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Cal. Com. Code § 2609

Breach, Repudiation and Excuse

Known as the Uniform Commercial Code

The act spans §§ 1101–12107 (623 sections).

Applied in 5 court decisions — leading case Student Loan Marketing Ass'n v. Hanes (1998)

Most recently applied in Kyocera Corporation v. Prudential-Bache Trade Services Inc (July 2002)

Enacted by Stats. 1963, Ch. 819.

How often courts cite this section

19922000200220
citing decisions per year

Court decisions citing this, by year. The dip in the last several years is a data-coverage gap, not a real trend — our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so recent citations are undercounted.

(1) A contract for sale imposes an obligation on each party that the other’s expectation of receiving due performance will not be impaired. When reasonable grounds for insecurity arise with respect to the performance of either party the other may in writing demand adequate assurance of due performance and until he receives such assurance may if commercially reasonable suspend any performance for which he has not already received the agreed return.

(2) Between merchants the reasonableness of grounds for insecurity and the adequacy of any assurance offered shall be determined according to commercial standards.

(3) Acceptance of any improper delivery or payment does not prejudice the aggrieved party’s right to demand adequate assurance of future performance.

(4) After receipt of a justified demand failure to provide within a reasonable time not exceeding 30 days such assurance of due performance as is adequate under the circumstances of the particular case is a repudiation of the contract.

Official source: California Legislative Information. Reproduced from public-domain California statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.