(a) After a default, by a lessee under the leasecontract, of the type described in Alaska Stat. § 45.12.523(a) or (c)(1) or after the lessor refuses to deliver or takes possession of goods under Alaska Stat. § 45.12.525 or 45.12.526, or, if agreed, after other default by a lessee, the lessor may dispose of the goods concerned or the undelivered balance of them by lease, sale, or otherwise.
Terms Used In Alaska Statutes 45.12.527
Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
lease: means a transfer of the right to possession and use of goods for a term in return for consideration, but a sale, including a sale on approval or a sale or return, or retention or creation of a security interest is not a lease. See Alaska Statutes 45.12.103
Lease: A contract transferring the use of property or occupancy of land, space, structures, or equipment in consideration of a payment (e.g., rent). Source: OCC
lease agreement: means the bargain, with respect to the lease, of the lessor and the lessee in fact as found in their language or by implication from other circumstances including course of dealing or usage of trade or course of performance as provided in this chapter. See Alaska Statutes 45.12.103
lease contract: means the total legal obligation that results from the lease agreement as affected by this chapter and other applicable rules of law. See Alaska Statutes 45.12.103
lessee: means a person who acquires the right to possession and use of goods under a lease. See Alaska Statutes 45.12.103
lessor: means a person who transfers the right to possession and use of goods under a lease. See Alaska Statutes 45.12.103
present value: means the amount as of a date certain of one or more sums payable in the future, discounted to the date certain. See Alaska Statutes 45.12.103
(b) Except as otherwise provided with respect to damages liquidated in the lease agreement under Alaska Stat. § 45.12.504 or otherwise determined under agreement of the parties under Alaska Stat. § 45.01.302 and Alaska Stat. § 45.12.503, if the disposition is by lease agreement substantially similar to the original lease agreement and the new lease agreement is made in good faith and in a commercially reasonable manner, the lessor may recover from the lessee as damages
(1) accrued and unpaid rent as of the date of the commencement of the term of the new lease agreement;(2) the present value, as of the same date, of the total rent for the then remaining lease term of the original lease agreement minus the present value, as of the same date, of the rent under the new lease agreement applicable to that period of the new lease term that is comparable to the then remaining term of the original lease agreement; and(3) incidental damages allowed under Alaska Stat. § 45.12.530, less expenses saved in consequence of the lessee’s default.(c) If the lessor’s disposition is by lease agreement that for any reason does not qualify for treatment under (b) of this section, or is by sale or otherwise, the lessor may recover from the lessee as if the lessor had elected not to dispose of the goods and Alaska Stat. § 45.12.528 governs.(d) A subsequent buyer or lessee who buys or leases from the lessor in good faith for value as a result of a disposition under this section takes the goods free of the original lease contract and any rights of the original lessee even though the lessor fails to comply with one or more of the requirements of this chapter.(e) The lessor is not accountable to the lessee for profit made on a disposition. A lessee who has rightfully rejected or justifiably revoked acceptance shall account to the lessor for any excess over the amount of the lessee’s security interest under Alaska Stat. § 45.12.508(e).
