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2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 62A - Uniform Commercial Code › 62A.2 Sales. › 62A.2-206 - Offer and acceptance in formation of contract.

RCW 62A.2-206
Offer and acceptance in formation of contract.
(1) Unless otherwise unambiguously indicated by the language or circumstances
(a) an offer to make a contract shall be construed as inviting acceptance in any manner and by any medium reasonable in the circumstances;
(b) an order or other offer to buy goods for prompt or current shipment shall be construed as inviting acceptance either by a prompt promise to ship or by the prompt or current shipment of conforming or non-conforming goods, but such a shipment of non-conforming goods does not constitute an acceptance if the seller seasonably notifies the buyer that the shipment is offered only as an accommodation to the buyer.
(2) Where the beginning of a requested performance is a reasonable mode of acceptance an offeror who is not notified of acceptance within a reasonable time may treat the offer as having lapsed before acceptance.
[1965 ex.s. c 157 § 2-206. Cf. former RCW sections: (i) RCW 63.04.020; 1925 ex.s. c 142 § 1; RRS § 5836-1. (ii) RCW 63.04.040; 1925 ex.s. c 142 § 3; RRS § 5836-3.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 62A - Uniform Commercial Code › 62A.2 Sales. › 62A.2-207 - Additional terms in acceptance or confirmation.

RCW 62A.2-207
Additional terms in acceptance or confirmation.
(1) A definite and seasonable expression of acceptance or a written confirmation which is sent within a reasonable time operates as an acceptance even though it states terms additional to or different from those offered or agreed upon, unless acceptance is expressly made conditional on assent to the additional or different terms.
(2) The additional terms are to be construed as proposals for addition to the contract. Between merchants such terms become part of the contract unless:
(a) the offer expressly limits acceptance to the terms of the offer;
(b) they materially alter it; or
(c) notification of objection to them has already been given or is given within a reasonable time after notice of them is received.
(3) Conduct by both parties which recognizes the existence of a contract is sufficient to establish a contract for sale although the writings of the parties do not otherwise establish a contract. In such case the terms of the particular contract consist of those terms on which the writings of the parties agree, together with any supplementary terms incorporated under any other provisions of this Title.
[1965 ex.s. c 157 § 2-207. Cf. former RCW sections: (i) RCW 63.04.020; 1925 ex.s. c 142 § 1; RRS § 5836-1. (ii) RCW 63.04.040; 1925 ex.s. c 142 § 3; RRS § 5836-3.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 62A - Uniform Commercial Code › 62A.2 Sales. › 62A.2-209 - Modification, rescission and waiver.

RCW 62A.2-209
Modification, rescission and waiver. (Effective until January 1, 2024.)
(1) An agreement modifying a contract within this Article needs no consideration to be binding.
(2) A signed agreement which excludes modification or rescission except by a signed writing cannot be otherwise modified or rescinded, but except as between merchants such a requirement on a form supplied by the merchant must be separately signed by the other party.
(3) The requirements of the statute of frauds section of this Article (RCW 62A.2-201) must be satisfied if the contract as modified is within its provisions.
(4) Although an attempt at modification or rescission does not satisfy the requirements of subsection (2) or (3) it can operate as a waiver.
(5) A party who has made a waiver affecting an executory portion of the contract may retract the waiver by reasonable notification received by the other party that strict performance will be required of any term waived, unless the retraction would be unjust in view of a material change of position in reliance on the waiver.
[1965 ex.s. c 157 § 2-209.]
(1) An agreement modifying a contract within this Article needs no consideration to be binding.
(2) A signed agreement which excludes modification or rescission except by a signed writing or other signed record cannot be otherwise modified or rescinded, but except as between merchants such a requirement on a form supplied by the merchant must be separately signed by the other party.
(3) The requirements of the statute of frauds section of this Article (RCW 62A.2-201) must be satisfied if the contract as modified is within its provisions.
(4) Although an attempt at modification or rescission does not satisfy the requirements of subsection (2) or (3) it can operate as a waiver.
(5) A party who has made a waiver affecting an executory portion of the contract may retract the waiver by reasonable notification received by the other party that strict performance will be required of any term waived, unless the retraction would be unjust in view of a material change of position in reliance on the waiver.
[ 2023 c 266 § 207; 1965 ex.s. c 157 § 2-209.]
NOTES:
Construction—Effective date—2023 c 266: See notes following RCW 62A.12-101.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 62A - Uniform Commercial Code › 62A.2 Sales. › 62A.2-301 - General obligations of parties.

RCW 62A.2-301
General obligations of parties.
The obligation of the seller is to transfer and deliver and that of the buyer is to accept and pay in accordance with the contract.
[1965 ex.s. c 157 § 2-301. Cf. former RCW sections: (i) RCW 63.04.120; 1925 ex.s. c 142 § 11; RRS § 5836-11. (ii) RCW 63.04.420; 1925 ex.s. c 142 § 41; RRS § 5836-41.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 62A - Uniform Commercial Code › 62A.2 Sales. › 62A.2-302 - Unconscionable contract or clause.

