1. Unless otherwise agreed, if delivered goods may be returned by the buyer even though they conform to the contract, the transaction is
a. a "sale on approval" if the goods are delivered primarily for use, and
b. a "sale or return" if the goods are delivered primarily for resale.
2. Except as provided in subsection 3, goods held on approval are not subject to the claims of the buyer's creditors until acceptance; goods held on sale or return are subject to such claims while in the buyer's possession.
3. Where goods are delivered to a person for sale and such person maintains a place of business at which that person deals in goods of the kind involved, under a name other than the name of the person making delivery, then with respect to claims of creditors of the person conducting the business the goods are deemed to be on sale or return. The provisions of this subsection are applicable even though an agreement purports to reserve title to the person making delivery until payment or resale or uses such words as "on consignment" or "on memorandum". However, this subsection is not applicable if the person making delivery
a. complies with an applicable law providing for a consignor's interest or the like to be evidenced by a sign, or
b. establishes that the person conducting the business is generally known by creditors of the person conducting the business to be substantially engaged in selling the goods of others, or
c. complies with the filing provisions of the Article on Secured Transactions (Article 9).
4. Any "or return" term of a contract for sale is to be treated as a separate contract for sale within the statute of frauds section of this Article (section 554.2201) and as contradicting the sale aspect of the contract within the provisions of this Article on parol or extrinsic evidence (section 554.2202).
[C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, § 9948; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, § 554.20; C66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, § 554.2326]
Referred to in § 554.1201, 554.2103, 554.9114, 554.13103
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