554.2609  Right to adequate assurance of performance.

1.  A contract for sale imposes an obligation on each party that the other's expectation of receiving due performance will not be impaired. When reasonable grounds for insecurity arise with respect to the performance of either party the other may in writing demand adequate assurance of due performance and until that party receives such assurance may if commercially reasonable suspend any performance for which that party has not already received the agreed return.

2.  Between merchants the reasonableness of grounds for insecurity and the adequacy of any assurance offered shall be determined according to commercial standards.

3.  Acceptance of any improper delivery or payment does not prejudice the aggrieved party's right to demand adequate assurance of future performance.

4.  After receipt of a justified demand failure to provide within a reasonable time not exceeding thirty days such assurance of due performance as is adequate under the circumstances of the particular case is a repudiation of the contract.

Section History: Early form

  [C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, § 9982-9984, 9992; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, § 554.54-554.56, 554.64; C66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, § 554.2609]

Internal References

  Referred to in § 554.2210, 554.2611


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