RCW 62A.2-302
Unconscionable contract or clause.
(1) If the court as a matter of law finds the contract or any clause of the contract to have been unconscionable at the time it was made the court may refuse to enforce the contract, or it may enforce the remainder of the contract without the unconscionable clause, or it may so limit the application of any unconscionable clause as to avoid any unconscionable result.
(2) When it is claimed or appears to the court that the contract or any clause thereof may be unconscionable the parties shall be afforded a reasonable opportunity to present evidence as to its commercial setting, purpose and effect to aid the court in making the determination.
[1965 ex.s. c 157 § 2-302.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 62A - Uniform Commercial Code › 62A.2 Sales. › 62A.2-303 - Allocation or division of risks.

RCW 62A.2-303
Allocation or division of risks.
Where this Article allocates a risk or a burden as between the parties "unless otherwise agreed", the agreement may not only shift the allocation but may also divide the risk or burden.
[1965 ex.s. c 157 § 2-303.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 62A - Uniform Commercial Code › 62A.2 Sales. › 62A.2-304 - Price payable in money, goods, realty, or otherwise.

RCW 62A.2-304
Price payable in money, goods, realty, or otherwise.
(1) The price can be made payable in money or otherwise. If it is payable in whole or in part in goods each party is a seller of the goods which he or she is to transfer.
(2) Even though all or part of the price is payable in an interest in realty the transfer of the goods and the seller's obligations with reference to them are subject to this Article, but not the transfer of the interest in realty or the transferor's obligations in connection therewith.
[ 2013 c 23 § 128; 1965 ex.s. c 157 § 2-304. Cf. former RCW 63.04.100(2), (3); 1925 ex.s. c 142 § 9; RRS § 5836-9.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 62A - Uniform Commercial Code › 62A.2 Sales. › 62A.2-305 - Open price term.

RCW 62A.2-305
Open price term.
(1) The parties if they so intend can conclude a contract for sale even though the price is not settled. In such a case, the price is a reasonable price at the time for delivery if:
(a) Nothing is said as to price; or
(b) The price is left to be agreed by the parties and they fail to agree; or
(c) The price is to be fixed in terms of some agreed market or other standard as set or recorded by a third person or agency and it is not so set or recorded.
(2) A price to be fixed by the seller or by the buyer means a price for him or her to fix in good faith.
(3) When a price left to be fixed otherwise than by agreement of the parties fails to be fixed through fault of one party the other may at his or her option treat the contract as canceled or himself or herself fix a reasonable price.
(4) Where, however, the parties intend not to be bound unless the price be fixed or agreed and it is not fixed or agreed there is no contract. In such a case, the buyer must return any goods already received or if unable so to do must pay their reasonable value at the time of delivery and the seller must return any portion of the price paid on account.
[ 2013 c 23 § 129; 1965 ex.s. c 157 § 2-305. Cf. former RCW sections: (i) RCW 63.04.100; 1925 ex.s. c 142 § 9; RRS § 5836-9. (ii) RCW 63.04.110; 1925 ex.s. c 142 § 10; RRS § 5836-10. Subd. (3) cf. former RCW 63.04.120(2); 1925 ex.s. c 142 § 11; RRS § 5836-11.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 62A - Uniform Commercial Code › 62A.2 Sales. › 62A.2-306 - Output, requirements and exclusive dealings.

RCW 62A.2-306
Output, requirements and exclusive dealings.
(1) A term which measures the quantity by the output of the seller or the requirements of the buyer means such actual output or requirements as may occur in good faith, except that no quantity unreasonably disproportionate to any stated estimate or in the absence of a stated estimate to any normal or otherwise comparable prior output or requirements may be tendered or demanded.
(2) A lawful agreement by either the seller or the buyer for exclusive dealing in the kind of goods concerned imposes unless otherwise agreed an obligation by the seller to use best efforts to supply the goods and by the buyer to use best efforts to promote their sale.
[1965 ex.s. c 157 § 2-306.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 62A - Uniform Commercial Code › 62A.2 Sales. › 62A.2-307 - Delivery in single lot or several lots.

RCW 62A.2-307
Delivery in single lot or several lots.
Unless otherwise agreed all goods called for by a contract for sale must be tendered in a single delivery and payment is due only on such tender but where the circumstances give either party the right to make or demand delivery in lots the price if it can be apportioned may be demanded for each lot.
[1965 ex.s. c 157 § 2-307. Cf. former RCW 63.04.460(1); 1925 ex.s. c 142 § 45; RRS § 5836-45.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 62A - Uniform Commercial Code › 62A.2 Sales. › 62A.2-308 - Absence of specified place for delivery.

RCW 62A.2-308
Absence of specified place for delivery.
Unless otherwise agreed:
(a) The place for delivery of goods is the seller's place of business or if he or she has none his or her residence; but
(b) In a contract for sale of identified goods which to the knowledge of the parties at the time of contracting are in some other place, that place is the place for their delivery; and
(c) Documents of title may be delivered through customary banking channels.
[ 2013 c 23 § 130; 1965 ex.s. c 157 § 2-308. Subd. (a), (b) cf. former RCW 63.04.440(1); 1925 ex.s. c 142 § 43; RRS § 5836-43.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 62A - Uniform Commercial Code › 62A.2 Sales. › 62A.2-309 - Absence of specific time provisions; notice of termination.

