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FL Stat § 671.304 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title XXXIX - Commercial Relations|Chapter 671 - Uniform Commercial Code: General Provisions|Part III - Effective Date and Repealer (Ss. 671.301-671.311)|671.304 - Laws not repealed; precedence where code provisions in conflict with other laws; certain statutory remedies retained.

671.304 Laws not repealed; precedence where code provisions in conflict with other laws; certain statutory remedies retained.—(1) The article on documents of title (Art. 7) does not repeal or modify any laws prescribing the form or contents of documents of title or the services or facilities to be afforded by bailees, or otherwise regulating bailees’ businesses in respects not specifically dealt with herein; but the fact that such laws are violated does not affect the status of a document of title which otherwise complies with the definition of a “document of title” (s. 671.201).(2) The following laws and parts of laws are specifically not repealed and shall take precedence over any provisions of this code which may be inconsistent or in conflict therewith:(a) Chapter 517—Sale of securities.(b) Chapter 687—Interest and usury; lending practices.(c) Chapter 516—Florida Consumer Finance Act.(d) Chapter 520—Retail installment sales (Part I, Motor Vehicle Sales Finance Act; Part III, Retail Installment Sales Act; Part IV, Installment Sales Finance Act).(e) Chapter 665—Florida Savings Association Act.(f) Chapter 657—Credit unions.(g) Chapters 319 and 328—Title certificates (motor vehicle; vessel).(h) Chapter 538—Secondhand Dealers and Secondary Metals Recyclers.(i) Chapters 658, 660, and 663.(3) The following laws or parts of laws, although not repealed, shall yield to and be superseded by any provisions of the code which may be inconsistent or in conflict therewith:(a) Chapter 697—Instruments deemed mortgages and the nature of a mortgage.(b) Chapter 701—Assignment and cancellation of mortgages.(c) Chapter 702—Foreclosure of mortgages.(d) Chapter 727—General assignments.(4) Notwithstanding any provisions to the contrary in any of the following Florida Statutes, the remedies provided by such statutes shall not restrict the remedies otherwise available to a secured party under this code, but all such remedies shall be cumulatively available in accordance with their respective terms to a secured party under this code: Chapter 76—Attachment.(5) The effectiveness of any financing statement or continuation statement filed prior to January 1, 1980, or any continuation statement filed on or after October 1, 1984, which states that the debtor is a transmitting utility as provided in s. 679.515(6) shall continue until a termination statement is filed, except that if this act requires a filing in an office where there was no previous financing statement, a new financing statement conforming to s. 680.109(4), Florida Statutes 1979, shall be filed in that office.History.—s. 1, ch. 65-254; s. 174, ch. 79-164; s. 3, ch. 80-273; s. 5, ch. 81-276; s. 1, ch. 84-167; s. 3, ch. 89-533; s. 6, ch. 90-278; s. 205, ch. 92-303; s. 25, ch. 98-11; s. 6, ch. 2000-155; s. 4, ch. 2010-131; s. 6, ch. 2017-118.Note.—Former s. 680.104.
FL Stat § 671.308 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title XXXIX - Commercial Relations|Chapter 671 - Uniform Commercial Code: General Provisions|Part III - Effective Date and Repealer (Ss. 671.301-671.311)|671.308 - Transition provisions on place of filing.

671.308 Transition provisions on place of filing.—(1) A financing statement or continuation statement filed prior to the effective date of this act which shall not have lapsed prior to the effective date of this act shall remain effective for the period provided in chapter 65-254, Laws of Florida, as amended, but not less than 5 years after the filing.(2) With respect to any collateral acquired by the debtor subsequent to the effective date of this act, any effective financing statement or continuation statement described in this section shall apply only if the filing or filings are in the office or offices that would be appropriate to perfect the security interests in the new collateral under this act.(3) The effectiveness of any financing statement or continuation statement filed prior to the effective date of this act may be continued by a continuation statement as permitted by this act, except that if this act requires a filing in an office where there was no previous financing statement, a new financing statement conforming to s. 680.109(4), Florida Statutes 1979, shall be filed in that office.History.—s. 37, ch. 79-398; s. 6, ch. 90-278.Note.—Former s. 680.108.
FL Stat § 671.309 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title XXXIX - Commercial Relations|Chapter 671 - Uniform Commercial Code: General Provisions|Part III - Effective Date and Repealer (Ss. 671.301-671.311)|671.309 - Required refilings.

