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2023 Montana Code Annotated › Title 30. Trade and Commerce › Chapter 2. Uniform Commercial Code Sales › Part 5. Performance › 30-2-513. Buyer's right to inspection of goods

30-2-513. Buyer's right to inspection of goods.
(1) Unless otherwise agreed and subject to subsection (3), where goods are tendered or delivered or identified to the contract for sale, the buyer has a right before payment or acceptance to inspect them at any reasonable place and time and in any reasonable manner. When the seller is required or authorized to send the goods to the buyer, the inspection may be after their arrival.
(2) Expenses of inspection must be borne by the buyer but may be recovered from the seller if the goods do not conform and are rejected.
(3) Unless otherwise agreed and subject to the provisions of this chapter on C.I.F. contracts (subsection (3) of 30-2-321), the buyer is not entitled to inspect the goods before payment of the price when the contract provides:
(a) for delivery "C.O.D." or on other like terms; or
(b) for payment against documents of title, except where such payment is due only after the goods are to become available for inspection.
(4) A place or method of inspection fixed by the parties is presumed to be exclusive but unless otherwise expressly agreed it does not postpone identification or shift the place for delivery or for passing the risk of loss. If compliance becomes impossible, inspection shall be as provided in this section unless the place or method fixed was clearly intended as an indispensable condition failure of which avoids the contract.
History: En. Sec. 2-513, Ch. 264, L. 1963; R.C.M. 1947, 87A-2-513.
2023 Montana Code Annotated › Title 30. Trade and Commerce › Chapter 2. Uniform Commercial Code Sales › Part 5. Performance › 30-2-514. When documents deliverable on acceptance -- when on payment

30-2-514. When documents deliverable on acceptance -- when on payment.
Unless otherwise agreed documents against which a draft is drawn are to be delivered to the drawee on acceptance of the draft if it is payable more than 3 days after presentment; otherwise, only on payment.
History: En. Sec. 2-514, Ch. 264, L. 1963; R.C.M. 1947, 87A-2-514.
2023 Montana Code Annotated › Title 30. Trade and Commerce › Chapter 2. Uniform Commercial Code Sales › Part 5. Performance › 30-2-515. Preserving evidence of goods in dispute

30-2-515. Preserving evidence of goods in dispute.
In furtherance of the adjustment of any claim or dispute:
(a) either party on reasonable notification to the other and for the purpose of ascertaining the facts and preserving evidence has the right to inspect, test and sample the goods including such of them as may be in the possession or control of the other; and
(b) the parties may agree to a third party inspection or survey to determine the conformity or condition of the goods and may agree that the findings shall be binding upon them in any subsequent litigation or adjustment.
History: En. Sec. 2-515, Ch. 264, L. 1963; R.C.M. 1947, 87A-2-515.
2023 Montana Code Annotated › Title 30. Trade and Commerce › Chapter 2. Uniform Commercial Code Sales › Part 6. Breach, Repudiation, and Excuse › 30-2-601. Buyer's rights on improper delivery

30-2-601. Buyer's rights on improper delivery.
Subject to the provisions of this chapter on breach in installment contracts (30-2-612) and unless otherwise agreed under the sections on contractual limitations of remedy (30-2-718 and 30-2-719), if the goods or the tender of delivery fail in any respect to conform to the contract, the buyer may:
(a) reject the whole; or
(b) accept the whole; or
(c) accept any commercial unit or units and reject the rest.
History: En. Sec. 2-601, Ch. 264, L. 1963; R.C.M. 1947, 87A-2-601.
2023 Montana Code Annotated › Title 30. Trade and Commerce › Chapter 2. Uniform Commercial Code Sales › Part 6. Breach, Repudiation, and Excuse › 30-2-602. Manner and effect of rightful rejection

30-2-602. Manner and effect of rightful rejection.
(1) Rejection of goods must be within a reasonable time after their delivery or tender. It is ineffective unless the buyer seasonably notifies the seller.
(2) Subject to the provisions of the two following sections on rejected goods (30-2-603 and 30-2-604):
(a) after rejection any exercise of ownership by the buyer with respect to any commercial unit is wrongful as against the seller; and
(b) if the buyer has before rejection taken physical possession of goods in which the buyer does not have a security interest under the provisions of this chapter (subsection (3) of 30-2-711), the buyer is under a duty after rejection to hold them with reasonable care at the seller's disposition for a time sufficient to permit the seller to remove them; but
(c) the buyer has no further obligations with regard to goods rightfully rejected.
(3) The seller's rights with respect to goods wrongfully rejected are governed by the provisions of this chapter on seller's remedies in general (30-2-703).
History: En. Sec. 2-602, Ch. 264, L. 1963; R.C.M. 1947, 87A-2-602; amd. Sec. 861, Ch. 56, L. 2009.
2023 Montana Code Annotated › Title 30. Trade and Commerce › Chapter 2. Uniform Commercial Code Sales › Part 6. Breach, Repudiation, and Excuse › 30-2-603. Merchant buyer's duties as to rightfully rejected goods

