Arizona Laws 47-2A308. Special rights of creditors
A. A creditor of a lessor in possession of goods subject to a lease contract may treat the lease contract as void if as against the creditor retention of possession by the lessor is fraudulent under any statute or rule of law, but retention of possession in good faith and current course of trade by the lessor for a commercially reasonable time after the lease contract becomes enforceable is not fraudulent.
Terms Used In Arizona Laws 47-2A308
- Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
- Goods: means all things that are movable at the time of identification to the lease contract, or are fixtures (section 47-2A309), but the term does not include money, documents, instruments, accounts, chattel paper, general intangibles or minerals or the like, including oil and gas, before extraction. See Arizona Laws 47-2A103
- 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 Arizona Laws 47-2A103
- 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 contract: means the total legal obligation that results from the lease agreement as affected by this chapter and any other applicable rules of law. See Arizona Laws 47-2A103
- Lessee: means a person who acquires the right to possession and use of goods under a lease. See Arizona Laws 47-2A103
- Lessor: means a person who transfers the right to possession and use of goods under a lease. See Arizona Laws 47-2A103
- Statute: A law passed by a legislature.
B. Nothing in this chapter impairs the rights of creditors of a lessor if the lease contract becomes enforceable, 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 statute or rule of law apart from this chapter would constitute the transaction a fraudulent transfer or voidable preference.
C. A creditor of a seller may treat a sale or an identification of goods to a contract for sale as void if as against the creditor retention of possession by the seller is fraudulent under any statute or rule of law, but retention of possession of the goods pursuant to a lease contract entered into by the seller as lessee and the buyer as lessor in connection with the sale or identification of the goods is not fraudulent if the buyer bought for value and in good faith.