671.309 Required refilings.—(1) If a security interest is perfected or has priority when this act takes effect as to all persons or as to certain persons without any filing or recording, and if the filing of a financing statement would be required for the perfection or priority of the security interest against those persons under this act, the perfection and priority rights of the security interest continue until 3 years after the effective date of this act. The perfection will then lapse unless a financing statement is filed as provided in subsection (4) or unless the security interest is perfected otherwise than by filing.(2) If a security interest is perfected when this act takes effect under a law other than the Uniform Commercial Code which requires no further filing, refiling, or recording to continue its perfection, perfection continues until and will lapse 3 years after this act takes effect, unless:(a) A financing statement is filed as provided in subsection (4);(b) The security interest is perfected otherwise than by filing; or(c) Under 1s. 679.302(3) the other law continues to govern filing.(3) If a security interest is perfected by a filing, refiling, or recording under a law repealed by this act which required further filing, refiling, or recording to continue its perfection, perfection continues and will lapse on the date provided by the law so repealed for such further filing, refiling, or recording unless a financing statement is filed as provided in subsection (4) or unless the security interest is perfected otherwise than by filing.(4) A financing statement may be filed within 6 months before the perfection of a security interest would otherwise lapse. Any such financing statement may be signed by either the debtor or the secured party. It must identify the security agreement, statement, or notice (however denominated in any statute or other law repealed or modified by this act), state the office where and the date when the last filing, refiling, or recording, if any, was made with respect thereto and the filing number, if any, or book and page, if any, of recording and further state that the security agreement, statement, or notice, however denominated, in another filing office under the Uniform Commercial Code or under any statute or other law repealed or modified by this act is still effective. Sections 2679.103 and 3679.401 determine the proper place to file such a financing statement. Except as specified in this subsection, the provisions of 3s. 679.403(3) for continuation statements apply to such a financing statement.History.—s. 38, ch. 79-398; s. 6, ch. 90-278.1Note.—Repealed by s. 3, ch. 2001-198.2Note.—Repealed by s. 1, ch. 2001-198.3Note.—Repealed by s. 4, ch. 2001-198.Note.—Former s. 680.109.
FL Stat § 671.31 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title XXXIX - Commercial Relations|Chapter 671 - Uniform Commercial Code: General Provisions|Part III - Effective Date and Repealer (Ss. 671.301-671.311)|671.31 - Transition provisions as to priorities.

671.31 Transition provisions as to priorities.—Except as otherwise provided in this part, chapter 65-254, Laws of Florida, as amended, shall apply to any questions of priority if the positions of the parties were fixed prior to the effective date of chapter 79-398, Laws of Florida.History.—s. 39, ch. 79-398; s. 6, ch. 90-278.Note.—Former s. 680.11.
FL Stat § 671.311 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title XXXIX - Commercial Relations|Chapter 671 - Uniform Commercial Code: General Provisions|Part III - Effective Date and Repealer (Ss. 671.301-671.311)|671.311 - Presumption that rule of law continues unchanged.

671.311 Presumption that rule of law continues unchanged.—Unless a change in law has clearly been made, the provisions of chapter 79-398, Laws of Florida, shall be deemed declaratory of the meaning of chapter 65-254, Laws of Florida, as amended.History.—s. 40, ch. 79-398; s. 6, ch. 90-278.Note.—Former s. 680.111.
FL Stat § 672.101 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title XXXIX - Commercial Relations|Chapter 672 - Uniform Commercial Code: Sales|Part I - Short Title, General Construction, and Subject Matter (Ss. 672.101-672.107)|672.101 - Short title.

