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N.Y. UCC Law § 2-A-219

This is the official text of N.Y. UCC Law § 2-A-219, 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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Risk of Loss

Official statutory text

Section 2-A-219. Risk of Loss.\n (1) Except in the case of a finance lease, risk of loss is retained by\nthe lessor and does not pass to the lessee. In the case of a finance\nlease, risk of loss passes to the lessee.\n (2) Subject to the provisions of this Article on the effect of default\non risk of loss (Section 2-A-220), if risk of loss is to pass to the\nlessee and the time of passage is not stated, the following rules apply:\n (a) if the lease contract requires or authorizes the goods to be\n shipped by carrier:\n (i) and it does not require delivery at a particular\n destination, the risk of loss passes to the lessee when\n the goods are duly delivered to the carrier; but\n (ii) if it does require delivery at a particular destination\n and the goods are there duly tendered while in the\n possession of the carrier, the risk of loss passes to the\n lessee when the goods are there duly so tendered as to\n enable the lessee to take delivery.\n (b) if the goods are held by a bailee to be delivered without\n being moved, the risk of loss passes to the lessee on\n acknowledgment by the bailee of the lessee's right to\n possession of the goods.\n (c) in any case not within paragraph (a) or (b), the risk of loss\n passes to the lessee on the lessee's receipt of the goods if\n the lessor, or, in the case of a finance lease, the supplier,\n is a merchant; otherwise the risk passes to the lessee on\n tender of delivery.\n

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