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N.Y. UCC Law § 2-716

This is the official text of N.Y. UCC Law § 2-716, part of New York’s UCC Law — part of the compiled statutory law of New York, published by the state as "UCC Law." Browse the sections below, each linked to its official government source.

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Buyer's Right to Specific Performance or Replevin

Official statutory text

Section 2--716. Buyer's Right to Specific Performance or Replevin.\n (1) Specific performance may be decreed where the goods are unique or\nin other proper circumstances.\n (2) The decree for specific performance may include such terms and\nconditions as to payment of the price, damages, or other relief as the\ncourt may deem just.\n (3) The buyer has a right of replevin for goods identified to the\ncontract if after reasonable effort he is unable to effect cover for\nsuch goods or the circumstances reasonably indicate that such effort\nwill be unavailing or if the goods have been shipped under reservation\nand satisfaction of the security interest in them has been made or\ntendered. In the case of goods bought for personal, family or household\npurposes, the buyer's right of replevin vests upon acquisition of a\nspecial property, even if the seller had not then repudiated or failed\nto deliver.\n

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