672.101 Short title.—Chapter 672 shall be known and may be cited as the “Uniform Commercial Code—Sales.”History.—s. 1, ch. 65-254.Note.—s. 2-101, U.C.C.
FL Stat § 672.102 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title XXXIX - Commercial Relations|Chapter 672 - Uniform Commercial Code: Sales|Part I - Short Title, General Construction, and Subject Matter (Ss. 672.101-672.107)|672.102 - Scope; certain security and other transactions excluded from this chapter.

672.102 Scope; certain security and other transactions excluded from this chapter.—Unless the context otherwise requires, this chapter 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 chapter impair or repeal any statute regulating sales to consumers, farmers or other specified classes of buyers.History.—s. 1, ch. 65-254.Note.—s. 2-102, U.C.C.
FL Stat § 672.103 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title XXXIX - Commercial Relations|Chapter 672 - Uniform Commercial Code: Sales|Part I - Short Title, General Construction, and Subject Matter (Ss. 672.101-672.107)|672.103 - Definitions and index of definitions.

672.103 Definitions and index of definitions.—(1) In this chapter unless the context otherwise requires:(a) “Buyer” means a person who buys or contracts to buy goods.(b) “Good faith” in the case of a merchant means honesty in fact and the observance of reasonable commercial standards of fair dealing in the trade.(c) “Receipt” of goods means taking physical possession of them.(d) “Seller” means a person who sells or contracts to sell goods.(2) Other definitions applying to this chapter, or to specified parts thereof, and the sections in which they appear are:“Acceptance,” s. 672.606.“Banker’s credit,” s. 672.325.“Between merchants,” s. 672.104.“Cancellation,” s. 672.106(4).“Commercial unit,” s. 672.105.“Confirmed credit,” s. 672.325.“Conforming to contract,” s. 672.106.“Contract for sale,” s. 672.106.“Cover,” s. 672.712.“Entrusting,” s. 672.403.“Financing agency,” s. 672.104.“Future goods,” s. 672.105.“Goods,” s. 672.105.“Identification,” s. 672.501.“Installment contract,” s. 672.612.“Letter of credit,” s. 672.325.“Lot,” s. 672.105.“Merchant,” s. 672.104.“Overseas,” s. 672.323.“Person in position of seller,” s. 672.707.“Present sale,” s. 672.106.“Sale,” s. 672.106.“Sale on approval,” s. 672.326.“Sale or return,” s. 672.326.“Termination,” s. 672.106.(3) The following definitions in other chapters apply to this chapter:“Check,” s. 673.1041.“Consignee,” s. 677.102.“Consignor,” s. 677.102.“Consumer goods,” s. 679.1021.“Control,” s. 677.106.“Dishonor,” s. 673.5021.“Draft,” s. 673.1041.(4) In addition chapter 671 contains general definitions and principles of construction and interpretation applicable throughout this chapter.History.—s. 1, ch. 65-254; s. 5, ch. 92-82; s. 11, ch. 2001-198; s. 5, ch. 2010-131.Note.—s. 2-103, U.C.C.
FL Stat § 672.104 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title XXXIX - Commercial Relations|Chapter 672 - Uniform Commercial Code: Sales|Part I - Short Title, General Construction, and Subject Matter (Ss. 672.101-672.107)|672.104 - Definitions: “merchant”; “between merchants”; “financing agency.”

672.104 Definitions: “merchant”; “between merchants”; “financing agency.”—(1) “Merchant” means a person who deals in goods of the kind or otherwise by occupation holds himself or herself out as having knowledge or skill peculiar to the practices or goods involved in the transaction or to whom such knowledge or skill may be attributed by his or her employment of an agent or broker or other intermediary who by occupation holds himself or herself out as having such knowledge or skill.(2) “Financing agency” means a bank, finance company or other person who in the ordinary course of business makes advances against goods or documents of title or who by arrangement with either the seller or the buyer intervenes in ordinary course to make or collect payment due or claimed under the contract for sale, as by purchasing or paying the seller’s draft or making advances against it or by merely taking it for collection whether or not documents of title accompany or are associated with the draft. “Financing agency” includes also a bank or other person who similarly intervenes between persons who are in the position of seller and buyer in respect to the goods (s. 672.707).(3) “Between merchants” means in any transaction with respect to which both parties are chargeable with the knowledge or skill of merchants.History.—s. 1, ch. 65-254; s. 556, ch. 97-102; s. 6, ch. 2010-131.Note.—s. 2-104, U.C.C.
FL Stat § 672.105 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title XXXIX - Commercial Relations|Chapter 672 - Uniform Commercial Code: Sales|Part I - Short Title, General Construction, and Subject Matter (Ss. 672.101-672.107)|672.105 - Definitions: transferability; “goods”; “future” goods; “lot”; “commercial unit.”

