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WI Stat § 401.104 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 401 - Uniform commercial code — general provisions.|401.104 - Construction against implied repeal.

401.104  Construction against implied repeal. Chapters 401 to 411 being a general act intended as a unified coverage of its subject matter, no part of it shall be deemed to be impliedly repealed by subsequent legislation if such construction can reasonably be avoided.History:  2009 a. 320.
WI Stat § 401.106 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 401 - Uniform commercial code — general provisions.|401.106 - Use of singular and plural; gender.

401.106  Use of singular and plural; gender. In chs. 401 to 411, unless the statutory context otherwise requires, all of the following apply: (1) Words in the singular number include the plural, and those in the plural include the singular. (2) Words of any gender also refer to any other gender.History:  2009 a. 320.
WI Stat § 401.107 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 401 - Uniform commercial code — general provisions.|401.107 - Captions.

401.107  Captions. Section captions are part of chs. 401 to 411, notwithstanding s. 990.001 (6).History:  2009 a. 320.
WI Stat § 401.202 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 401 - Uniform commercial code — general provisions.|401.202 - Notice; knowledge.

401.202  Notice; knowledge. (1) Subject to sub. (6), a person has “notice" of a fact if the person satisfies any of the following:(a) Has actual knowledge of it.(b) Has received a notice or notification of it.(c) From all the facts and circumstances known to the person at the time in question, has reason to know that it exists. (2) “Knowledge" means actual knowledge. (3) “Discover," “learn," or words of similar import refer to knowledge rather than to notice. (4) A person “notifies" or “gives" a notice or notification to another by taking such steps as may be reasonably required to inform the other in ordinary course, whether or not the other person actually comes to know of it. (5) Subject to sub. (6), a person “receives" a notice or notification when any of the following apply:(a) It comes to that person's attention.(b) It is duly delivered in a form reasonable under the circumstances at the place of business through which the contract was made or at another location held out by that person as the place for receipt of such communications. (6) Notice, knowledge, or a notice or notification received by an organization is effective for a particular transaction from the time it is brought to the attention of the individual conducting that transaction and, in any event, from the time it would have been brought to the individual's attention if the organization had exercised due diligence. An organization exercises due diligence if it maintains reasonable routines for communicating significant information to the person conducting the transaction and there is reasonable compliance with the routines. Due diligence does not require an individual acting for the organization to communicate information unless the communication is part of the individual's regular duties or the individual has reason to know of the transaction and that the transaction would be materially affected by the information.History:  2009 a. 320.
WI Stat § 401.204 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 401 - Uniform commercial code — general provisions.|401.204 - Value.

401.204  Value. Except as otherwise provided in chs. 403, 404, and 405, a person gives value for rights if the person acquires them under any of the following circumstances: (1) In return for a binding commitment to extend credit or for the extension of immediately available credit, whether or not drawn upon and whether or not a charge-back is provided for in the event of difficulties in collection. (2) As security for, or in total or partial satisfaction of, a preexisting claim. (3) By accepting delivery under a preexisting contract for purchase. (4) In return for any consideration sufficient to support a simple contract.History:  2009 a. 320; 2011 a. 257.
WI Stat § 401.205 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 401 - Uniform commercial code — general provisions.|401.205 - Reasonable time; seasonableness.

401.205  Reasonable time; seasonableness. (1) Whether a time for taking an action required by chs. 401 to 411 is reasonable depends on the nature, purpose, and circumstances of the action. (2) An action is taken seasonably if it is taken at or within the time agreed or, if no time is agreed, at or within a reasonable time.History:  2009 a. 320.
WI Stat § 401.301 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 401 - Uniform commercial code — general provisions.|401.301 - Territorial applicability; parties' power to choose applicable law.

401.301  Territorial applicability; parties' power to choose applicable law. (1) Except as otherwise provided in this section, when a transaction bears a reasonable relation to this state and to another state or nation the parties may agree that the law either of this state or of such other state or nation shall govern their rights and duties. (2) In the absence of an agreement under sub. (1), and except as provided in sub. (3), chs. 401 to 411 apply to transactions bearing an appropriate relation to this state. (3) If one of the following provisions of chs. 401 to 411 specifies the applicable law, that provision governs and a contrary agreement is effective only to the extent permitted by the law so specified:(a) Section 402.402.(b) Sections 411.105 and 411.106.(c) Section 404.102.(d) Section 410.507.(e) Section 405.116.(g) Section 408.110.(h) Sections 409.301 through 409.307.History:  2009 a. 320; 2011 a. 257.
WI Stat § 401.302 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 401 - Uniform commercial code — general provisions.|401.302 - Variation by agreement.