RCW 62A.2-309
Absence of specific time provisions; notice of termination.
(1) The time for shipment or delivery or any other action under a contract if not provided in this Article or agreed upon shall be a reasonable time.
(2) Where the contract provides for successive performances but is indefinite in duration it is valid for a reasonable time but unless otherwise agreed may be terminated at any time by either party.
(3) Termination of a contract by one party except on the happening of an agreed event requires that reasonable notification be received by the other party and an agreement dispensing with notification is invalid if its operation would be unconscionable.
[1965 ex.s. c 157 § 2-309. Cf. former RCW sections: (i) RCW 63.04.440(2); 1925 ex.s. c 142 § 43; RRS § 5836-43. (ii) RCW 63.04.460(2); 1925 ex.s. c 142 § 45; RRS § 5836-45. (iii) RCW 63.04.480(1); 1925 ex.s. c 142 § 47; RRS § 5836-47. (iv) RCW 63.04.490; 1925 ex.s. c 142 § 48; RRS § 5836-48.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 62A - Uniform Commercial Code › 62A.2 Sales. › 62A.2-310 - Open time for payment or running of credit; authority to ship under reservation.

RCW 62A.2-310
Open time for payment or running of credit; authority to ship under reservation.
Unless otherwise agreed:
(a) Payment is due at the time and place at which the buyer is to receive the goods even though the place of shipment is the place of delivery; and
(b) If the seller is authorized to send the goods he or she may ship them under reservation, and may tender the documents of title, but the buyer may inspect the goods after their arrival before payment is due unless such inspection is inconsistent with the terms of the contract (RCW 62A.2-513); and
(c) If delivery is authorized and made by way of documents of title otherwise than by subsection (b) of this section then payment is due regardless of where the goods are to be received (i) at the time and place at which the buyer is to receive delivery of the tangible documents or (ii) at the time the buyer is to receive delivery of the electronic documents and at the seller's place of business or if none, the seller's residence; and
(d) Where the seller is required or authorized to ship the goods on credit the credit period runs from the time of shipment but post-dating the invoice or delaying its dispatch will correspondingly delay the starting of the credit period.
[ 2012 c 214 § 804; 1965 ex.s. c 157 § 2-310. Cf. former RCW sections: (i) RCW 63.04.430; 1925 ex.s. c 142 § 42; RRS § 5836-42. (ii) RCW 63.04.470(1); 1925 ex.s. c 142 § 46; RRS § 5836-46. (iii) RCW 63.04.480(2); 1925 ex.s. c 142 § 47; RRS § 5836-47.]
NOTES:
Application—Savings—2012 c 214: See notes following RCW 62A.1-101.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 62A - Uniform Commercial Code › 62A.2 Sales. › 62A.2-311 - Options and cooperation respecting performance.

RCW 62A.2-311
Options and cooperation respecting performance.
(1) An agreement for sale which is otherwise sufficiently definite (RCW 62A.2-204(3)) to be a contract is not made invalid by the fact that it leaves particulars of performance to be specified by one of the parties. Any such specification must be made in good faith and within limits set by commercial reasonableness.
(2) Unless otherwise agreed, specifications relating to assortment of the goods are at the buyer's option and except as otherwise provided in RCW 62A.2-319 (1)(c) and (3) specifications or arrangements relating to shipment are at the seller's option.
(3) Where such specification would materially affect the other party's performance but is not seasonably made or where one party's cooperation is necessary to the agreed performance of the other but is not seasonably forthcoming, the other party in addition to all other remedies:
(a) Is excused for any resulting delay in his or her own performance; and
(b) May also either proceed to perform in any reasonable manner or after the time for a material part of his or her own performance treat the failure to specify or to cooperate as a breach by failure to deliver or accept the goods.
[ 2013 c 23 § 131; 1965 ex.s. c 157 § 2-311.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 62A - Uniform Commercial Code › 62A.2 Sales. › 62A.2-312 - Warranty of title and against infringement; buyer's obligation against infringement.

RCW 62A.2-312
Warranty of title and against infringement; buyer's obligation against infringement.
(1) Subject to subsection (2) of this section, there is in a contract for sale a warranty by the seller that:
(a) The title conveyed shall be good, and its transfer rightful; and
(b) The goods shall be delivered free from any security interest or other lien or encumbrance of which the buyer at the time of contracting has no knowledge.
(2) A warranty under subsection (1) of this section will be excluded or modified only by specific language or by circumstances which give the buyer reason to know that the person selling does not claim title in himself or herself or that he or she is purporting to sell only such right or title as he or she or a third person may have.
(3) Unless otherwise agreed, a seller who is a merchant regularly dealing in goods of the kind warrants that the goods shall be delivered free of the rightful claim of any third person by way of infringement or the like but a buyer who furnishes specifications to the seller must hold the seller harmless against any such claim which arises out of compliance with the specifications.
[ 2013 c 23 § 132; 1965 ex.s. c 157 § 2-312. Cf. former RCW 63.04.140; 1925 ex.s. c 142 § 13; RRS § 5836-13.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 62A - Uniform Commercial Code › 62A.2 Sales. › 62A.2-313 - Express warranties by affirmation, promise, description, sample.

