(1) Subject to the provisions of § 57A-2A-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.

Terms Used In South Dakota Codified Laws 57A-2A-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 South Dakota Codified Laws 57A-2A-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 (§. See South Dakota Codified Laws 57A-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 South Dakota Codified Laws 57A-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
  • Lessee: means a person who acquires the right to possession and use of goods under a lease. See South Dakota Codified Laws 57A-2A-103
  • Lessor: means a person who transfers the right to possession and use of goods under a lease. See South Dakota Codified Laws 57A-2A-103

Source: SL 1989, ch 419, § 1.

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