401.302  Variation by agreement. (1) Except as otherwise provided in sub. (2) or elsewhere in chs. 401 to 411, the effect of provisions of chs. 401 to 411 may be varied by agreement. (2) The obligations of good faith, diligence, reasonableness, and care prescribed by chs. 401 to 411 may not be disclaimed by agreement. The parties, by agreement, may determine the standards by which the performance of those obligations is to be measured if those standards are not manifestly unreasonable. Whenever chs. 401 to 411 require any action to be taken within a reasonable time, any time which is not manifestly unreasonable may be fixed by agreement. (3) The presence in certain provisions of chs. 401 to 411 of the phrase “unless otherwise agreed," or words of similar import, does not imply that the effect of other provisions may not be varied by agreement under this section.History:  2009 a. 320.
WI Stat § 401.303 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 401 - Uniform commercial code — general provisions.|401.303 - Course of performance, course of dealing, and usage of trade.

401.303  Course of performance, course of dealing, and usage of trade. (1) A “course of performance" is a sequence of conduct between the parties to a particular transaction that exists if any of the following apply:(a) The agreement of the parties with respect to the transaction involves repeated occasions for performance by a party.(b) The other party, with knowledge of the nature of the performance and opportunity for objection to it, accepts the performance or acquiesces in it without objection. (2) A “course of dealing" is a sequence of conduct concerning previous transactions between the parties to a particular transaction that is fairly to be regarded as establishing a common basis of understanding for interpreting their expressions and other conduct. (3) A “usage of trade" is any practice or method of dealing having such regularity of observance in a place, vocation, or trade as to justify an expectation that it will be observed with respect to the transaction in question. The existence and scope of such a usage are to be proved as facts. If it is established that such a usage is embodied in a trade code or similar record, the interpretation of the record is a question of law. (4) A course of performance or course of dealing between the parties or usage of trade in the vocation or trade in which they are engaged or of which they are or should be aware is relevant in ascertaining the meaning of the parties' agreement, may give particular meaning to specific terms of the agreement, and may supplement or qualify the terms of the agreement. A usage of trade applicable in the place in which part of the performance under the agreement is to occur may be so utilized as to that part of the performance. (5) Except as otherwise provided in sub. (6), the express terms of an agreement and any applicable course of performance, course of dealing, or usage of trade must be construed whenever reasonable as consistent with each other. If such a construction is unreasonable, all of the following apply:(a) Express terms prevail over course of performance, course of dealing, and usage of trade.(b) Course of performance prevails over course of dealing and usage of trade.(c) Course of dealing prevails over usage of trade. (6) Subject to s. 402.209, a course of performance is relevant to show a waiver or modification of any term inconsistent with the course of performance. (7) Evidence of a relevant usage of trade offered by one party is not admissible unless that party has given the other party notice that the court finds sufficient to prevent unfair surprise to the other party.History:  2009 a. 320.A single incident does not constitute a “course of dealing" within the meaning of this section. Maritime-Ontario Freight Lines, LTD. v. STI Holdings, Inc. 481 F. Supp. 2d 963 (2007).
WI Stat § 401.304 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 401 - Uniform commercial code — general provisions.|401.304 - Obligation of good faith.

401.304  Obligation of good faith. Every contract or duty within chs. 401 to 411 imposes an obligation of good faith in its performance and enforcement.History:  2009 a. 320.This section does not support an independent cause of action for failure to act in good faith under a contract. Hauer v. Union State Bank of Wautoma, 192 Wis. 2d 576, 532 N.W.2d 456 (Ct. App. 1995).Good faith under the code. Eisenberg, 54 MLR 1.
WI Stat § 401.305 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 401 - Uniform commercial code — general provisions.|401.305 - Remedies to be liberally administered.