RCW 62A.2-313
Express warranties by affirmation, promise, description, sample.
(1) Express warranties by the seller are created as follows:
(a) Any affirmation of fact or promise made by the seller to the buyer which relates to the goods and becomes part of the basis of the bargain creates an express warranty that the goods shall conform to the affirmation or promise.
(b) Any description of the goods which is made part of the basis of the bargain creates an express warranty that the goods shall conform to the description.
(c) Any sample or model which is made part of the basis of the bargain creates an express warranty that the whole of the goods shall conform to the sample or model.
(2) It is not necessary to the creation of an express warranty that the seller use formal words such as "warrant" or "guarantee" or that he or she have a specific intention to make a warranty, but an affirmation merely of the value of the goods or a statement purporting to be merely the seller's opinion or commendation of the goods does not create a warranty.
[ 2013 c 23 § 133; 1965 ex.s. c 157 § 2-313. Cf. former RCW sections: (i) RCW 63.04.130; 1925 ex.s. c 142 § 12; RRS § 5836-12. (ii) RCW 63.04.150; 1925 ex.s. c 142 § 14; RRS § 5836-14. (iii) RCW 63.04.170; 1925 ex.s. c 142 § 16; RRS § 5836-16.]
NOTES:
Motor vehicle express warranties: Chapter 19.118 RCW.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 62A - Uniform Commercial Code › 62A.2 Sales. › 62A.2-314 - Implied warranty: Merchantability; usage of trade.

RCW 62A.2-314
Implied warranty: Merchantability; usage of trade.
(1) Unless excluded or modified (RCW 62A.2-316), a warranty that the goods shall be merchantable is implied in a contract for their sale if the seller is a merchant with respect to goods of that kind. Under this section the serving for value of food or drink to be consumed either on the premises or elsewhere is a sale.
(2) Goods to be merchantable must be at least such as
(a) pass without objection in the trade under the contract description; and
(b) in the case of fungible goods, are of fair average quality within the description; and
(c) are fit for the ordinary purposes for which such goods are used; and
(d) run, within the variations permitted by the agreement, of even kind, quality and quantity within each unit and among all units involved; and
(e) are adequately contained, packaged, and labeled as the agreement may require; and
(f) conform to the promises or affirmations of fact made on the container or label if any.
(3) Unless excluded or modified (RCW 62A.2-316) other implied warranties may arise from course of dealing or usage of trade.
[1965 ex.s. c 157 § 2-314. Cf. former RCW 63.04.160(2); 1925 ex.s. c 142 § 15; RRS § 5836-15.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 62A - Uniform Commercial Code › 62A.2 Sales. › 62A.2-315 - Implied warranty: Fitness for particular purpose.

RCW 62A.2-315
Implied warranty: Fitness for particular purpose.
Where the seller at the time of contracting has reason to know any particular purpose for which the goods are required and that the buyer is relying on the seller's skill or judgment to select or furnish suitable goods, there is unless excluded or modified under the next section an implied warranty that the goods shall be fit for such purpose.
[1965 ex.s. c 157 § 2-315. Cf. former RCW 63.04.160(1), (4), (5); 1925 ex.s. c 142 § 15; RRS § 5836-15.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 62A - Uniform Commercial Code › 62A.2 Sales. › 62A.2-317 - Cumulation and conflict of warranties express or implied.

RCW 62A.2-317
Cumulation and conflict of warranties express or implied.
Warranties whether express or implied shall be construed as consistent with each other and as cumulative, but if such construction is unreasonable the intention of the parties shall determine which warranty is dominant. In ascertaining that intention the following rules apply:
(a) Exact or technical specifications displace an inconsistent sample or model or general language of description.
(b) A sample from an existing bulk displaces inconsistent general language of description.
(c) Express warranties displace inconsistent implied warranties other than an implied warranty of fitness for a particular purpose.
[1965 ex.s. c 157 § 2-317. Cf. former RCW sections: RCW 63.04.150 through 63.04.170; 1925 ex.s. c 142 §§ 14 through 16; RRS §§ 5836-14 through 5836-16.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 62A - Uniform Commercial Code › 62A.2 Sales. › 62A.2-318 - Third-party beneficiaries of warranties express or implied.

RCW 62A.2-318
Third-party beneficiaries of warranties express or implied.
A seller's warranty whether express or implied extends to any natural person who is in the family or household of his or her buyer or who is a guest in his or her home if it is reasonable to expect that such person may use, consume, or be affected by the goods and who is injured in person by breach of the warranty. A seller may not exclude or limit the operation of this section.
[ 2013 c 23 § 135; 1965 ex.s. c 157 § 2-318.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 62A - Uniform Commercial Code › 62A.2 Sales. › 62A.2-319 - F.O.B. and F.A.S. terms.

