consumption.History of Section.P.L. 1960, ch. 147, § 1; P.L. 1961, ch. 75, § 5; P.L. 1978, ch. 299, § 3.
RI Gen L § 6A-2.1-101 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 6A - Uniform Commercial Code|Chapter 6A-2.1 - Leases|Section 6A-2.1-101 - Short title.

§ 6A-2.1-101. Short title.This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the Uniform Commercial Code — Leases.History of Section.P.L. 1991, ch. 305, § 1.
RI Gen L § 6A-2.1-102 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 6A - Uniform Commercial Code|Chapter 6A-2.1 - Leases|Section 6A-2.1-102 - Scope.

§ 6A-2.1-102. Scope.This chapter applies to any transaction, regardless of form, that creates a lease.History of Section.P.L. 1991, ch. 305, § 1.
RI Gen L § 6A-2.1-104 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 6A - Uniform Commercial Code|Chapter 6A-2.1 - Leases|Section 6A-2.1-104 - Leases subject to other law.

§ 6A-2.1-104. Leases subject to other law.(1) A lease, although subject to this chapter, is also subject to any applicable:(a) Certificate of title statute of this state, including, without limitation, the Motor Vehicle Certificate of Title Act, § 31-3.1-1, et seq., and the Uniform Boat Title Act, § 46-22.1-1, et seq.;(b) Certificate of title statute of another jurisdiction (§ 6A-2.1-105); or(c) Consumer protection statute of this state, including the Rhode Island Rental Purchase Agreement Act, § 6-44-1, et seq., or final consumer protection decision of a court of this state existing on the effective date of this chapter.(2) In case of conflict between this chapter, other than §§ 6A-2.1-105, 6A-2.1-304(3), and 6A-2.1-305(3), and a statute or decision referred to in subsection (1), the statute or decision controls.(3) Failure to comply with an applicable law has only the effect specified therein.History of Section.P.L. 1991, ch. 305, § 1.
RI Gen L § 6A-2.1-105 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 6A - Uniform Commercial Code|Chapter 6A-2.1 - Leases|Section 6A-2.1-105 - Territorial application of chapter to goods covered by certificate of title.

§ 6A-2.1-105. Territorial application of chapter to goods covered by certificate of title.Subject to the provisions of §§ 6A-2.1-304(3) and 6A-2.1-305(3), with respect to goods covered by a certificate of title issued under a statute of this state or of another jurisdiction, compliance and the effect of compliance or noncompliance with a certificate of title statute are governed by the law (including the conflict of laws rules) of the jurisdiction issuing the certificate until the earlier of (a) surrender of the certificate, or (b) four (4) months after the goods are removed from that jurisdiction and thereafter until a new certificate of title is issued by another jurisdiction.History of Section.P.L. 1991, ch. 305, § 1.
RI Gen L § 6A-2.1-106 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 6A - Uniform Commercial Code|Chapter 6A-2.1 - Leases|Section 6A-2.1-106 - Limitation on power of parties to consumer lease to choose applicable law and judicial forum.

§ 6A-2.1-106. Limitation on power of parties to consumer lease to choose applicable law and judicial forum.(1) If the law chosen by the parties to a consumer lease is that of a jurisdiction other than a jurisdiction in which the lessee resides at the time the lease agreement becomes enforceable or within 30 days thereafter in which the goods are to be used, or in which the lease is executed by the lessee, the choice is not enforceable.(2) If the judicial forum chosen by the parties to a consumer lease is a forum that would not otherwise have jurisdiction over the lessee, the choice is not enforceable.History of Section.P.L. 1991, ch. 305, § 1.
RI Gen L § 6A-2.1-107 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 6A - Uniform Commercial Code|Chapter 6A-2.1 - Leases|Section 6A-2.1-107 - Waiver or renunciation of claim or right after default.

§ 6A-2.1-107. Waiver or renunciation of claim or right after default.Any claim or right arising out of an alleged default or breach of warranty may be discharged in whole or in part without consideration by a written waiver or renunciation signed and delivered by the aggrieved party.History of Section.P.L. 1991, ch. 105, § 1.
RI Gen L § 6A-2.1-108 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 6A - Uniform Commercial Code|Chapter 6A-2.1 - Leases|Section 6A-2.1-108 - Unconscionability.