401.305  Remedies to be liberally administered. (1) The remedies provided by chs. 401 to 411 must be liberally administered to the end that the aggrieved party may be put in as good a position as if the other party had fully performed but neither consequential or special damages nor penal damages may be had except as specifically provided in chs. 401 to 411 or by other rule of law. (2) Any right or obligation declared by chs. 401 to 411 is enforceable by action unless the provision declaring it specifies a different and limited effect.History:  2009 a. 320.
WI Stat § 401.306 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 401 - Uniform commercial code — general provisions.|401.306 - Waiver or renunciation of claim or right after breach.

401.306  Waiver or renunciation of claim or right after breach. A claim or right arising out of an alleged breach may be discharged in whole or in part without consideration by agreement of the aggrieved party in an authenticated record.History:  2009 a. 320.
WI Stat § 401.307 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 401 - Uniform commercial code — general provisions.|401.307 - Prima facie evidence by 3rd-party documents.

401.307  Prima facie evidence by 3rd-party documents. A document in due form purporting to be a bill of lading, policy or certificate of insurance, official weigher's or inspector's certificate, consular invoice, or any other document authorized or required by the contract to be issued by a 3rd party shall be prima facie evidence of its own authenticity and genuineness and of the facts stated in the document by the 3rd party.History:  2009 a. 320.
WI Stat § 401.308 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 401 - Uniform commercial code — general provisions.|401.308 - Performance or acceptance under reservation of rights.

401.308  Performance or acceptance under reservation of rights. (1) A party that with explicit reservation of rights performs or promises performance or assents to performance in a manner demanded or offered by the other party does not thereby prejudice the rights reserved. Such words as “without prejudice," “under protest," or the like are sufficient. (2) Subsection (1) does not apply to an accord and satisfaction.History:  2009 a. 320.This section does not apply to “full payment" checks. Three rules relating to consideration and accord and satisfaction are discussed. Flambeau Products v. Honeywell Systems, 116 Wis. 2d 95, 341 N.W.2d 655 (1984).
WI Stat § 401.309 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 401 - Uniform commercial code — general provisions.|401.309 - Option to accelerate at will.

401.309  Option to accelerate at will. A term providing that one party or that party's successor in interest may accelerate payment or performance or require collateral or additional collateral “at will" or when the party “deems itself insecure," or words of similar import, means that the party has power to do so only if that party in good faith believes that the prospect of payment or performance is impaired. The burden of establishing lack of good faith is on the party against which the power has been exercised.History:  2009 a. 320.
WI Stat § 401.310 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 401 - Uniform commercial code — general provisions.|401.310 - Subordinated obligations.

401.310  Subordinated obligations. An obligation may be issued as subordinated to performance of another obligation of the person obligated, or a creditor may subordinate its right to performance of an obligation by agreement with either the person obligated or another creditor of the person obligated. Subordination does not create a security interest as against either the common debtor or a subordinated creditor.History:  2009 a. 320.
WI Stat § 402.101 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 402 - Uniform commercial code — sales.|402.101 - Short title.

402.101  Short title. This chapter shall be known and may be cited as uniform commercial code — sales.
WI Stat § 402.102 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 402 - Uniform commercial code — sales.|402.102 - Scope; certain security and other transactions excluded from this chapter.

402.102  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.A consignment that involves a delivery of goods to a merchant who has been induced to accept them by an agreement from the consignor that permits their return in lieu of payment if they are not resold is a security consignment governed by ch. 409, as contrasted to a true consignment. Clark Oil & Refining Co. v. Liddicoat, 65 Wis. 2d 612, 223 N.W.2d 530 (1974).A mixed contract for goods and services is subject to this chapter if the predominant factor is a transaction of sale, with labor incidentally involved. Van Sistine v. Tollard, 95 Wis. 2d 678, 291 N.W.2d 636 (Ct. App. 1980).A contract for development of computer software is primarily a service contract and is not subject to the uniform commercial code. Micro-Managers, Inc. v. Gregory, 147 Wis. 2d 500, 434 N.W.2d 97 (Ct. App. 1988).This chapter does not just apply to a sale as that term is defined in s. 402.106 (6), but to the more general aspect of commerce: “transactions in goods." The reach of UCC Article 2, adopted as ch. 402, goes considerably beyond the confines of that type transaction that the UCC itself defines to be a sale; namely, the passing of title from a party called the seller to one denominated a buyer for a price. Estate of Kriefall v. Sizzler USA Franchise, Inc., 2011 WI App 101, 335 Wis. 2d 151, 801 N.W.2d 781, 09-1212.
WI Stat § 402.103 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 402 - Uniform commercial code — sales.|402.103 - Definitions and index of definitions.