30-2-603. Merchant buyer's duties as to rightfully rejected goods.
(1) Subject to any security interest in the buyer (subsection (3) of 30-2-711), when the seller has no agent or place of business at the market of rejection a merchant buyer is under a duty after rejection of goods in the buyer's possession or control to follow any reasonable instructions received from the seller with respect to the goods and in the absence of such instructions to make reasonable efforts to sell them for the seller's account if they are perishable or threaten to decline in value speedily. Instructions are not reasonable if on demand indemnity for expenses is not forthcoming.
(2) When the buyer sells goods under subsection (1), the buyer is entitled to reimbursement from the seller or out of the proceeds for reasonable expenses of caring for and selling them, and if the expenses include no selling commission then to such commission as is usual in the trade or if there is none to a reasonable sum not exceeding 10% on the gross proceeds.
(3) In complying with this section the buyer is held only to good faith and good faith conduct hereunder is neither acceptance nor conversion nor the basis of an action for damages.
History: En. Sec. 2-603, Ch. 264, L. 1963; R.C.M. 1947, 87A-2-603; amd. Sec. 862, Ch. 56, L. 2009.
2023 Montana Code Annotated › Title 30. Trade and Commerce › Chapter 2. Uniform Commercial Code Sales › Part 6. Breach, Repudiation, and Excuse › 30-2-604. Buyer's options as to salvage of rightfully rejected goods

30-2-604. Buyer's options as to salvage of rightfully rejected goods.
Subject to the provisions of 30-2-603 on perishables if the seller gives no instruction within a reasonable time after notification of rejection the buyer may store the rejected goods for the seller's account or reship them to the seller or resell them for the seller's account with reimbursement as provided in 30-2-603. The action is not acceptance or conversion.
History: En. Sec. 2-604, Ch. 264, L. 1963; R.C.M. 1947, 87A-2-604; amd. Sec. 863, Ch. 56, L. 2009.
2023 Montana Code Annotated › Title 30. Trade and Commerce › Chapter 2. Uniform Commercial Code Sales › Part 6. Breach, Repudiation, and Excuse › 30-2-605. Waiver of buyer's objections by failure to particularize

30-2-605. Waiver of buyer's objections by failure to particularize.
(1) The buyer's failure to state in connection with rejection a particular defect which is ascertainable by reasonable inspection precludes the buyer from relying on the unstated defect to justify rejection or to establish breach:
(a) where the seller could have cured it if stated seasonably; or
(b) between merchants when the seller has after rejection made a request in writing for a full and final written statement of all defects on which the buyer proposes to rely.
(2) Payment against documents made without reservation of rights precludes recovery of the payment for defects apparent in the documents.
History: En. Sec. 2-605, Ch. 264, L. 1963; R.C.M. 1947, 87A-2-605; amd. Sec. 21, Ch. 575, L. 2005.
2023 Montana Code Annotated › Title 30. Trade and Commerce › Chapter 2. Uniform Commercial Code Sales › Part 6. Breach, Repudiation, and Excuse › 30-2-606. What constitutes acceptance of goods

30-2-606. What constitutes acceptance of goods.
(1) Acceptance of goods occurs when the buyer:
(a) after a reasonable opportunity to inspect the goods signifies to the seller that the goods are conforming or that the buyer will take or retain them in spite of their nonconformity; or
(b) fails to make an effective rejection (subsection (1) of 30-2-602), but such acceptance does not occur until the buyer has had a reasonable opportunity to inspect them; or
(c) does any act inconsistent with the seller's ownership; but if such act is wrongful as against the seller it is an acceptance only if ratified by the seller.
(2) Acceptance of a part of any commercial unit is acceptance of that entire unit.
History: En. Sec. 2-606, Ch. 264, L. 1963; R.C.M. 1947, 87A-2-606; amd. Sec. 864, Ch. 56, L. 2009.
2023 Montana Code Annotated › Title 30. Trade and Commerce › Chapter 2. Uniform Commercial Code Sales › Part 6. Breach, Repudiation, and Excuse › 30-2-607. Effect of acceptance -- notice of breach -- burden of establishing breach after acceptance -- notice of claim or litigation to person answerable over

