(1)  Subject to the provisions of Section 70A-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.

Terms Used In Utah Code 70A-2a-509

  • Commercial unit: means a unit of goods which by commercial usage is a single whole for purposes of lease, and the division of which materially impairs its character or value on the market or in use. See Utah Code 70A-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 Utah Code 70A-2a-103
  • Lease: means a transfer of the right to possession and use of goods for a term, in return for consideration. See Utah Code 70A-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 Utah Code 70A-2a-103
  • Lessor: means a person who transfers the right to possession and use of goods under a lease. See Utah Code 70A-2a-103
(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.

Enacted by Chapter 197, 1990 General Session