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§12A-2A-219.
§12A-2A-219.
RISK OF LOSS
(1) Except in the case of a finance lease, risk of loss is retained by
the lessor and does not pass to the lessee. In the case of a finance
lease, risk of loss passes to the lessee.
(2) Subject to the provisions of this article on the effect of default
on risk of loss (Section 29 of this act), if risk of loss is to pass
to the lessee and the time of passage is not stated, the following
rules apply:
(a) If the lease contract requires or authorizes the goods to be
shipped by carrier:
(i) and it does not require delivery at a particular destination, the
risk of loss passes to the lessee when the goods are duly delivered to
the carrier; but
(ii) if it does require delivery at a particular destination and the
goods are there duly tendered while in the possession of the carrier,
the risk of loss passes to the lessee when the goods are there duly so
tendered as to enable the lessee to take delivery.
(b) If the goods are held by a bailee to be delivered without being
moved, the risk of loss passes to the lessee on acknowledgment by the
bailee of the lessee's right to possession of the goods.
(c) In any case not within paragraph (a) or (b) of this subsection,
the risk of loss passes to the lessee on the lessee's receipt of the
goods if the lessor, or, in the case of a finance lease, the supplier,
is a merchant; otherwise the risk passes to the lessee on tender of
delivery.
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