Code of Alabama
Ala. Code § 7-2-309 (2026)
Absence of Specific Time Provisions; Notice of Termination.
✓ official Alabama Legislature (ALISON) text, current July 2026
(1) The time for shipment or delivery or any other action under a contract if not provided in this article or agreed upon shall be a reasonable time.
(2) Where the contract provides for successive performances but is indefinite in duration it is valid for a reasonable time but unless otherwise agreed may be terminated at any time by either party.
(3) Termination of a contract by one party except on the happening of an agreed event requires that reasonable notification be received by the other party and an agreement dispensing with notification is invalid if its operation would be unconscionable.
(Acts 1965, No. 549, p. 811.)
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 4
cases, 1980–1998 · leading case: Besco, Inc., as Assignee of B & W Sales Co. v. Alpha Portland Cement Co., 619 F.2d 447 (5th Cir. 1980).
Besco, Inc., as Assignee of B & W Sales Co. v. Alpha Portland Cement Co., 619 F.2d 447 (5th Cir. 1980). “Ala.Code § 7-2-309. Absence of specific time provisions; notice of termination.”
Oxford Furniture Companies v. Drexel Heritage Furnishings, Inc., 984 F.2d 1118 (11th Cir. 1993). “Drexel and Masco first argue that the district court should have instructed the jury that under Ala.Code § 7-2-309, Oxford was only entitled to damages that resulted from the lack of reasonable termination notice given to Oxford by Drexel.”
Intergraph Corp. v. Intel Corp., 3 F. Supp. 2d 1255 (N.D. Ala. 1998). “Code § 7-2-309; Cal. ' Comm.Code § 2309 (Official Comment 8) (emphasis added).”
Coker v. Jackson, 591 So. 2d 61 (Ala. 1991). “The judgment of the trial court is due to be affirmed on the authority of Alabama Code 1975, § 7-2-309; Jackie Fine Arts, Inc.”
— Ala. Code § 7-2-309(2) — 2 cases
Besco, Inc., as Assignee of B & W Sales Co. v. Alpha Portland Cement Co., 619 F.2d 447 (5th Cir. 1980). “Ala.Code § 7-2-309. Absence of specific time provisions; notice of termination.”
Oxford Furniture Companies v. Drexel Heritage Furnishings, Inc., 984 F.2d 1118 (11th Cir. 1993). “Drexel and Masco first argue that the district court should have instructed the jury that under Ala.Code § 7-2-309, Oxford was only entitled to damages that resulted from the lack of reasonable termination notice given to Oxford by Drexel.”
— Ala. Code § 7-2-309(3) — 1 case
Intergraph Corp. v. Intel Corp., 3 F. Supp. 2d 1255 (N.D. Ala. 1998). “Code § 7-2-309; Cal. ' Comm.Code § 2309 (Official Comment 8) (emphasis added).”
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