RCW 62A.2-319
F.O.B. and F.A.S. terms.
(1) Unless otherwise agreed, the term F.O.B. (which means "free on board") at a named place, even though used only in connection with the stated price, is a delivery term under which:
(a) When the term is F.O.B. the place of shipment, the seller must at that place ship the goods in the manner provided in this Article (RCW 62A.2-504) and bear the expense and risk of putting them into the possession of the carrier; or
(b) When the term is F.O.B. the place of destination, the seller must at his or her own expense and risk transport the goods to that place and there tender delivery of them in the manner provided in this Article (RCW 62A.2-503);
(c) When under either (a) or (b) of this subsection the term is also F.O.B. vessel, car, or other vehicle, the seller must in addition at his or her own expense and risk load the goods on board. If the term is F.O.B. vessel, the buyer must name the vessel and in an appropriate case the seller must comply with the provisions of this Article on the form of bill of lading (RCW 62A.2-323).
(2) Unless otherwise agreed the term F.A.S. vessel (which means "free alongside") at a named port, even though used only in connection with the stated price, is a delivery term under which the seller must:
(a) At his or her own expense and risk deliver the goods alongside the vessel in the manner usual in that port or on a dock designated and provided by the buyer; and
(b) Obtain and tender a receipt for the goods in exchange for which the carrier is under a duty to issue a bill of lading.
(3) Unless otherwise agreed, in any case falling within subsection (1)(a) or (c) or (2) of this section, the buyer must seasonably give any needed instructions for making delivery, including when the term is F.A.S. or F.O.B. the loading berth of the vessel and in an appropriate case its name and sailing date. The seller may treat the failure of needed instructions as a failure of cooperation under this Article (RCW 62A.2-311). He or she may also at his or her option move the goods in any reasonable manner preparatory to delivery or shipment.
(4) Under the term F.O.B. vessel or F.A.S., unless otherwise agreed, the buyer must make payment against tender of the required documents and the seller may not tender nor the buyer demand delivery of the goods in substitution for the documents.
[ 2013 c 23 § 136; 1965 ex.s. c 157 § 2-319.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 62A - Uniform Commercial Code › 62A.2 Sales. › 62A.2-320 - C.I.F. and C.&F. terms.

RCW 62A.2-320
C.I.F. and C.&F. terms.
(1) The term C.I.F. means that the price includes in a lump sum the cost of the goods and the insurance and freight to the named destination. The term C.&F. or C.F. means that the price so includes cost and freight to the named destination.
(2) Unless otherwise agreed and even though used only in connection with the stated price and destination, the term C.I.F. destination or its equivalent requires the seller at his or her own expense and risk to:
(a) Put the goods into the possession of a carrier at the port for shipment and obtain a negotiable bill or bills of lading covering the entire transportation to the named destination; and
(b) Load the goods and obtain a receipt from the carrier (which may be contained in the bill of lading) showing that the freight has been paid or provided for; and
(c) Obtain a policy or certificate of insurance, including any war risk insurance, of a kind and on terms then current at the port of shipment in the usual amount, in the currency of the contract, shown to cover the same goods covered by the bill of lading and providing for payment of loss to the order of the buyer or for the account of whom it may concern; but the seller may add to the price the amount of the premium for any such war risk insurance; and
(d) Prepare an invoice of the goods and procure any other documents required to effect shipment or to comply with the contract; and
(e) Forward and tender with commercial promptness all the documents in due form and with any indorsement necessary to perfect the buyer's rights.
(3) Unless otherwise agreed, the term C.&F. or its equivalent has the same effect and imposes upon the seller the same obligations and risks as a C.I.F. term except the obligation as to insurance.
(4) Under the term C.I.F. or C.&F., unless otherwise agreed, the buyer must make payment against tender of the required documents and the seller may not tender nor the buyer demand delivery of the goods in substitution for the documents.
[ 2013 c 23 § 137; 1965 ex.s. c 157 § 2-320.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 62A - Uniform Commercial Code › 62A.2 Sales. › 62A.2-321 - C.I.F. or C.&F.: "Net landed weights"; "payment on arrival"; warranty of condition on arrival.

RCW 62A.2-321
C.I.F. or C.&F.: "Net landed weights"; "payment on arrival"; warranty of condition on arrival.
Under a contract containing a term C.I.F. or C.&F.
(1) Where the price is based on or is to be adjusted according to "net landed weights", "delivered weights", "out turn" quantity or quality or the like, unless otherwise agreed the seller must reasonably estimate the price. The payment due on tender of the documents called for by the contract is the amount so estimated, but after final adjustment of the price a settlement must be made with commercial promptness.
(2) An agreement described in subsection (1) or any warranty of quality or condition of the goods on arrival places upon the seller the risk of ordinary deterioration, shrinkage and the like in transportation but has no effect on the place or time of identification to the contract for sale or delivery or on the passing of the risk of loss.
(3) Unless otherwise agreed where the contract provides for payment on or after arrival of the goods the seller must before payment allow such preliminary inspection as is feasible; but if the goods are lost delivery of the documents and payment are due when the goods should have arrived.
[1965 ex.s. c 157 § 2-321.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 62A - Uniform Commercial Code › 62A.2 Sales. › 62A.2-322 - Delivery "ex-ship".

RCW 62A.2-322
Delivery "ex-ship".
(1) Unless otherwise agreed a term for delivery of goods "ex-ship" (which means from the carrying vessel) or in equivalent language is not restricted to a particular ship and requires delivery from a ship which has reached a place at the named port of destination where goods of the kind are usually discharged.
(2) Under such a term unless otherwise agreed
(a) the seller must discharge all liens arising out of the carriage and furnish the buyer with a direction which puts the carrier under a duty to deliver the goods; and
(b) the risk of loss does not pass to the buyer until the goods leave the ship's tackle or are otherwise properly unloaded.
[1965 ex.s. c 157 § 2-322.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 62A - Uniform Commercial Code › 62A.2 Sales. › 62A.2-323 - Form of bill of lading required in overseas shipment; "overseas".