402.103  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 sections thereof, and the sections in which they appear are:(a) “Acceptance" — s. 402.606.(b) “Banker's credit" — s. 402.325.(c) “Between merchants" — s. 402.104.(d) “Cancellation" — s. 402.106 (1).(e) “Commercial unit" — s. 402.105.(f) “Confirmed credit" — s. 402.325.(g) “Conforming to contract" — s. 402.106.(h) “Contract for sale" — s. 402.106.(i) “Cover" — s. 402.712.(j) “Entrusting" — s. 402.403.(k) “Financing agency" — s. 402.104.(L) “Future goods" — s. 402.105.(m) “Goods" — s. 402.105.(n) “Identification" — s. 402.501.(o) “Installment contract" — s. 402.612.(p) “Letter of credit" — s. 402.325.(q) “Lot" — s. 402.105.(r) “Merchant" — s. 402.104.(s) “Overseas" — s. 402.323.(t) “Person in position of seller" — s. 402.707.(u) “Present sale" — s. 402.106.(v) “Sale" — s. 402.106.(w) “Sale on approval" — s. 402.326.(x) “Sale or return" — s. 402.326.(y) “Termination" — s. 402.106. (3) The following definitions in other chapters apply to this chapter:(a) “Check" — s. 403.104.(b) “Consignee" — s. 407.102.(c) “Consignor" — s. 407.102.(d) “Consumer goods" — s. 409.102. (dm) “Control" — s. 407.106. (e) “Dishonor" — s. 403.502.(f) “Draft" — s. 403.104. (4) In addition ch. 401 contains general definitions and principles of construction and interpretation applicable throughout this chapter.History:  1983 a. 189 s. 329 (24); 1995 a. 449; 2001 a. 10; 2009 a. 322.
WI Stat § 402.104 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 402 - Uniform commercial code — sales.|402.104 - Definitions: “merchant"; “between merchants"; “financing agency".

402.104  Definitions: “merchant"; “between merchants"; “financing agency". (1) “Between merchants" means in any transaction with respect to which both parties are chargeable with the knowledge or skill of merchants. (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. 402.707).  (3) “Merchant" means a person who deals in goods of the kind or otherwise by his or her 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 his or her occupation holds himself or herself out as having such knowledge or skill.History:  1983 a. 189; 1991 a. 316; 2009 a. 322.Because the status of “merchant" under sub. (3) does not attach to the casual or inexperienced seller, whether a farmer is a merchant rests upon the individualized facts of the case. Harvest States Cooperatives v. Anderson, 217 Wis. 2d 154, 577 N.W.2d 381 (Ct. App. 1998), 97-2762.A county as a merchant under the uniform commercial code. 1980 WLR 194.
WI Stat § 402.105 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 402 - Uniform commercial code — sales.|402.105 - Definitions: transferability; “goods"; “future" goods; “lot"; “commercial unit".

402.105  Definitions: transferability; “goods"; “future" goods; “lot"; “commercial unit". (1) (a) “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.(b) 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.(c) “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 (ch. 408) 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 s. 402.107 on goods to be severed from realty.(d) “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. (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.History:  1983 a. 189.
WI Stat § 402.106 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 402 - Uniform commercial code — sales.|402.106 - Definitions: “contract"; “agreement"; “contract for sale"; “sale"; “present sale"; “conforming" to contract; “termination"; “cancellation".

402.106  Definitions: “contract"; “agreement"; “contract for sale"; “sale"; “present sale"; “conforming" to contract; “termination"; “cancellation". In this chapter unless the context otherwise requires: (1) “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. (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) “Contract" and “agreement" are limited to those relating to the present or future sale of goods. (4) “Contract for sale" includes both a present sale of goods and a contract to sell goods at a future time. (5) A “present sale" means a sale which is accomplished by the making of the contract. (6) A “sale" consists in the passing of title from the seller to the buyer for a price (s. 402.401). (7) “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.History:  1983 a. 189.