30-2-607. Effect of acceptance -- notice of breach -- burden of establishing breach after acceptance -- notice of claim or litigation to person answerable over.
(1) The buyer must pay at the contract rate for any goods accepted.
(2) Acceptance of goods by the buyer precludes rejection of the goods accepted and if made with knowledge of a nonconformity cannot be revoked because of it unless the acceptance was on the reasonable assumption that the nonconformity would be seasonably cured but acceptance does not of itself impair any other remedy provided by this chapter for nonconformity.
(3) Where a tender has been accepted:
(a) the buyer must within a reasonable time after the buyer discovers or should have discovered any breach notify the seller of breach or be barred from any remedy; and
(b) if the claim is one for infringement or the like (subsection (3) of 30-2-312) and the buyer is sued as a result of such a breach the buyer must so notify the seller within a reasonable time after the buyer receives notice of the litigation or be barred from any remedy over for liability established by the litigation.
(4) The burden is on the buyer to establish any breach with respect to the goods accepted.
(5) Where the buyer is sued for breach of a warranty or other obligation for which another party is answerable over:
(a) the buyer may give the other party written notice of the litigation. If the notice states that the seller may come in and defend and that if the seller does not do so the other party will be bound in any action against the other party by the buyer by any determination of fact common to the two litigations, then unless the other party after seasonable receipt of the notice does come in and defend the other party is so bound.
(b) if the claim is one for infringement or the like (subsection (3) of 30-2-312) the original seller may demand in writing that its buyer turn over to it control of the litigation including settlement or else be barred from any remedy over and if it also agrees to bear all expense and to satisfy any adverse judgment, then unless the buyer after seasonable receipt of the demand does turn over control the buyer is so barred.
(6) The provisions of subsections (3), (4) and (5) apply to any obligation of a buyer to hold the seller harmless against infringement or the like (subsection (3) of 30-2-312).
History: En. Sec. 2-607, Ch. 264, L. 1963; R.C.M. 1947, 87A-2-607; amd. Sec. 865, Ch. 56, L. 2009.
2023 Montana Code Annotated › Title 30. Trade and Commerce › Chapter 2. Uniform Commercial Code Sales › Part 6. Breach, Repudiation, and Excuse › 30-2-608. Revocation of acceptance in whole or in part

30-2-608. Revocation of acceptance in whole or in part.
(1) The buyer may revoke acceptance of a lot or commercial unit whose nonconformity substantially impairs its value to the buyer if the buyer has accepted it:
(a) on the reasonable assumption that its nonconformity would be cured and it has not been seasonably cured; or
(b) without discovery of such nonconformity if the buyer's acceptance was reasonably induced either by the difficulty of discovery before acceptance or by the seller's assurances.
(2) Revocation of acceptance must occur within a reasonable time after the buyer discovers or should have discovered the ground for it and before any substantial change in condition of the goods which is not caused by their own defects. It is not effective until the buyer notifies the seller of it.
(3) A buyer who so revokes has the same rights and duties with regard to the goods involved as if the buyer had rejected them.
History: En. Sec. 2-608, Ch. 264, L. 1963; R.C.M. 1947, 87A-2-608; amd. Sec. 866, Ch. 56, L. 2009.
2023 Montana Code Annotated › Title 30. Trade and Commerce › Chapter 2. Uniform Commercial Code Sales › Part 6. Breach, Repudiation, and Excuse › 30-2-609. Right to adequate assurance of performance

30-2-609. Right to adequate assurance of performance.
(1) A contract for sale imposes an obligation on each party that the other's expectation of receiving due performance will not be impaired. When reasonable grounds for insecurity arise with respect to the performance of either party the other may in writing demand adequate assurance of due performance and until the party receives such assurance may if commercially reasonable suspend any performance for which the party has not already received the agreed return.
(2) Between merchants the reasonableness of grounds for insecurity and the adequacy of any assurance offered shall be determined according to commercial standards.
(3) Acceptance of any improper delivery or payment does not prejudice the aggrieved party's right to demand adequate assurance of future performance.
(4) After receipt of a justified demand failure to provide within a reasonable time not exceeding 30 days such assurance of due performance as is adequate under the circumstances of the particular case is a repudiation of the contract.
History: En. Sec. 2-609, Ch. 264, L. 1963; R.C.M. 1947, 87A-2-609; amd. Sec. 867, Ch. 56, L. 2009.
2023 Montana Code Annotated › Title 30. Trade and Commerce › Chapter 2. Uniform Commercial Code Sales › Part 6. Breach, Repudiation, and Excuse › 30-2-610. Anticipatory repudiation

30-2-610. Anticipatory repudiation.
When either party repudiates the contract with respect to a performance not yet due the loss of which will substantially impair the value of the contract to the other, the aggrieved party may:
(1) for a commercially reasonable time await performance by the repudiating party; or
(2) resort to any remedy for breach (30-2-703 or 30-2-711), even though the aggrieved party has notified the repudiating party that it would await the latter's performance and has urged retraction; and
(3) in either case suspend performance or proceed in accordance with the provisions of this chapter on the seller's right to identify goods to the contract notwithstanding breach or to salvage unfinished goods (30-2-704).
History: En. Sec. 2-610, Ch. 264, L. 1963; R.C.M. 1947, 87A-2-610; amd. Sec. 868, Ch. 56, L. 2009.
2023 Montana Code Annotated › Title 30. Trade and Commerce › Chapter 2. Uniform Commercial Code Sales › Part 6. Breach, Repudiation, and Excuse › 30-2-611. Retraction of anticipatory repudiation

