(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.
History: 1978 Comp., § 55-2A-524, enacted by Laws 1992, ch. 114, § 79.
OFFICIAL COMMENTS
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].
Effective dates. — Laws 1992, ch. 114, § 238 made Laws 1992, ch. 114, § 79 effective July 1, 1992.
Structure New Mexico Statutes
Chapter 55 - Uniform Commercial Code
Section 55-2A-501 - Default; procedure.
Section 55-2A-502 - Notice after default.
Section 55-2A-503 - Modification or impairment of rights and remedies.
Section 55-2A-504 - Liquidation of damages.
Section 55-2A-506 - Statute of limitations.
Section 55-2A-507 - Proof of market rent; time and place.
Section 55-2A-508 - Lessee's remedies.
Section 55-2A-509 - Lessee's rights on improper delivery; rightful rejection.
Section 55-2A-510 - Installment lease contracts; rejection and default.
Section 55-2A-511 - Merchant lessee's duties as to rightfully rejected goods.
Section 55-2A-512 - Lessee's duties as to rightfully rejected goods.
Section 55-2A-513 - Cure by lessor of improper tender or delivery; replacement.
Section 55-2A-514 - Waiver of lessee's objections.
Section 55-2A-515 - Acceptance of goods.
Section 55-2A-517 - Revocation of acceptance of goods.
Section 55-2A-518 - Cover; substitute goods.
Section 55-2A-520 - Lessee's incidental and consequential damages.
Section 55-2A-521 - Lessee's right to specific performance or replevin.
Section 55-2A-522 - Lessee's right to goods on lessor's insolvency.
Section 55-2A-523 - Lessor's remedies.
Section 55-2A-524 - Lessor's right to identify goods to lease contract.
Section 55-2A-525 - Lessor's right to possession of goods.
Section 55-2A-526 - Lessor's stoppage of delivery in transit or otherwise.
Section 55-2A-527 - Lessor's rights to dispose of goods.
Section 55-2A-529 - Lessor's action for the rent.
Section 55-2A-530 - Lessor's incidental damages.
Section 55-2A-531 - Standing to sue third parties for injury to goods.