Section 2-A-509. Lessee's Rights on Improper Delivery: Rightful

Terms Used In N.Y. Uniform Commercial Code 2-A-509

  • Commercial unit: means such a unit of goods as by commercial

    usage is a single whole for purposes of lease and division of

    which materially impairs its character or value on the market

    or in use. See N.Y. Uniform Commercial Code 2-A-103
  • 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 2-A-309), 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 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

Rejection.

(1) Subject to the provisions of Section 2-A-510 on default in installment lease contracts, if the goods or the tender or delivery fail in any respect to conform to the lease contract, the lessee may reject or accept the goods or accept any commercial unit or units and reject the rest of the goods.

(2) Rejection of goods is ineffective unless it is within a reasonable time after tender or delivery of the goods and the lessee seasonably notifies the lessor.