RCW 62A.2-323
Form of bill of lading required in overseas shipment; "overseas".
(1) Where the contract contemplates overseas shipment and contains a term C.I.F. or C.&F. or F.O.B. vessel, the seller unless otherwise agreed must obtain a negotiable bill of lading stating that the goods have been loaded on board or, in the case of a term C.I.F. or C.&F., received for shipment.
(2) Where in a case within subsection (1) of this section a tangible bill of lading has been issued in a set of parts, unless otherwise agreed if the documents are not to be sent from abroad the buyer may demand tender of the full set; otherwise only one part of the bill of lading need be tendered. Even if the agreement expressly requires a full set:
(a) Due tender of a single part is acceptable within the provisions of this Article on cure of improper delivery (RCW 62A.2-508(1)); and
(b) Even though the full set is demanded, if the documents are sent from abroad the person tendering an incomplete set may nevertheless require payment upon furnishing an indemnity which the buyer in good faith deems adequate.
(3) A shipment by water or by air or a contract contemplating such shipment is "overseas" insofar as by usage of trade or agreement it is subject to the commercial, financing or shipping practices characteristic of international deep water commerce.
[ 2012 c 214 § 805; 1965 ex.s. c 157 § 2-323.]
NOTES:
Application—Savings—2012 c 214: See notes following RCW 62A.1-101.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 62A - Uniform Commercial Code › 62A.2 Sales. › 62A.2-324 - "No arrival, no sale" term.

RCW 62A.2-324
"No arrival, no sale" term.
Under a term "no arrival, no sale" or terms of like meaning, unless otherwise agreed:
(a) The seller must properly ship conforming goods and if they arrive by any means he or she must tender them on arrival but he or she assumes no obligation that the goods will arrive unless he or she has caused the nonarrival; and
(b) Where without fault of the seller the goods are in part lost or have so deteriorated as no longer to conform to the contract or arrive after the contract time, the buyer may proceed as if there had been casualty to identified goods (RCW 62A.2-613).
[ 2013 c 23 § 138; 1965 ex.s. c 157 § 2-324.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 62A - Uniform Commercial Code › 62A.2 Sales. › 62A.2-325 - "Letter of credit" term; "confirmed credit".

RCW 62A.2-325
"Letter of credit" term; "confirmed credit".
(1) Failure of the buyer seasonably to furnish an agreed letter of credit is a breach of the contract for sale.
(2) The delivery to seller of a proper letter of credit suspends the buyer's obligation to pay. If the letter of credit is dishonored, the seller may on seasonable notification to the buyer require payment directly from him or her.
(3) Unless otherwise agreed, the term "letter of credit" or "banker's credit" in a contract for sale means an irrevocable credit issued by a financing agency of good repute and, where the shipment is overseas, of good international repute. The term "confirmed credit" means that the credit must also carry the direct obligation of such an agency which does business in the seller's financial market.
[ 2013 c 23 § 139; 1965 ex.s. c 157 § 2-325.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 62A - Uniform Commercial Code › 62A.2 Sales. › 62A.2-326 - Sale on approval and sale or return; rights of creditors.

RCW 62A.2-326
Sale on approval and sale or return; rights of creditors.
(1) Unless otherwise agreed, if delivered goods may be returned by the buyer even though they conform to the contract, the transaction is
(a) a "sale on approval" if the goods are delivered primarily for use, and
(b) a "sale or return" if the goods are delivered primarily for resale.
(2) Goods held on approval are not subject to the claims of the buyer's creditors until acceptance; goods held on sale or return are subject to such claims while in the buyer's possession.
(3) Any "or return" term of a contract for sale is to be treated as a separate contract for sale within the statute of frauds section of this Article (RCW 62A.2-201) and as contradicting the sale aspect of the contract within the provisions of this Article on parol or extrinsic evidence (RCW 62A.2-202).
[2000 c 250 § 9A-805; 1965 ex.s. c 157 § 2-326. Cf. former RCW 63.04.200(3); 1925 ex.s. c 142 § 19; RRS § 5836-19.]
NOTES:
Effective date—2000 c 250: See RCW 62A.9A-701.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 62A - Uniform Commercial Code › 62A.2 Sales. › 62A.2-327 - Special incidents of sale on approval and sale or return.

RCW 62A.2-327
Special incidents of sale on approval and sale or return.
(1) Under a sale on approval unless otherwise agreed
(a) although the goods are identified to the contract the risk of loss and the title do not pass to the buyer until acceptance; and
(b) use of the goods consistent with the purpose of trial is not acceptance but failure seasonably to notify the seller of election to return the goods is acceptance, and if the goods conform to the contract acceptance of any part is acceptance of the whole; and
(c) after due notification of election to return, the return is at the seller's risk and expense but a merchant buyer must follow any reasonable instructions.
(2) Under a sale or return unless otherwise agreed
(a) the option to return extends to the whole or any commercial unit of the goods while in substantially their original condition, but must be exercised seasonably; and
(b) the return is at the buyer's risk and expense.
[1965 ex.s. c 157 § 2-327. Cf. former RCW 63.04.200(3); 1925 ex.s. c 142 § 19; RRS § 5836-19.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 62A - Uniform Commercial Code › 62A.2 Sales. › 62A.2-328 - Sale by auction.