30-2-611. Retraction of anticipatory repudiation.
(1) Until the repudiating party's next performance is due that party can retract the repudiation unless the aggrieved party has since the repudiation canceled or materially changed position or otherwise indicated that the repudiation is final.
(2) Retraction may be by any method which clearly indicates to the aggrieved party that the repudiating party intends to perform, but must include any assurance justifiably demanded under the provisions of this chapter (30-2-609).
(3) Retraction reinstates the repudiating party's rights under the contract with due excuse and allowance to the aggrieved party for any delay occasioned by the repudiation.
History: En. Sec. 2-611, Ch. 264, L. 1963; R.C.M. 1947, 87A-2-611; amd. Sec. 869, Ch. 56, L. 2009.
2023 Montana Code Annotated › Title 30. Trade and Commerce › Chapter 2. Uniform Commercial Code Sales › Part 6. Breach, Repudiation, and Excuse › 30-2-612. "Installment contract" -- breach

30-2-612. "Installment contract" -- breach.
(1) An "installment contract" is one which requires or authorizes the delivery of goods in separate lots to be separately accepted, even though the contract contains a clause "each delivery is a separate contract" or its equivalent.
(2) The buyer may reject any installment which is nonconforming if the nonconformity substantially impairs the value of that installment and cannot be cured or if the nonconformity is a defect in the required documents; but if the nonconformity does not fall within subsection (3) and the seller gives adequate assurance of its cure the buyer must accept that installment.
(3) Whenever nonconformity or default with respect to one or more installments substantially impairs the value of the whole contract there is a breach of the whole. But the aggrieved party reinstates the contract if the party accepts a nonconforming installment without seasonably notifying of cancellation or if the party brings an action with respect only to past installments or demands performance as to future installments.
History: En. Sec. 2-612, Ch. 264, L. 1963; R.C.M. 1947, 87A-2-612; amd. Sec. 870, Ch. 56, L. 2009.
2023 Montana Code Annotated › Title 30. Trade and Commerce › Chapter 2. Uniform Commercial Code Sales › Part 6. Breach, Repudiation, and Excuse › 30-2-613. Casualty to identified goods

30-2-613. Casualty to identified goods.
Where the contract requires for its performance goods identified when the contract is made, and the goods suffer casualty without fault of either party before the risk of loss passes to the buyer, or in a proper case under a "no arrival, no sale" term (30-2-324) then:
(a) if the loss is total the contract is avoided; and
(b) if the loss is partial or the goods have so deteriorated as no longer to conform to the contract the buyer may nevertheless demand inspection and at the buyer's option either treat the contract as avoided or accept the goods with due allowance from the contract price for the deterioration or the deficiency in quantity but without further right against the seller.
History: En. Sec. 2-613, Ch. 264, L. 1963; R.C.M. 1947, 87A-2-613; amd. Sec. 871, Ch. 56, L. 2009.
2023 Montana Code Annotated › Title 30. Trade and Commerce › Chapter 2. Uniform Commercial Code Sales › Part 6. Breach, Repudiation, and Excuse › 30-2-614. Substituted performance

30-2-614. Substituted performance.
(1) Where without fault of either party the agreed berthing, loading, or unloading facilities fail or an agreed type of carrier becomes unavailable or the agreed manner of delivery otherwise becomes commercially impracticable but a commercially reasonable substitute is available, such substitute performance must be tendered and accepted.
(2) If the agreed means or manner of payments fails because of domestic or foreign governmental regulation, the seller may withhold or stop delivery unless the buyer provides a means or manner of payment which is commercially a substantial equivalent. If delivery has already been taken, payment by the means or in the manner provided by the regulation discharges the buyer's obligation unless the regulation is discriminatory, oppressive or predatory.
History: En. Sec. 2-614, Ch. 264, L. 1963; R.C.M. 1947, 87A-2-614.
2023 Montana Code Annotated › Title 30. Trade and Commerce › Chapter 2. Uniform Commercial Code Sales › Part 6. Breach, Repudiation, and Excuse › 30-2-615. Excuse by failure of presupposed conditions

30-2-615. Excuse by failure of presupposed conditions.
Except so far as a seller may have assumed a greater obligation and subject to the preceding section on substituted performance:
(1) Delay in delivery or nondelivery in whole or in part by a seller who complies with subsections (2) and (3) is not a breach of the seller's duty under a contract for sale if performance as agreed has been made impracticable by the occurrence of a contingency the nonoccurrence of which was a basic assumption on which the contract was made or by compliance in good faith with any applicable foreign or domestic governmental regulation or order whether or not it later proves to be invalid.
(2) Where the causes mentioned in subsection (1) affect only a part of the seller's capacity to perform, the seller must allocate production and deliveries among its customers but may at its option include regular customers not then under contract as well as its own requirements for further manufacture. The seller may so allocate in any manner which is fair and reasonable.
(3) The seller must notify the buyer seasonably that there will be delay or nondelivery and, when allocation is required under subsection (2), of the estimated quota thus made available for the buyer.
History: En. Sec. 2-615, Ch. 264, L. 1963; R.C.M. 1947, 87A-2-615; amd. Sec. 872, Ch. 56, L. 2009.
2023 Montana Code Annotated › Title 30. Trade and Commerce › Chapter 2. Uniform Commercial Code Sales › Part 6. Breach, Repudiation, and Excuse › 30-2-616. Procedure on notice claiming excuse

