(1) If the court as a matter of law finds a lease contract or any clause of a lease contract to have been unconscionable at the time it was made the court may refuse to enforce the lease contract, or it may enforce the remainder of the lease contract without the unconscionable clause, or it may so limit the application of any unconscionable clause as to avoid any unconscionable result.
(2) With respect to a consumer lease, if the court as a matter of law finds that a lease contract or any clause of a lease contract has been induced by unconscionable conduct or that unconscionable conduct has occurred in the collection of a claim arising from a lease contract, the court may grant appropriate relief.
(3) Before making a finding of unconscionability under subsection (1) or (2), the court, on its own motion or that of a party, shall afford the parties a reasonable opportunity to present evidence as to the setting, purpose, and effect of the lease contract or clause thereof, or of the conduct.
(4) In an action in which the lessee claims unconscionability with respect to a consumer lease:
(a) If the court finds unconscionability under subsection (1) or (2), the court shall award reasonable attorney's fees to the lessee.
(b) If the court does not find unconscionability and the lessee claiming unconscionability has brought or maintained an action he or she knew to be groundless, the court shall award reasonable attorney's fees to the party against whom the claim is made.
(c) In determining attorney's fees, the amount of the recovery on behalf of the claimant under subsections (1) and (2) is not controlling.
Structure West Virginia Code
Chapter 46. Uniform Commercial Code
§46-2A-103. Definitions and Index of Definitions
§46-2A-104. Leases Subject to Other Law
§46-2A-105. Territorial Application of Article to Goods Covered by Certificate of Title
§46-2A-107. Waiver or Renunciation of Claim or Right After Default
§46-2A-109. Option to Accelerate at Will
§46-2A-202. Final Written Expression: Parol or Extrinsic Evidence
§46-2A-204. Formation in General
§46-2A-206. Offer and Acceptance in Formation of Lease Contract
§46-2A-208. Modification, Rescission and Waiver
§46-2A-209. Lessee Under Finance Lease as Beneficiary of Supply Contract
§46-2A-210. Express Warranties
§46-2A-212. Implied Warranty of Merchantability
§46-2A-213. Implied Warranty of Fitness for Particular Purpose
§46-2A-214. Exclusion or Modification of Warranties
§46-2A-215. Cumulation and Conflict of Warranties Express or Implied
§46-2A-216. Third-Party Beneficiaries of Express and Implied Warranties
§46-2A-218. Insurance and Proceeds
§46-2A-220. Effect of Default on Risk of Loss
§46-2A-221. Casualty to Identified Goods
§46-2A-301. Enforceability of Lease Contract
§46-2A-302. Title to and Possession of Goods
§46-2A-304. Subsequent Lease of Goods by Lessor
§46-2A-305. Sale or Sublease of Goods by Lessee
§46-2A-306. Priority of Certain Liens Arising by Operation of Law
§46-2A-308. Special Rights of Creditors
§46-2A-309. Lessor's and Lessee's Rights When Goods Become Fixtures
§46-2A-310. Lessor's and Lessee's Rights When Goods Become Accessions
§46-2A-311. Priority Subject to Subordination
§46-2A-401. Insecurity; Adequate Assurance of Performance
§46-2A-402. Anticipatory Repudiation
§46-2A-403. Retraction of Anticipatory Repudiation
§46-2A-404. Substituted Performance
§46-2A-405. Excused Performance
§46-2A-406. Procedure on Excused Performance
§46-2A-407. Irrevocable Promises; Finance Leases
§46-2A–501. Default; Procedure
§46-2A-502. Notice After Default
§46-2A-503. Modification or Impairment of Rights and Remedies
§46-2A-504. Liquidation of Damages
§46-2A-506. Statute of Limitations
§46-2A-507. Proof of Market Rent; Time and Place
§46-2A-509. Lessee's Rights on Improper Delivery; Rightful Rejection
§46-2A-510. Installment Lease Contracts; Rejection and Default
§46-2A-511. Merchant Lessee's Duties as to Rightfully Rejected Goods
§46-2A-512. Lessee's Duties as to Rightfully Rejected Goods
§46-2A-513. Cure by Lessor of Improper Tender or Delivery; Replacement
§46-2A-514. Waiver of Lessee's Objections
§46-2A-515. Acceptance of Goods
§46-2A-517. Revocation of Acceptance of Goods
§46-2A–518. Cover; Substitute Goods
§46-2A-520. Lessee's Incidental and Consequential Damages
§46-2A-521. Lessee's Right to Specific Performance or Replevin
§46-2A-522. Lessee's Right to Goods on Lessor's Insolvency
§46-2A-524. Lessor's Right to Identify Goods to Lease Contract
§46-2A-525. Lessor's Right to Possession of Goods
§46-2A-526. Lessor's Stoppage of Delivery in Transit or Otherwise
§46-2A–527. Lessor's Rights to Dispose of Goods
§46-2A–528. Lessor's Damages for Nonacceptance, Failure to Pay, Repudiation, or Other Default
§46-2A-529. Lessor's Action for the Rent
§46-2A-530. Lessor's Incidental Damages
§46-2A-531. Standing to Sue Third Parties for Injury to Goods