RCW 62A.2-328
Sale by auction.
(1) In a sale by auction if goods are put up in lots each lot is the subject of a separate sale.
(2) A sale by auction is complete when the auctioneer so announces by the fall of the hammer or in other customary manner. Where a bid is made while the hammer is falling in acceptance of a prior bid the auctioneer may in his or her discretion reopen the bidding or declare the goods sold under the bid on which the hammer was falling.
(3) Such a sale is with reserve unless the goods are in explicit terms put up without reserve. In an auction with reserve, the auctioneer may withdraw the goods at any time until he or she announces completion of the sale. In an auction without reserve, after the auctioneer calls for bids on an article or lot, that article or lot cannot be withdrawn unless no bid is made within a reasonable time. In either case a bidder may retract his or her bid until the auctioneer's announcement of completion of the sale, but a bidder's retraction does not revive any previous bid.
(4) If the auctioneer knowingly receives a bid on the seller's behalf or the seller makes or procures such a bid, and notice has not been given that liberty for such bidding is reserved, the buyer may at his or her option avoid the sale or take the goods at the price of the last good faith bid prior to the completion of the sale. This subsection shall not apply to any bid at a forced sale.
[ 2013 c 23 § 140; 1965 ex.s. c 157 § 2-328. Cf. former RCW 63.04.220; 1925 ex.s. c 142 § 21; RRS § 5836-21.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 62A - Uniform Commercial Code › 62A.2 Sales. › 62A.2-401 - Passing of title; reservation for security; limited application of this section.

RCW 62A.2-401
Passing of title; reservation for security; limited application of this section.
Each provision of this Article with regard to the rights, obligations and remedies of the seller, the buyer, purchasers or other third parties applies irrespective of title to the goods except where the provision refers to such title. Insofar as situations are not covered by the other provisions of this Article and matters concerning title become material the following rules apply:
(1) Title to goods cannot pass under a contract for sale prior to their identification to the contract (RCW 62A.2-501), and unless otherwise explicitly agreed the buyer acquires by their identification a special property as limited by this title. Any retention or reservation by the seller of the title (property) in goods shipped or delivered to the buyer is limited in effect to a reservation of a security interest. Subject to these provisions and to the provisions of the Article on Secured Transactions (Article 9A), title to goods passes from the seller to the buyer in any manner and on any conditions explicitly agreed on by the parties.
(2) Unless otherwise explicitly agreed title passes to the buyer at the time and place at which the seller completes his or her performance with reference to the physical delivery of the goods, despite any reservation of a security interest and even though a document of title is to be delivered at a different time or place; and in particular and despite any reservation of a security interest by the bill of lading:
(a) If the contract requires or authorizes the seller to send the goods to the buyer but does not require him or her to deliver them at destination, title passes to the buyer at the time and place of shipment; but
(b) If the contract requires delivery at destination, title passes on tender there.
(3) Unless otherwise explicitly agreed where delivery is to be made without moving the goods:
(a) If the seller is to deliver a tangible document of title, title passes at the time when and the place where he or she delivers such documents and if the seller is to deliver an electronic document of title, title passes when the seller delivers the document; or
(b) If the goods are at the time of contracting already identified and no documents of title are to be delivered, title passes at the time and place of contracting.
(4) A rejection or other refusal by the buyer to receive or retain the goods, whether or not justified, or a justified revocation of acceptance revests title to the goods in the seller. Such revesting occurs by operation of law and is not a "sale."
[ 2012 c 214 § 806; 1965 ex.s. c 157 § 2-401. Cf. former RCW sections: RCW 63.04.180 through 63.04.210; 1925 ex.s. c 142 §§ 17 through 20; RRS § 5836-17 through 5836-20.]
NOTES:
Application—Savings—2012 c 214: See notes following RCW 62A.1-101.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 62A - Uniform Commercial Code › 62A.2 Sales. › 62A.2-402 - Rights of seller's creditors against sold goods.

RCW 62A.2-402
Rights of seller's creditors against sold goods.
(1) Except as provided in subsections (2) and (3) of this section, rights of unsecured creditors of the seller with respect to goods which have been identified to a contract for sale are subject to the buyer's rights to recover the goods under this Article (RCW 62A.2-502 and RCW 62A.2-716).
(2) A creditor of the seller may treat a sale or an identification of goods to a contract for sale as void if as against him or her a retention of possession by the seller is fraudulent under any rule of law of the state where the goods are situated, except that retention of possession in good faith and current course of trade by a merchant-seller for a commercially reasonable time after a sale or identification is not fraudulent.
(3) Nothing in this Article shall be deemed to impair the rights of creditors of the seller:
(a) Under the provisions of the Article on Secured Transactions (Article 9A); or
(b) Where identification to the contract or delivery is made not in current course of trade but in satisfaction of or as security for a preexisting claim for money, security, or the like and is made under circumstances which under any rule of law of the state where the goods are situated would apart from this Article constitute the transaction a fraudulent transfer or voidable preference.
[ 2013 c 23 § 141; 1965 ex.s. c 157 § 2-402. Subd. (2) cf. former RCW sections: (i) RCW 63.04.270; 1925 ex.s. c 142 § 26; RRS § 5836-26. (ii) RCW 63.08.040; 1953 c 247 § 3; 1943 c 98 § 1, part; 1939 c 122 § 1, part; 1925 ex.s. c 135 § 2, part; Rem. Supp. 1943 § 5832, part; prior: 1901 c 109 § 1, part.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 62A - Uniform Commercial Code › 62A.2 Sales. › 62A.2-403 - Power to transfer; good faith purchase of goods; "entrusting".