672.105 Definitions: transferability; “goods”; “future” goods; “lot”; “commercial unit.”—(1) “Goods” means all things (including specially manufactured goods) which are movable at the time of identification to the contract for sale other than the money in which the price is to be paid, investment securities (chapter 678) and things in action. “Goods” also includes the unborn young of animals and growing crops and other identified things attached to realty as described in the section on goods to be severed from realty (s. 672.107).(2) Goods must be both existing and identified before any interest in them can pass. Goods which are not both existing and identified are “future” goods. A purported present sale of future goods or of any interest therein operates as a contract to sell.(3) There may be a sale of a part interest in existing identified goods.(4) An undivided share in an identified bulk of fungible goods is sufficiently identified to be sold although the quantity of the bulk is not determined. Any agreed proportion of such a bulk or any quantity thereof agreed upon by number, weight or other measure may to the extent of the seller’s interest in the bulk be sold to the buyer who then becomes an owner in common.(5) “Lot” means a parcel or a single article which is the subject matter of a separate sale or delivery, whether or not it is sufficient to perform the contract.(6) “Commercial unit” means such a unit of goods as by commercial usage is a single whole for purposes of sale and division of which materially impairs its character or value on the market or in use. A commercial unit may be a single article (as a machine) or a set of articles (as a suite of furniture or an assortment of sizes) or a quantity (as a bale, gross, or carload) or any other unit treated in use or in the relevant market as a single whole.History.—s. 1, ch. 65-254.Note.—s. 2-105, U.C.C.; supersedes s. 678.54.
FL Stat § 672.106 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title XXXIX - Commercial Relations|Chapter 672 - Uniform Commercial Code: Sales|Part I - Short Title, General Construction, and Subject Matter (Ss. 672.101-672.107)|672.106 - Definitions: “contract”; “agreement”; “contract for sale”; “sale”; “present sale”; “conforming” to contract; “termination”; “cancellation.”

672.106 Definitions: “contract”; “agreement”; “contract for sale”; “sale”; “present sale”; “conforming” to contract; “termination”; “cancellation.”—(1) In this chapter unless the context otherwise requires “contract” and “agreement” are limited to those relating to the present or future sale of goods. “Contract for sale” includes both a present sale of goods and a contract to sell goods at a future time. A “sale” consists in the passing of title from the seller to the buyer for a price (s. 672.401). A “present sale” means a sale which is accomplished by the making of the contract.(2) Goods or conduct including any part of a performance are “conforming” or conform to the contract when they are in accordance with the obligations under the contract.(3) “Termination” occurs when either party pursuant to a power created by agreement or law puts an end to the contract otherwise than for its breach. On termination, all obligations which are still executory on both sides are discharged but any right based on prior breach or performance survives.(4) “Cancellation” occurs when either party puts an end to the contract for breach by the other and its effect is the same as that of “termination” except that the canceling party also retains any remedy for breach of the whole contract or any unperformed balance.History.—s. 1, ch. 65-254.Note.—s. 2-106, U.C.C.
FL Stat § 672.107 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title XXXIX - Commercial Relations|Chapter 672 - Uniform Commercial Code: Sales|Part I - Short Title, General Construction, and Subject Matter (Ss. 672.101-672.107)|672.107 - Goods to be severed from realty; recording.

