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§12A-2-513.


§12A-2-513.
   
   (1) Unless otherwise agreed and subject to subsection (3), where goods
   are tendered or delivered or identified to the contract for sale, the
   buyer has a right before payment or acceptance to inspect them at any
   reasonable place and time and in any reasonable manner. When the
   seller is required or authorized to send the goods to the buyer, the
   inspection may be after their arrival.
   
   (2) Expenses of inspection must be borne by the buyer but may be
   recovered from the seller if the goods do not conform and are
   rejected.
   
   (3) Unless otherwise agreed and subject to the provisions of this
   article on C.I.F. contracts (subsection (3) of Section 2-321), the
   buyer is not entitled to inspect the goods before payment of the price
   when the contract provides
   
   (a) for delivery "C.O.D." or on other like terms; or
   
   (b) for payment against documents of title, except where such payment
   is due only after the goods are to become available for inspection.
   
   (4) A place or method of inspection fixed by the parties is presumed
   to be exclusive but unless otherwise expressly agreed it does not
   postpone identification or shift the place for delivery or for passing
   the risk of loss. If compliance becomes impossible, inspection shall
   be as provided in this section unless the place or method fixed was
   clearly intended as an indispensable condition failure of which avoids
   the contract.
   

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