California Code
Commercial Code - COM
DIVISION 10 - PERSONAL PROPERTY LEASES

CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions

Section 10101. - 10101. This division shall be known and may be cited...

Section 10102. - 10102. This division applies to any transaction, regardless of form,...

Section 10103. - 10103. (a) In this division, unless the context otherwise requires:...

Section 10104. - 10104. (a) A lease, although subject to this division, is...

Section 10105. - 10105. Subject to the provisions of subdivision (c) of Section...

Section 10106. - 10106. (a) If the law chosen by the parties to...

Section 10107. - 10107. Any claim or right arising out of an alleged...

CHAPTER 2 - Formation and Construction of Lease Contract

Section 10201. - 10201. (a) A lease contract is not enforceable by way...

Section 10202. - 10202. Terms with respect to which the confirmatory memoranda of...

Section 10204. - 10204. (a) A lease contract may be made in any...

Section 10205. - 10205. An offer by a merchant to lease goods to...

Section 10206. - 10206. (a) Unless otherwise unambiguously indicated by the language or...

Section 10208. - 10208. (a) An agreement modifying a lease contract needs no...

Section 10209. - 10209. (a) The benefit of a supplier’s promises to the...

Section 10210. - 10210. (a) Express warranties by the lessor are created as...

Section 10211. - 10211. (a) There is in a lease contract a warranty...

Section 10212. - 10212. (a) Except in a finance lease, a warranty that...

Section 10213. - 10213. Except in a finance lease, if the lessor at...

Section 10214. - 10214. (a) Words or conduct relevant to the creation of...

Section 10215. - 10215. Warranties, whether express or implied, must be construed as...

Section 10217. - 10217. Identification of goods as goods to which a lease...

Section 10218. - 10218. (a) A lessee obtains an insurable interest when existing...

Section 10219. - 10219. (a) Except in the case of a finance lease,...

Section 10220. - 10220. (a) Where risk of loss is to pass to...

Section 10221. - 10221. If a lease contract requires goods identified when the...

CHAPTER 3 - Effect of Lease Contract

Section 10301. - 10301. Except as otherwise provided in this division, a lease...

Section 10302. - 10302. Except as otherwise provided in this division, each provision...

Section 10303. - 10303. (a) As used in the section, “creation of a...

Section 10304. - 10304. (a) Subject to Section 10303, a subsequent lessee from...

Section 10305. - 10305. (a) Subject to the provisions of Section 10303, a...

Section 10306. - 10306. If a person in the ordinary course of his...

Section 10307. - 10307. (a) Except as otherwise provided in Section 10306, a...

Section 10308. - 10308. (a) A creditor of a lessor in possession of...

Section 10309. - 10309. (a) In this section: (1) Goods are “fixtures” when...

Section 10310. - 10310. (a) Goods are “accessions” when they are installed in...

Section 10311. - 10311. Nothing in this division prevents subordination by agreement by...

CHAPTER 4 - Performance of Leased Contract: Repudiated, Substituted, and Excused

Section 10401. - 10401. (a) A lease contract imposes an obligation on each...

Section 10402. - 10402. (a) If either party repudiates a lease contract, other...

Section 10403. - 10403. (a) Until the repudiating party’s next performance is due,...

Section 10404. - 10404. (a) If without fault of the lessee, the lessor,...

Section 10405. - 10405. Subject to Section 10404 on substituted performance, the following...

Section 10406. - 10406. (a) If the lessee receives notification of a material...

Section 10407. - 10407. (a) In the case of a finance lease that...

CHAPTER 5 - Default

ARTICLE 1 - In General

Section 10501. - 10501. (a) Whether the lessor or the lessee is in...

Section 10502. - 10502. Except as otherwise provided in this division or the...

Section 10503. - 10503. (a) Except as otherwise provided in this division, the...

Section 10504. - 10504. (a) Damages payable by either party for default, or...

Section 10505. - 10505. (a) On cancellation of the lease contract, all obligations...

Section 10506. - 10506. (a) An action for default under a lease contract,...

Section 10507. - 10507. (a) Damages based on market rent (Section 10519 or...

ARTICLE 2 - Default by Lessor

Section 10508. - 10508. (a) If a lessor fails to deliver the goods...

Section 10509. - 10509. (a) Subject to the provisions of Section 10510 on...

Section 10510. - 10510. (a) Under an installment lease contract, a lessee may...

Section 10511. - 10511. (a) Subject to any security interest of a lessee...

Section 10512. - 10512. (a) Except as otherwise provided with respect to goods...

Section 10513. - 10513. (a) If any tender or delivery by the lessor...

Section 10514. - 10514. (a) In rejecting goods, a lessee’s failure to state...

Section 10515. - 10515. (a) Acceptance of goods occurs after the lessee has...

Section 10516. - 10516. (a) A lessee must pay rent for any goods...

Section 10517. - 10517. (a) A lessee may revoke acceptance of a lot...

Section 10518. - 10518. (a) After a default by a lessor under the...

Section 10519. - 10519. (a) Except as otherwise provided with respect to damages...

Section 10520. - 10520. (a) Incidental damages resulting from a lessor’s default include...

Section 10521. - 10521. (a) Specific performance may be decreed if the goods...

Section 10522. - 10522. (a) Subject to subdivision (b) and even though the...

ARTICLE 3 - Default by Lessee

Section 10523. - 10523. (a) If a lessee wrongfully rejects or revokes acceptance...

Section 10524. - 10524. (a) After a default by the lessee under the...

Section 10525. - 10525. (a) If a lessor discovers the lessee to be...

Section 10526. - 10526. (a) A lessor may stop delivery of goods in...

Section 10527. - 10527. (a) After a default by a lessee under the...

Section 10528. - 10528. (a) Except as otherwise provided with respect to damages...

Section 10529. - 10529. (a) After default by the lessee under the lease...

Section 10530. - 10530. Incidental damages to an aggrieved lessor include any commercially...

Section 10531. - 10531. (a) If a third party so deals with goods...

Section 10532. - 10532. In addition to any other recovery permitted by this...

CHAPTER 6 - Transition Provisions

Section 10600. - 10600. This division shall apply to all lease contracts that...