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Florida Statutes (Last Updated: April 21, 2021) |
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TITLE XXXIX. COMMERCIAL RELATIONS |
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CHAPTER 671. UNIFORM COMMERCIAL CODE: GENERAL PROVISIONS |
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PART I. SHORT TITLE, CONSTRUCTION, APPLICATION, AND SUBJECT MATTER |
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- 1(1) 2This code shall be liberally construed and applied to promote its underlying purposes and policies, which are:19(a) 20To simplify, clarify, and modernize the law governing commercial transactions.30(b) 31To permit the continued expansion of commercial practices through custom, usage, and agreement of the parties.47(c) 48To make uniform the law among the various jurisdictions.57(2)(a) 58Except as otherwise provided in this code, the effect of provisions of this code may be varied by agreement.77(b) 78The obligations of good faith, diligence, reasonableness, and care prescribed by this code may not be disclaimed by agreement, but the parties may by agreement determine the standards by which the performance of such obligations is to be measured if such standards are not manifestly unreasonable. Whenever this code requires an action to be taken within a reasonable time, a time that is not manifestly unreasonable may be fixed by agreement.149(c) 150The presence in certain provisions of this code of the words “unless otherwise agreed” or words of similar import does not imply that the effect of other provisions may not be varied by agreement under this subsection.187(3) 188In this code, unless the context otherwise requires:196(a) 197Words in the singular include the plural, and words in the plural include the singular.212(b) 213Words of either gender also refer to the other gender.
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Note.-s. 1-102, U.C.C.; supersedes ss. 678.53, 614.31.
