Maine Revised Statutes Title 11 Sec. 9-1405 – Modification of assigned contract
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(1). A modification of or substitution for an assigned contract is effective against an assignee if made in good faith. The assignee acquires corresponding rights under the modified or substituted contract. The assignment may provide that the modification or substitution is a breach of contract by the assignor. This subsection is subject to subsections (2) through (4).
[PL 1999, c. 699, Pt. A, §2 (NEW); PL 1999, c. 699, Pt. A, §4 (AFF).]
Terms Used In Maine Revised Statutes Title 11 Sec. 9-1405
- Account: includes health-care-insurance receivables. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 11 Sec. 9-1102
- Account debtor: means a person obligated on an account, chattel paper or general intangible. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 11 Sec. 9-1102
- Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
- Debtor: means :
(a). See Maine Revised Statutes Title 11 Sec. 9-1102Health-care-insurance receivable: means an interest in or claim under a policy of insurance that is a right to payment of a monetary obligation for health-care goods or services provided or to be provided. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 11 Sec. 9-1102 Obligation: An order placed, contract awarded, service received, or similar transaction during a given period that will require payments during the same or a future period.
(2). Subsection (1) applies to the extent that:
(a). The right to payment or a part thereof under an assigned contract has not been fully earned by performance; or [PL 1999, c. 699, Pt. A, §2 (NEW); PL 1999, c. 699, Pt. A, §4 (AFF).]
(b). The right to payment or a part thereof has been fully earned by performance and the account debtor has not received notification of the assignment under section 9?1406, subsection (1). [PL 1999, c. 699, Pt. A, §2 (NEW); PL 1999, c. 699, Pt. A, §4 (AFF).]
[PL 1999, c. 699, Pt. A, §2 (NEW); PL 1999, c. 699, Pt. A, §4 (AFF).]
(3). This section is subject to law other than this Article that establishes a different rule for an account debtor who is an individual and who incurred the obligation primarily for personal, family or household purposes.
[PL 1999, c. 699, Pt. A, §2 (NEW); PL 1999, c. 699, Pt. A, §4 (AFF).]
(4). This section does not apply to an assignment of a health-care-insurance receivable.
[PL 1999, c. 699, Pt. A, §2 (NEW); PL 1999, c. 699, Pt. A, §4 (AFF).]
SECTION HISTORY
PL 1999, c. 699, §A2 (NEW). PL 1999, c. 699, §A4 (AFF).