N.Y. Uniform Commercial Code 2-A-405 – Excused Performance
Section 2-A-405. Excused Performance.
Terms Used In N.Y. Uniform Commercial Code 2-A-405
- Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
- Finance lease: means a lease with respect to which: (i) the
lessor does not select, manufacture, or supply the goods;
(ii) the lessor acquires the goods or the right to possession
and use of the goods in connection with the lease; and (iii)
one of the following occurs: (A) the lessee receives a copy
of the contract by which the lessor acquired the goods or the
right to possession and use of the goods before signing the
lease contract; (B) the lessee's approval of the contract by
which the lessor acquired the goods or the right to
possession and use of the goods is a condition to
effectiveness of the lease contract; (C) the lessee, before
signing the lease contract, receives an accurate and complete
statement designating the promises and warranties, and any
disclaimers of warranties, limitations or modifications of
remedies, or liquidated damages, including those of any third
party, such as the manufacturer of the goods, provided to the
lessor by the person supplying the goods in connection with
or as part of the contract by which the lessor acquired the
goods or the right to possession and use of the goods; or (D)
if the lease is not a consumer lease, the lessor, before the
lessee signs the lease contract, informs the lessee in
writing (a) of the identity of the person supplying the goods
to the lessor, unless the lessee has selected that person and
directed the lessor to acquire the goods or the right to
possession and use of the goods from that person, (b) that
the lessee is entitled under this Article to the promises and
warranties, including those of any third party, provided to
the lessor by the person supplying the goods in connection
with or as part of the contract by which the lessor acquired
the goods or the right to possession and use of the goods,
and (c) that the lessee may communicate with the person
supplying the goods to the lessor and receive an accurate and
complete statement of those promises and warranties,
including any disclaimers and limitations of them or of
remedies. See N.Y. Uniform Commercial Code 2-A-103 - 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 N.Y. Uniform Commercial Code 2-A-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
- Lessee: means a person who acquires the right to possession
and use of goods under a lease. See N.Y. Uniform Commercial Code 2-A-103 - Lessor: means a person who transfers the right to possession
and use of goods under a lease. See N.Y. Uniform Commercial Code 2-A-103 - Supplier: means a person from whom a lessor buys or leases
goods to be leased under a finance lease. See N.Y. Uniform Commercial Code 2-A-103
(1) Subject to Section 2-A-404 on substituted performance, the following rules apply:
(a) delay in delivery or nondelivery in whole or in part by a
lessor or a supplier who complies with paragraph (b) and
subsection (2) is not a default under the lease contract 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 lease contract was made or by
compliance in good faith with any applicable foreign or
domestic governmental regulation or order, whether or not the
regulation or order later proves to be invalid.
(b) if the causes mentioned in paragraph (a) affect only part of
the lessor's or the supplier's capacity to perform, he or she
shall allocate production and deliveries among his or her
customers but at his or her option may include regular
customers not then under contract for sale or lease as well
as his or her own requirements for further manufacture. He or
she may so allocate in any manner that is fair and
reasonable.
(2) The lessor seasonably shall notify the lessee and in the case of a finance lease the supplier seasonably shall notify the lessor and the lessee, if known, that there will be delay or nondelivery and, if allocation is required under subsection (1) (b), of the estimated quota thus made available for the lessee.