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Ark. Code Ann. § 4-2-302

Unconscionable contract or clause

Known as the Uniform Commercial Code

The act spans §§ 4–4 (597 sections).

Applied in 3 court decisions — leading case Jordan v. Diamond Equipment & Supply Co. (2005)

Most recently applied in Jordan v. Diamond Equipment & Supply Co. (April 2005)

Acts 1961, No. 185, § 2-302; A.S.A. 1947, § 85-2-302.

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(1) If the court as a matter of law finds the contract or any clause of the contract to have been unconscionable at the time it was made the court may refuse to enforce the contract, or it may enforce the remainder of the contract without the unconscionable clause, or it may so limit the application of any unconscionable clause as to avoid any unconscionable result.

(2) When it is claimed or appears to the court that the contract or any clause thereof may be unconscionable the parties shall be afforded a reasonable opportunity to present evidence as to its commercial setting, purpose and effect to aid the court in making the determination.

Current official text: Arkansas General Assembly. Digitized from the UniCourt Code Improvement Commission public-domain capture. Reproduced from public-domain Arkansas statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.