RCW 62A.2-403
Power to transfer; good faith purchase of goods; "entrusting".
(1) A purchaser of goods acquires all title which his or her transferor had or had power to transfer except that a purchaser of a limited interest acquires rights only to the extent of the interest purchased. A person with voidable title has power to transfer a good title to a good faith purchaser for value. When goods have been delivered under a transaction of purchase the purchaser has such power even though
(a) the transferor was deceived as to the identity of the purchaser, or
(b) the delivery was in exchange for a check which is later dishonored, or
(c) it was agreed that the transaction was to be a "cash sale".
(2) Any entrusting of possession of goods to a merchant who deals in goods of that kind gives him or her power to transfer all rights of the entruster to a buyer in ordinary course of business.
(3) "Entrusting" includes any delivery and any acquiescence in retention of possession regardless of any condition expressed between the parties to the delivery or acquiescence and regardless of whether the procurement of the entrusting or the possessor's disposition of the goods have been such as to be larcenous under the criminal law.
(4) The rights of other purchasers of goods and of lien creditors are governed by the Articles on Secured Transactions (*Article 9) and Documents of Title (Article 7).
[1993 c 395 § 6-103; 1967 c 114 § 8; 1965 ex.s. c 157 § 2-403. Cf. former RCW sections: (i) RCW 61.20.090; 1943 c 71 § 9; Rem. Supp. 1943 § 11548-38. (ii) RCW 63.04.210(4); 1925 ex.s. c 142 § 20; RRS § 5836-20. (iii) RCW 63.04.240; 1925 ex.s. c 142 § 23; RRS § 5836-23. (iv) RCW 63.04.250; 1925 ex.s. c 142 § 24; RRS § 5836-24. (v) RCW 63.04.260; 1925 ex.s. c 142 § 25; RRS § 5836-25. (vi) RCW 65.08.040; Code 1881 § 2327; 1863 p 413 § 4; 1854 p 404 § 4; RRS § 5827.]
NOTES:
*Reviser's note: Article 62A.9 RCW was repealed in its entirety by 2000 c 250 § 9A-901, effective July 1, 2001. For later enactment, see Article 62A.9A RCW.
Emergency—Effective date—1967 c 114: See note following RCW 62A.4-406.
Restoration of stolen property: RCW 10.79.050.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 62A - Uniform Commercial Code › 62A.2 Sales. › 62A.2-501 - Insurable interest in goods; manner of identification of goods.

RCW 62A.2-501
Insurable interest in goods; manner of identification of goods.
(1) The buyer obtains a special property and an insurable interest in goods by identification of existing goods as goods to which the contract refers even though the goods so identified are nonconforming and he or she has an option to return or reject them. Such identification can be made at any time and in any manner explicitly agreed to by the parties. In the absence of explicit agreement, identification occurs:
(a) When the contract is made if it is for the sale of goods already existing and identified;
(b) If the contract is for the sale of future goods other than those described in (c) of this subsection, when goods are shipped, marked, or otherwise designated by the seller as goods to which the contract refers;
(c) When the crops are planted or otherwise become growing crops or the young are conceived if the contract is for the sale of unborn young to be born within twelve months after contracting or for the sale of crops to be harvested within twelve months or the next normal harvest season after contracting whichever is longer.
(2) The seller retains an insurable interest in goods so long as title to or any security interest in the goods remains in him or her and where the identification is by the seller alone he or she may until default or insolvency or notification to the buyer that the identification is final substitute other goods for those identified.
(3) Nothing in this section impairs any insurable interest recognized under any other statute or rule of law.
[ 2013 c 23 § 142; 1965 ex.s. c 157 § 2-501. Cf. former RCW sections: (i) RCW 63.04.180; 1925 ex.s. c 142 § 17; RRS § 5836-17. (ii) RCW 63.04.200; 1925 ex.s. c 142 § 19; RRS § 5836-19.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 62A - Uniform Commercial Code › 62A.2 Sales. › 62A.2-502 - Buyer's right to goods on seller's insolvency.

RCW 62A.2-502
Buyer's right to goods on seller's insolvency.
(1) Subject to subsections (2) and (3) of this section and even though the goods have not been shipped, a buyer who has paid a part or all of the price of goods in which he or she has a special property under the provisions of the immediately preceding section may on making and keeping good a tender of any unpaid portion of their price recover them from the seller if:
(a) In the case of goods bought for personal, family, or household purposes, the seller repudiates or fails to deliver as required by the contract; or
(b) In all cases, the seller becomes insolvent within ten days after receipt of the first installment on their price.
(2) The buyer's right to recover the goods under subsection (1)(a) of this section vests upon acquisition of a special property, even if the seller had not then repudiated or failed to deliver.
(3) If the identification creating his or her special property has been made by the buyer, he or she acquires the right to recover the goods only if they conform to the contract for sale.
[ 2013 c 23 § 143; 2000 c 250 § 9A-806; 1965 ex.s. c 157 § 2-502. Cf. former RCW sections: RCW 63.04.180 through 63.04.200; 1925 ex.s. c 142 §§ 17 through 19; RRS §§ 5836-17 through 5836-19.]
NOTES:
Effective date—2000 c 250: See RCW 62A.9A-701.