§ 6A-2.1-108. Unconscionability.(1) If the court as a matter of law finds a lease contract or any clause of a lease contract to have been unconscionable at the time it was made the court may refuse to enforce the lease contract, or it may enforce the remainder of the lease contract without the unconscionable clause, or it may so limit the application of any unconscionable clause as to avoid any unconscionable result.(2) With respect to a consumer lease, if the court as a matter of law finds that a lease contract or any clause of a lease contract has been induced by unconscionable conduct or that unconscionable conduct has occurred in the collection of a claim arising from a lease contract, the court may grant appropriate relief.(3) Before making a finding of unconscionability under subsection (1) or (2), the court, on its own motion or that of a party, shall afford the parties a reasonable opportunity to present evidence as to the setting, purpose, and effect of the lease contract or clause thereof, or of the conduct.(4) In an action in which the lessee claims unconscionability with respect to a consumer lease:(a) If the court finds unconscionability under subsection (1) or (2), the court shall award reasonable attorney's fees to the lessee.(b) If the court does not find unconscionability and the lessee claiming unconscionability has brought or maintained an action he or she knew to be groundless, the court shall award reasonable attorney's fees to the party against whom the claim is made.(c) In determining attorney's fees, the amount of the recovery on behalf of the claimant under subsections (1) and (2) is not controlling.History of Section.P.L. 1991, ch. 305, § 1.
RI Gen L § 6A-2.1-109 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 6A - Uniform Commercial Code|Chapter 6A-2.1 - Leases|Section 6A-2.1-109 - Option to accelerate at will.

§ 6A-2.1-109. Option to accelerate at will.(1) A term providing that one party or his or her successor in interest may accelerate payment or performance or require collateral or additional collateral "at will" or "when he or she deems himself or herself insecure" or in words of similar import must be construed to mean that he or she has power to do so only if he or she in good faith believes that the prospect of payment or performance is impaired.(2) With respect to a consumer lease, the burden of establishing good faith under subsection (1) is on the party who exercised the power; otherwise the burden of establishing lack of good faith is on the party against whom the power has been exercised.History of Section.P.L. 1991, ch. 305, § 1.
RI Gen L § 6A-2.1-201 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 6A - Uniform Commercial Code|Chapter 6A-2.1 - Leases|Section 6A-2.1-201 - Statute of frauds.

§ 6A-2.1-201. Statute of frauds.(1) A lease contract is not enforceable by way of action or defense unless:(a) The total payments to be made under the lease contract, excluding payments for options to renew or buy, are less than $ 1,000; or(b) There is a writing, signed by the party against whom enforcement is sought or by that party's authorized agent, sufficient to indicate that a lease contract has been made between the parties and to describe the goods leased and the lease term.(2) Any description of leased goods or of the lease term is sufficient and satisfies subsection (1)(b), whether or not it is specific, if it reasonably identifies what is described.(3) A writing is not insufficient because it omits or incorrectly states a term agreed upon, but the lease contract is not enforceable under subsection (1)(b) beyond the lease term and the quantity of goods shown in the writing.(4) A lease contract that does not satisfy the requirements of subsection (1), but which is valid in other respects, is enforceable:(a) If the goods are to be specially manufactured or obtained for the lessee and are not suitable for lease or sale to others in the ordinary course of the lessor's 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;(b) If the party against whom enforcement is sought admits in that party's pleading, testimony or otherwise in court that a lease contract was made, but the lease contract is not enforceable under this provision beyond the quantity of goods admitted; or(c) With respect to goods that have been received and accepted by the lessee.(5) The lease term under a lease contract referred to in subsection (4) is:(a) If there is a writing signed by the party against whom enforcement is sought or by that party's authorized agent specifying the lease term, the term so specified;(b) If the party against whom enforcement is sought admits in that party's pleading, testimony, or otherwise in court a lease term, the term so admitted; or(c) A reasonable lease term.History of Section.P.L. 1991, ch. 305, § 1.
RI Gen L § 6A-2.1-202 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 6A - Uniform Commercial Code|Chapter 6A-2.1 - Leases|Section 6A-2.1-202 - Final written expression: parol or extrinsic evidence.

§ 6A-2.1-202. Final written expression: parol or extrinsic evidence.Terms with respect to which the confirmatory memoranda of the parties agree or which are otherwise set forth in a writing intended by the parties as a final expression of their agreement with respect to such terms as are included therein may not be contradicted by evidence of any prior agreement or of a contemporaneous oral agreement but may be explained or supplemented:(a) By course of dealing or usage of trade or by course of performance; and(b) By evidence of consistent additional terms unless the court finds the writing to have been intended also as a complete and exclusive statement of the terms of the agreement.History of Section.P.L. 1991, ch. 305, § 1.
RI Gen L § 6A-2.1-203 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 6A - Uniform Commercial Code|Chapter 6A-2.1 - Leases|Section 6A-2.1-203 - Seals inoperative.

§ 6A-2.1-203. Seals inoperative.The affixing of a seal to a writing evidencing a lease contract or an offer to enter into a lease contract does not render the writing a sealed instrument, and the law with respect to sealed instruments does not apply to the lease contract or offer.History of Section.P.L. 1991, ch. 305, § 1.