(1) Under an installment lease contract a lessee may reject any delivery that is nonconforming if the nonconformity substantially impairs the value of that delivery and cannot be cured or the nonconformity is a defect in the required documents; but if the nonconformity does not fall within subsection (2) of this section and the lessor or the supplier gives adequate assurance of its cure, the lessee must accept that delivery.

(2) Whenever nonconformity or default with respect to one or more deliveries substantially impairs the value of the installment lease contract as a whole there is a default with respect to the whole. But, the aggrieved party reinstates the installment lease contract as a whole if the aggrieved party accepts a nonconforming delivery without seasonably notifying of cancellation or brings an action with respect only to past deliveries or demands performance as to future deliveries.

Terms Used In South Dakota Codified Laws 57A-2A-510

  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • Installment lease contract: means a lease contract that authorizes or requires the delivery of goods in separate lots to be separately accepted, even though the lease contract contains a clause "each delivery is a separate lease" or its equivalent. 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
  • Lease contract: means the total legal obligation that results from the lease agreement as affected by this chapter and any other applicable rules of law. See South Dakota Codified Laws 57A-2A-103
  • 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
  • Supplier: means a person from whom a lessor buys or leases goods to be leased under a finance lease. See South Dakota Codified Laws 57A-2A-103

Source: SL 1989, ch 419, § 1.

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