30-2-616. Procedure on notice claiming excuse.
(1) Where the buyer receives notification of a material or indefinite delay or an allocation justified under the preceding section it may by written notification to the seller as to any delivery concerned, and where the prospective deficiency substantially impairs the value of the whole contract under the provisions of this chapter relating to breach of installment contracts (30-2-612), then also as to the whole:
(a) terminate and thereby discharge any unexecuted portion of the contract; or
(b) modify the contract by agreeing to take its available quota in substitution.
(2) If after receipt of such notification from the seller the buyer fails so to modify the contract within a reasonable time not exceeding 30 days the contract lapses with respect to any deliveries affected.
(3) The provisions of this section may not be negated by agreement except insofar as the seller has assumed a greater obligation under the preceding section.
History: En. Sec. 2-616, Ch. 264, L. 1963; R.C.M. 1947, 87A-2-616; amd. Sec. 873, Ch. 56, L. 2009.
2023 Montana Code Annotated › Title 30. Trade and Commerce › Chapter 2. Uniform Commercial Code Sales › Part 7. Remedies › 30-2-701. Remedies for breach of collateral contracts not impaired

30-2-701. Remedies for breach of collateral contracts not impaired.
Remedies for breach of any obligation or promise collateral or ancillary to a contract for sale are not impaired by the provisions of this chapter.
History: En. Sec. 2-701, Ch. 264, L. 1963; R.C.M. 1947, 87A-2-701.
2023 Montana Code Annotated › Title 30. Trade and Commerce › Chapter 2. Uniform Commercial Code Sales › Part 7. Remedies › 30-2-702. Seller's remedies on discovery of buyer's insolvency

30-2-702. Seller's remedies on discovery of buyer's insolvency.
(1) Where the seller discovers the buyer to be insolvent the seller may refuse delivery except for cash including payment for all goods theretofore delivered under the contract, and stop delivery under this chapter (30-2-705).
(2) Where the seller discovers that the buyer has received goods on credit while insolvent the seller may reclaim the goods upon demand made within 10 days after the receipt, but if misrepresentation of solvency has been made to the particular seller in writing within 3 months before delivery the 10-day limitation does not apply. Except as provided in this subsection the seller may not base a right to reclaim goods on the buyer's fraudulent or innocent misrepresentation of solvency or of intent to pay.
(3) The seller's right to reclaim under subsection (2) is subject to the rights of a buyer in ordinary course or other good faith purchaser under this chapter (30-2-403). Successful reclamation of goods excludes all other remedies with respect to them.
History: En. Sec. 2-702, Ch. 264, L. 1963; R.C.M. 1947, 87A-2-702; amd. Sec. 6, Ch. 402, L. 1983; amd. Sec. 874, Ch. 56, L. 2009.
2023 Montana Code Annotated › Title 30. Trade and Commerce › Chapter 2. Uniform Commercial Code Sales › Part 7. Remedies › 30-2-703. Seller's remedies in general

30-2-703. Seller's remedies in general.
Where the buyer wrongfully rejects or revokes acceptance of goods or fails to make a payment due on or before delivery or repudiates with respect to a part or the whole, then with respect to any goods directly affected and, if the breach is of the whole contract (30-2-612), then also with respect to the whole undelivered balance, the aggrieved seller may:
(a) withhold delivery of such goods;
(b) stop delivery by any bailee as hereafter provided (30-2-705);
(c) proceed under the next section respecting goods still unidentified to the contract;
(d) resell and recover damages as hereafter provided (30-2-706);
(e) recover damages for nonacceptance (30-2-708) or in a proper case the price (30-2-709);
(f) cancel.
History: En. Sec. 2-703, Ch. 264, L. 1963; R.C.M. 1947, 87A-2-703.
2023 Montana Code Annotated › Title 30. Trade and Commerce › Chapter 2. Uniform Commercial Code Sales › Part 7. Remedies › 30-2-704. Seller's right to identify goods to the contract notwithstanding breach or to salvage unfinished goods

30-2-704. Seller's right to identify goods to the contract notwithstanding breach or to salvage unfinished goods.
(1) An aggrieved seller under the preceding section may:
(a) identify to the contract conforming goods not already identified if at the time the seller learned of the breach they are in the seller's possession or control;
(b) treat as the subject of resale goods which have demonstrably been intended for the particular contract even though those goods are unfinished.
(2) Where the goods are unfinished an aggrieved seller may in the exercise of reasonable commercial judgment for the purposes of avoiding loss and of effective realization either complete the manufacture and wholly identify the goods to the contract or cease manufacture and resell for scrap or salvage value or proceed in any other reasonable manner.
History: En. Sec. 2-704, Ch. 264, L. 1963; R.C.M. 1947, 87A-2-704; amd. Sec. 875, Ch. 56, L. 2009.
2023 Montana Code Annotated › Title 30. Trade and Commerce › Chapter 2. Uniform Commercial Code Sales › Part 7. Remedies › 30-2-705. Seller's stoppage of delivery in transit or otherwise

