(1) There is in a lease contract a warranty that for the lease term no person holds a claim to or interest in the goods that arose from an act or omission of the lessor, other than a claim by way of infringement or the like, which will interfere with the lessee‘s enjoyment of its leasehold interest.
(2) Except in a finance lease there is in a lease contract by a lessor who is a merchant regularly dealing in goods of the kind a warranty that the goods are delivered free of the rightful claim of any person by way of infringement or the like.

Terms Used In Kentucky Statutes 355.2A-211

  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • Finance lease: means a lease with respect to which:
    1. See Kentucky Statutes 355.2A-103
  • Goods: means all things that are movable at the time of identification to the lease contract, or are fixtures (KRS §. See Kentucky Statutes 355.2A-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 Kentucky Statutes 355.2A-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 contract: means the total legal obligation that results from the lease agreement as affected by this article and any other applicable rules of law. See Kentucky Statutes 355.2A-103
  • Leasehold interest: means the interest of the lessor or the lessee under a lease contract. See Kentucky Statutes 355.2A-103
  • Lessee: means a person who acquires the right to possession and use of goods under a lease. See Kentucky Statutes 355.2A-103
  • Lessor: means a person who transfers the right to possession and use of goods under a lease. See Kentucky Statutes 355.2A-103
  • Supplier: means a person from whom a lessor buys or leases goods to be leased under a finance lease. See Kentucky Statutes 355.2A-103

(3) A lessee who furnishes specifications to a lessor or a supplier shall hold the lessor and the supplier harmless against any claim by way of infringement or the like that arises out of compliance with the specifications.
Effective: January 1, 1991
History: Created 1990 Ky. Acts ch. 363, sec. 20, effective January 1, 1991.