Ark. Code Ann. § 4-2-102 (2026)
Scope — Certain security and other transactions excluded from chapter
Unless the context otherwise requires, this chapter applies to transactions in goods; it does not apply to any transaction which although in the form of an unconditional contract to sell or present sale is intended to operate only as a security transaction nor does this chapter impair or repeal any statute regulating sales to consumers, farmers or other specified classes of buyers.
History. Acts 1961, No. 185, § 2-102; A.S.A. 1947, § 85-2-102.
Research References
ALR.
Applicability of UCC Article 2 to Mixed Contracts for Sale of Consumer Goods and Services. 1 A.L.R.7th Art. 3 (2015).
Applicability of UCC Article 2 to Mixed Contracts for Sale of Goods and Services: Distributorship, Franchise, and Similar Business Contracts. 8 A.L.R.7th Art. 4 (2015).
Applicability of UCC Article 2 to Mixed Contracts for Sale of Business Goods and Services: Manufacturing, Construction, and Similar Contracts. 15 A.L.R.7th Art. 7 (2015).
Applicability of UCC Article 2 to Mixed Contracts for Sale of Business Goods and Services: Computer Software, Systems, and Similar Contracts. 19 A.L.R.7th Art. 6 (2018).
Sale of Business as Subject to Article 2 of Uniform Commercial Code. 20 A.L.R.7th Art. 1 (2018).
Applicability of UCC Article 2 to Mixed Contracts for Sale of Business Goods and Services Other Than Distributorship, Computer, Manufacturing, Construction, and Similar Contacts. 25 A.L.R.7th Art. 4 (2018).
Computer Software Sales and Licenses as Subject to Article 2 of Uniform Commercial Code. 26 A.L.R.7th Art. 10 (2018).
Case Notes
Contract for Services.
Since this section limits the application of § 4-2-210 to contracts involving the sale of goods, § 4-2-210 was not applicable to contract between general contractor and subcontractor for plumbing work. Newton v. Merchants & Farmers Bank, 11 Ark. App. 167, 668 S.W.2d 51 (1984).
Where the series of agreements at issue was not predominantly for the sale of goods, but was rather for services and the use of a trademark, the Uniform Commercial Code (as enacted by Arkansas) did not apply. JRT Inc. v. TCBY Sys., 52 F.3d 734 (8th Cir. 1995).
Lease Agreement.
Assuming that the provisions of the Uniform Commercial Code applied to the lease of a skid-steer loader used for landscaping, an exculpatory clause contained in the lease agreement stating that the leasing company was not responsible for injuries sustained in the use of the loader was not unconscionable. Jordan v. Diamond Equip. & Supply Co., 362 Ark. 142, 207 S.W.3d 525 (2005).
Cited: Sawyer v. Pioneer Leasing Corp., 244 Ark. 943, 428 S.W.2d 46 (1968); Unlaub Co. v. Sexton, 568 F.2d 72 (8th Cir. 1977); Walt Bennett Ford, Inc. v. Dyer, 4 Ark. App. 354, 631 S.W.2d 312 (1982); Heating & Air Specialists, Inc. v. Jones, 180 F.3d 923 (8th Cir. 1999).