30-2-705. Seller's stoppage of delivery in transit or otherwise.
(1) The seller may stop delivery of goods in the possession of a carrier or other bailee when the seller discovers the buyer to be insolvent (30-2-702) and may stop delivery of carload, truckload, planeload or larger shipments of express or freight when the buyer repudiates or fails to make a payment due before delivery or if for any other reason the seller has a right to withhold or reclaim the goods.
(2) As against such buyer the seller may stop delivery until:
(a) receipt of the goods by the buyer; or
(b) acknowledgment to the buyer by any bailee of the goods except a carrier that the bailee holds the goods for the buyer; or
(c) such acknowledgment to the buyer by a carrier by reshipment or as a warehouse; or
(d) negotiation to the buyer of any negotiable document of title covering the goods.
(3) (a) To stop delivery the seller must so notify as to enable the bailee by reasonable diligence to prevent delivery of the goods.
(b) After such notification the bailee must hold and deliver the goods according to the directions of the seller but the seller is liable to the bailee for any ensuing charges or damages.
(c) If a negotiable document of title has been issued for goods the bailee is not obliged to obey a notification to stop until surrender of possession or control of the document.
(d) A carrier that has issued a nonnegotiable bill of lading is not obliged to obey a notification to stop received from a person other than the consignor.
History: En. Sec. 2-705, Ch. 264, L. 1963; R.C.M. 1947, 87A-2-705; amd. Sec. 22, Ch. 575, L. 2005.
2023 Montana Code Annotated › Title 30. Trade and Commerce › Chapter 2. Uniform Commercial Code Sales › Part 7. Remedies › 30-2-706. Seller's resale including contract for resale

30-2-706. Seller's resale including contract for resale.
(1) Under the conditions stated in 30-2-703 on seller's remedies, the seller may resell the goods concerned or the undelivered balance thereof. Where the resale is made in good faith and in a commercially reasonable manner the seller may recover the difference between the resale price and the contract price together with any incidental damages allowed under the provisions of this chapter (30-2-710), but less expenses saved in consequence of the buyer's breach.
(2) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (3) or unless otherwise agreed resale may be at public or private sale including sale by way of one or more contracts to sell or of identification to an existing contract of the seller. Sale may be as a unit or in parcels and at any time and place and on any terms but every aspect of the sale including the method, manner, time, place and terms must be commercially reasonable. The resale must be reasonably identified as referring to the broken contract, but it is not necessary that the goods be in existence or that any or all of them have been identified to the contract before the breach.
(3) Where the resale is at private sale the seller must give the buyer reasonable notification of an intention to resell.
(4) Where the resale is at public sale:
(a) only identified goods can be sold except where there is a recognized market for a public sale of futures in goods of the kind; and
(b) it must be made at a usual place or market for public sale if one is reasonably available and except in the case of goods which are perishable or threaten to decline in value speedily the seller must give the buyer reasonable notice of the time and place of the resale; and
(c) if the goods are not to be within the view of those attending the sale the notification of sale must state the place where the goods are located and provide for their reasonable inspection by prospective bidders; and
(d) the seller may buy.
(5) A purchaser who buys in good faith at a resale takes the goods free of any rights of the original buyer even though the seller fails to comply with one or more of the requirements of this section.
(6) The seller is not accountable to the buyer for any profit made on any resale. A person in the position of a seller (30-2-707) or a buyer who has rightfully rejected or justifiably revoked acceptance must account for any excess over the amount of the buyer's security interest, as hereinafter defined (subsection (3) of 30-2-711).
History: En. Sec. 2-706, Ch. 264, L. 1963; R.C.M. 1947, 87A-2-706; amd. Sec. 876, Ch. 56, L. 2009.
2023 Montana Code Annotated › Title 30. Trade and Commerce › Chapter 2. Uniform Commercial Code Sales › Part 7. Remedies › 30-2-707. "Person in the position of a seller"

30-2-707. "Person in the position of a seller".
(1) A "person in the position of a seller" includes as against a principal an agent who has paid or become responsible for the price of goods on behalf of the principal or anyone who otherwise holds a security interest or other right in goods similar to that of a seller.
(2) A person in the position of a seller may as provided in this chapter withhold or stop delivery (30-2-705) and resell (30-2-706) and recover incidental damages (30-2-710).
History: En. Sec. 2-707, Ch. 264, L. 1963; R.C.M. 1947, 87A-2-707; amd. Sec. 877, Ch. 56, L. 2009.
2023 Montana Code Annotated › Title 30. Trade and Commerce › Chapter 2. Uniform Commercial Code Sales › Part 7. Remedies › 30-2-708. Seller's damages for nonacceptance or repudiation

