(a) Unless otherwise unambiguously indicated by the language or circumstances, an offer to make a lease contract must be construed as inviting acceptance in any manner and by any medium reasonable in the circumstances.
(b) If the beginning of a requested performance is a reasonable mode of acceptance, an offeror who is not notified of acceptance within a reasonable time may treat the offer as having lapsed before acceptance.
(July 22, 1992, D.C. Law 9-128, § 2(b), 39 DCR 3830.)
1981 Ed., § 28:2A-206.
Uniform Statutory Source:Section 2-206(1)(a) and (2).
Changes: Revised to reflect leasing practices and terminology.
Definitional Cross References: “Lease contract”. Section 2A-103(1)(l).
“Notifies”. Section 1-201(26).
“Reasonable time”. Section 1-204(1) and (2).
Structure District of Columbia Code
Title 28 - Commercial Instruments and Transactions. [Enacted title]
Subtitle I - Uniform Commercial Code
Part II - Formation and Construction of Lease Contract
§ 28:2A–201. Statute of frauds
§ 28:2A–202. Final written expression: parol or extrinsic evidence
§ 28:2A–203. Seals inoperative
§ 28:2A–204. Formation in general
§ 28:2A–206. Offer and acceptance in formation of lease contract
§ 28:2A–207. Course of performance or practical construction
§ 28:2A–208. Modification, rescission, and waiver
§ 28:2A–209. Lessee under finance lease as beneficiary of supply contract
§ 28:2A–210. Express warranties
§ 28:2A–212. Implied warranty of merchantability
§ 28:2A–213. Implied warranty of fitness for particular purpose
§ 28:2A–214. Exclusion or modification of warranties
§ 28:2A–215. Cumulation and conflict of warranties express or implied
§ 28:2A–216. Third party beneficiaries of express and implied warranties
§ 28:2A–218. Insurance and proceeds