2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 4 - UNIFORM COMMERCIAL CODE (§§ 4-1-101 — 4-13-306) › Article 2.5 - LEASES (§§ 4-2.5-101 — 4-2.5-533) › Part 5 - DEFAULT (§§ 4-2.5-501 — 4-2.5-533) › Subpart C - DEFAULT BY LESSEE (§§ 4-2.5-523 — 4-2.5-533) › Section 4-2.5-528 - Lessor's damages for nonacceptance, failure to pay, repudiation, or other default

(1)
Except as otherwise provided with respect to damages liquidated in the lease agreement (section
4-2.5-504
) or otherwise determined pursuant to agreement of the parties (sections
4-1-302
and
4-2.5-503
), if a lessor elects to retain the goods or a lessor elects to dispose of the goods and the disposition is by lease agreement that for any reason does not qualify for treatment under section
4-2.5-527 (2)
, or is by sale or otherwise, the lessor may recover from the lessee as damages for a default of the type described in section
4-2.5-523 (1)
or
4-2.5-523 (3)(a)
, or, if agreed, for other default of the lessee, (i) accrued and unpaid rent as of the date of default if the lessee has never taken possession of the goods, or, if the lessee has taken possession of the goods, as of the date the lessor repossesses the goods or an earlier date on which the lessee makes a tender of the goods to the lessor, (ii) the present value as of the date determined under clause (i) of the total rent for the then remaining lease term of the original lease agreement minus the present value as of the same date of the market rent at the place where the goods are located computed for the same lease term, (iii) interest on the sum of the amounts described in clauses (i) and (ii) of this subsection (1) from the date of default to the date of entry of judgment at the same rate used in computing present value, and (iv) any incidental damages allowed under section
4-2.5-530
, less expenses saved in consequence of the lessee's default.
(2)
At his or her option, the lessor may recover from the lessee as damages for a default of the type described in subsection (1) of this section, in lieu of the damages recoverable under said subsection (1), the present value of the profit, including reasonable overhead, the lessor would have made from full performance by the lessee, together with any incidental damages allowed under section
4-2.5-530
, due allowance for costs reasonably incurred and due credit for payments or proceeds of disposition.
L. 91: Entire article added, p. 316, § 1, effective 7/1/1992. L. 2006: (1) amended, p. 495, § 23, effective September 1.
Colorado legislative changes.
(1) In subsection (1) of this section, after the words "the same lease term,", Colorado inserted a new clause as follows: "(iii) interest on the sum of the amounts described in clauses (i) and (ii) of this subsection (1) from the date of default to the date of entry of judgment at the same rate used in computing present value,". The third clause was then relettered as clause "(iv)".
(2) In subsection (2) of this section, Colorado deleted the words "If the measure of damages provided in subsection (1) is inadequate to put a lessor in as good a position as performance would have, the measure of damages is" and substituted the words "At his or her option, the lessor may recover from the lessee as damages for a default of the type described in subsection (1) of this section, in lieu of the damages recoverable under said subsection (1),".