30-2-708. Seller's damages for nonacceptance or repudiation.
(1) Subject to subsection (2) and to the provisions of this chapter with respect to proof of market price (30-2-723), the measure of damages for nonacceptance or repudiation by the buyer is the difference between the market price at the time and place for tender and the unpaid contract price together with any incidental damages provided in this chapter (30-2-710), but less expenses saved in consequence of the buyer's breach.
(2) If the measure of damages provided in subsection (1) is inadequate to put the seller in as good a position as performance would have done then the measure of damages is the profit (including reasonable overhead) which the seller would have made from full performance by the buyer, together with any incidental damages provided in this chapter (30-2-710), due allowance for costs reasonably incurred and due credit for payments or proceeds of resale.
History: En. Sec. 2-708, Ch. 264, L. 1963; R.C.M. 1947, 87A-2-708.
2023 Montana Code Annotated › Title 30. Trade and Commerce › Chapter 2. Uniform Commercial Code Sales › Part 7. Remedies › 30-2-709. Action for the price

30-2-709. Action for the price.
(1) When the buyer fails to pay the price as it becomes due the seller may recover, together with any incidental damages under the next section, the price:
(a) of goods accepted or of conforming goods lost or damaged within a commercially reasonable time after risk of their loss has passed to the buyer; and
(b) of goods identified to the contract if the seller is unable after reasonable effort to resell them at a reasonable price or the circumstances reasonably indicate that such effort will be unavailing.
(2) Where the seller sues for the price the seller must hold for the buyer any goods which have been identified to the contract and are still in the seller's control except that if resale becomes possible the seller may resell them at any time prior to the collection of the judgment. The net proceeds of any such resale must be credited to the buyer and payment of the judgment entitles the buyer to any goods not resold.
(3) After the buyer has wrongfully rejected or revoked acceptance of the goods or has failed to make a payment due or has repudiated (30-2-610), a seller who is held not entitled to the price under this section shall nevertheless be awarded damages for nonacceptance under the preceding section.
History: En. Sec. 2-709, Ch. 264, L. 1963; R.C.M. 1947, 87A-2-709; amd. Sec. 878, Ch. 56, L. 2009.
2023 Montana Code Annotated › Title 30. Trade and Commerce › Chapter 2. Uniform Commercial Code Sales › Part 7. Remedies › 30-2-710. Seller's incidental damages

30-2-710. Seller's incidental damages.
Incidental damages to an aggrieved seller include any commercially reasonable charges, expenses or commissions incurred in stopping delivery, in the transportation, care and custody of goods after the buyer's breach, in connection with return or resale of the goods or otherwise resulting from the breach.
History: En. Sec. 2-710, Ch. 264, L. 1963; R.C.M. 1947, 87A-2-710.
2023 Montana Code Annotated › Title 30. Trade and Commerce › Chapter 2. Uniform Commercial Code Sales › Part 7. Remedies › 30-2-711. Buyer's remedies in general -- buyer's security interest in rejected goods

30-2-711. Buyer's remedies in general -- buyer's security interest in rejected goods.
(1) Where the seller fails to make delivery or repudiates or the buyer rightfully rejects or justifiably revokes acceptance then with respect to any goods involved, and with respect to the whole if the breach goes to the whole contract (30-2-612), the buyer may cancel and whether or not the buyer has done so may in addition to recovering so much of the price as has been paid:
(a) "cover" and have damages under the next section as to all the goods affected whether or not they have been identified to the contract; or
(b) recover damages for nondelivery as provided in this chapter (30-2-713).
(2) Where the seller fails to deliver or repudiates the buyer may also:
(a) if the goods have been identified recover them as provided in this chapter (30-2-502); or
(b) in a proper case obtain specific performance or recover the goods as provided in this chapter (30-2-716).
(3) On rightful rejection or justifiable revocation of acceptance a buyer has a security interest in goods in the buyer's possession or control for any payments made on their price and any expenses reasonably incurred in their inspection, receipt, transportation, care and custody and may hold such goods and resell them in like manner as an aggrieved seller (30-2-706).
History: En. Sec. 2-711, Ch. 264, L. 1963; R.C.M. 1947, 87A-2-711; amd. Sec. 879, Ch. 56, L. 2009.
2023 Montana Code Annotated › Title 30. Trade and Commerce › Chapter 2. Uniform Commercial Code Sales › Part 7. Remedies › 30-2-712. "Cover" -- buyer's procurement of substitute goods

30-2-712. "Cover" -- buyer's procurement of substitute goods.
(1) After a breach within the preceding section the buyer may "cover" by making in good faith and without unreasonable delay any reasonable purchase of or contract to purchase goods in substitution for those due from the seller.
(2) The buyer may recover from the seller as damages the difference between the cost of cover and the contract price together with any incidental or consequential damages as hereinafter defined (30-2-715), but less expenses saved in consequence of the seller's breach.
(3) Failure of the buyer to effect cover within this section does not bar the buyer from any other remedy.
History: En. Sec. 2-712, Ch. 264, L. 1963; R.C.M. 1947, 87A-2-712; amd. Sec. 880, Ch. 56, L. 2009.
2023 Montana Code Annotated › Title 30. Trade and Commerce › Chapter 2. Uniform Commercial Code Sales › Part 7. Remedies › 30-2-713. Buyer's damages for nondelivery or repudiation

