(1) After default by the lessee under the lease contract of the type described in Section 55-2A-523 (1) NMSA 1978 or 55-2A-523 (3)(a) NMSA 1978 or, if agreed, after other default by the lessee, the lessor may:
(a) identify to the lease contract conforming goods not already identified if at the time the lessor learned of the default they were in the lessor's or the supplier's possession or control; and
(b) dispose of goods (Section 55-2A-527 (1) NMSA 1978) that demonstrably have been intended for the particular lease contract even though those goods are unfinished.
(2) If the goods are unfinished, in the exercise of reasonable commercial judgment for the purposes of avoiding loss and of effective realization, an aggrieved lessor or the supplier may either complete manufacture and wholly identify the goods to the lease contract or cease manufacture and lease, sell or otherwise dispose of the goods for scrap or salvage value or proceed in any other reasonable manner.
UCC Official Comments © by ALI & the NCCUSL. Reproduced with permission of the PEB for the UCC. All rights reserved.
Uniform Statutory Source: — Section 2-704 [ 55-2-704 NMSA 1978].
Changes: — Revised to reflect leasing practices and terminology.
"Aggrieved party". Section 1-201(2) [ 55-1-201 NMSA 1978].
"Conforming". Section 2A-103(1)(d) [ 55-2A-103 NMSA 1978].
"Goods". Section 2A-103(1)(h) [ 55-2A-103 NMSA 1978].
"Learn". Section 1-201(25) [ 55-1-201 NMSA 1978].
"Lease". Section 2A-103(1)(j) [ 55-2A-103 NMSA 1978].
"Lease contract". Section 2A-103(1)(l) [ 55-2A-103 NMSA 1978].
"Lessor". Section 2A-103(1)(p) [ 55-2A-103 NMSA 1978].
"Rights". Section 1-201(36) [ 55-1-201 NMSA 1978].
"Supplier". Section 2A-103(1)(x) [ 55-2A-103 NMSA 1978].
"Value". Section 1-201(44) [ 55-1-201 NMSA 1978].