672.107 Goods to be severed from realty; recording.—(1) A contract for the sale of minerals or the like (including oil and gas) or a structure or its materials to be removed from realty is a contract for the sale of goods within this chapter if they are to be severed by the seller, but until severance a purported present sale thereof which is not effective as a transfer of an interest in land is effective only as a contract to sell.(2) A contract for the sale apart from the land of growing crops or other things attached to realty and capable of severance without material harm thereto but not described in subsection (1) or of timber to be cut is a contract for the sale of goods within this chapter whether the subject matter is to be severed by the buyer or by the seller even though it forms part of the realty at the time of contracting, and the parties can by identification effect a present sale before severance.(3) The provisions of this section are subject to any third-party rights provided by the law relating to realty records, and the contract for sale may be executed and recorded as a document transferring an interest in land and shall then constitute notice to third parties of the buyer’s rights under the contract for sale.History.—s. 1, ch. 65-254; s. 3, ch. 79-398.Note.—s. 2-107, U.C.C.
FL Stat § 672.201 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title XXXIX - Commercial Relations|Chapter 672 - Uniform Commercial Code: Sales|Part II - Form, Formation, and Readjustment of Contract (Ss. 672.201-672.210)|672.201 - Formal requirements; statute of frauds.

672.201 Formal requirements; statute of frauds.—(1) Except as otherwise provided in this section a contract for the sale of goods for the price of $500 or more is not enforceable by way of action or defense unless there is some writing sufficient to indicate that a contract for sale has been made between the parties and signed by the party against whom enforcement is sought or by his or her authorized agent or broker. A writing is not insufficient because it omits or incorrectly states a term agreed upon but the contract is not enforceable under this paragraph beyond the quantity of goods shown in such writing.(2) Between merchants if within a reasonable time a writing in confirmation of the contract and sufficient against the sender is received and the party receiving it has reason to know its contents, it satisfies the requirements of subsection (1) against such party unless written notice of objection to its contents is given within 10 days after it is received.(3) A contract which 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 for the buyer and are not suitable for sale to others in the ordinary course of the seller’s business and the seller, before notice of repudiation is received and under circumstances which reasonably indicate that the goods are for the buyer, has made either a substantial beginning of their manufacture or commitments for their procurement; or(b) If the party against whom enforcement is sought admits in his or her pleading, testimony or otherwise in court that a contract for sale was made, but the contract is not enforceable under this provision beyond the quantity of goods admitted; or(c) With respect to goods for which payment has been made and accepted or which have been received and accepted (s. 672.606).History.—s. 1, ch. 65-254; s. 557, ch. 97-102.Note.—s. 2-201, U.C.C.
FL Stat § 672.202 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title XXXIX - Commercial Relations|Chapter 672 - Uniform Commercial Code: Sales|Part II - Form, Formation, and Readjustment of Contract (Ss. 672.201-672.210)|672.202 - Final written expression; parol or extrinsic evidence.

672.202 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:(1) By course of dealing or usage of trade (s. 671.205) or by course of performance (s. 672.208); and(2) 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.—s. 1, ch. 65-254.Note.—s. 2-202, U.C.C.
FL Stat § 672.203 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title XXXIX - Commercial Relations|Chapter 672 - Uniform Commercial Code: Sales|Part II - Form, Formation, and Readjustment of Contract (Ss. 672.201-672.210)|672.203 - Seals inoperative.

672.203 Seals inoperative.—The affixing of a seal to a writing evidencing a contract for sale or an offer to buy or sell goods does not constitute the writing a sealed instrument and the law with respect to sealed instruments does not apply to such a contract or offer.History.—s. 1, ch. 65-254.Note.—s. 2-203, U.C.C.
FL Stat § 672.204 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title XXXIX - Commercial Relations|Chapter 672 - Uniform Commercial Code: Sales|Part II - Form, Formation, and Readjustment of Contract (Ss. 672.201-672.210)|672.204 - Formation in general.

672.204 Formation in general.—(1) A contract for sale of goods may be made in any manner sufficient to show agreement, including conduct by both parties which recognizes the existence of such a contract.(2) An agreement sufficient to constitute a contract for sale may be found even though the moment of its making is undetermined.(3) Even though one or more terms are left open a contract for sale does not fail for indefiniteness if the parties have intended to make a contract and there is a reasonably certain basis for giving an appropriate remedy.History.—s. 1, ch. 65-254.Note.—s. 2-204, U.C.C.