30-2-713. Buyer's damages for nondelivery or repudiation.
(1) Subject to the provisions of this chapter with respect to proof of market price (30-2-723), the measure of damages for nondelivery or repudiation by the seller is the difference between the market price at the time when the buyer learned of the breach and the contract price together with any incidental and consequential damages provided in this chapter (30-2-715), but less expenses saved in consequence of the seller's breach.
(2) Market price is to be determined as of the place for tender or, in cases of rejection after arrival or revocation of acceptance, as of the place of arrival.
History: En. Sec. 2-713, Ch. 264, L. 1963; R.C.M. 1947, 87A-2-713.
2023 Montana Code Annotated › Title 30. Trade and Commerce › Chapter 2. Uniform Commercial Code Sales › Part 7. Remedies › 30-2-714. Buyer's damages for breach in regard to accepted goods

30-2-714. Buyer's damages for breach in regard to accepted goods.
(1) Where the buyer has accepted goods and given notification (subsection (3) of 30-2-607) the buyer 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: En. Sec. 2-714, Ch. 264, L. 1963; R.C.M. 1947, 87A-2-714; amd. Sec. 881, Ch. 56, L. 2009.
2023 Montana Code Annotated › Title 30. Trade and Commerce › Chapter 2. Uniform Commercial Code Sales › Part 7. Remedies › 30-2-715. Buyer's incidental and consequential damages

30-2-715. 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: En. Sec. 2-715, Ch. 264, L. 1963; R.C.M. 1947, 87A-2-715.
2023 Montana Code Annotated › Title 30. Trade and Commerce › Chapter 2. Uniform Commercial Code Sales › Part 7. Remedies › 30-2-716. Buyer's right to specific performance or recovery of goods

30-2-716. Buyer's right to specific performance or recovery of goods.
(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 to maintain an action for the recovery of goods identified to the contract if after reasonable effort the buyer 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 to maintain an action for recovery of the goods vests upon acquisition of a special property, even if the seller had not then repudiated or failed to deliver.
History: En. Sec. 2-716, Ch. 264, L. 1963; R.C.M. 1947, 87A-2-716; amd. Sec. 136, Ch. 305, L. 1999.
2023 Montana Code Annotated › Title 30. Trade and Commerce › Chapter 2. Uniform Commercial Code Sales › Part 7. Remedies › 30-2-717. Deduction of damages from the price

30-2-717. Deduction of damages from the price.
The buyer on notifying the seller of an intention to do so may deduct all or any part of the damages resulting from any breach of contract from any part of the price still due under the same contract.
History: En. Sec. 2-717, Ch. 264, L. 1963; R.C.M. 1947, 87A-2-717; amd. Sec. 882, Ch. 56, L. 2009.
2023 Montana Code Annotated › Title 30. Trade and Commerce › Chapter 2. Uniform Commercial Code Sales › Part 7. Remedies › 30-2-718. Liquidation or limitation of damages -- deposits

30-2-718. 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 the buyer's payments 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, 20% of the value of the total performance for which the buyer is obligated under the contract or $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, the resale is subject to the conditions laid down in this chapter on resale by an aggrieved seller (30-2-706).
History: En. Sec. 2-718, Ch. 264, L. 1963; R.C.M. 1947, 87A-2-718; amd. Sec. 883, Ch. 56, L. 2009.
2023 Montana Code Annotated › Title 30. Trade and Commerce › Chapter 2. Uniform Commercial Code Sales › Part 7. Remedies › 30-2-719. Contractual modification or limitation of remedy

30-2-719. 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 this code.
(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: En. Sec. 2-719, Ch. 264, L. 1963; R.C.M. 1947, 87A-2-719.
2023 Montana Code Annotated › Title 30. Trade and Commerce › Chapter 2. Uniform Commercial Code Sales › Part 7. Remedies › 30-2-720. Effect of "cancellation" or "rescission" on claims for antecedent breach

30-2-720. 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: En. Sec. 2-720, Ch. 264, L. 1963; R.C.M. 1947, 87A-2-720.
2023 Montana Code Annotated › Title 30. Trade and Commerce › Chapter 2. Uniform Commercial Code Sales › Part 7. Remedies › 30-2-721. Remedies for fraud

30-2-721. 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: En. Sec. 2-721, Ch. 264, L. 1963; R.C.M. 1947, 87A-2-721.
2023 Montana Code Annotated › Title 30. Trade and Commerce › Chapter 2. Uniform Commercial Code Sales › Part 7. Remedies › 30-2-722. Who can sue third parties for injury to goods

30-2-722. 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, the party plaintiff's suit or settlement is, subject to its 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: En. Sec. 2-722, Ch. 264, L. 1963; R.C.M. 1947, 87A-2-722; amd. Sec. 884, Ch. 56, L. 2009.