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Cal. Commercial Code § 2602 (2026)

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(1)Rejection of goods must be within a reasonable time after their delivery or tender. It is ineffective unless the buyer seasonably notifies the seller.

(2)Subject to the provisions of the two following sections on rejected goods (Sections 2603 and 2604),

(a)After rejection any exercise of ownership by the buyer with respect to any commercial unit is wrongful as against the seller; and

(b)If the buyer has before rejection taken physical possession of goods in which he does not have a security interest under the provisions of this division (subdivision (3) of Section 2711), he is under a duty after rejection to hold them with reasonable care at the seller’s disposition for a time sufficient to permit the seller to remove them; but

(c)The buyer has no further obligations with regard to goods rightfully rejected.

(3)The seller’s rights with respect to goods wrongfully rejected are governed by the provisions of this division on seller’s remedies in general (Section 2703).

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 12 cases (5 in the last 5 years), 1992–2025 · leading case: Gorman v. Wolpoff & Abramson, LLP, 584 F.3d 1147 (9th Cir. 2009).
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Gorman v. Wolpoff & Abramson, LLP, 584 F.3d 1147 (9th Cir. 2009). · cites it 2× “See Cal. Com. Code § 2602 ("If the buyer has before rejection taken physical possession of the goods .”
Gorman v. Wolpoff & Abramson, LLP, 552 F.3d 1008 (9th Cir. 2009). · cites it 2× “See Cal. Com. Code § 2602 ("If the buyer has before rejection taken physical possession of the goods .”
Krotin v. Porsche Cars North Am., Inc., 95 Cal. Daily Op. Serv. 7333 (Cal. Ct. App. 1995). “2 Commercial Code section 2602, subdivision (1) provides: “Rejection of goods must be within a reasonable time after their delivery or tender.”
In Re Amica, Inc., 135 B.R. 534 (Bankr. N.D. Ill. 1992). “Cal.Comm.Code § 2602(2)(a). If a buyer exercises ownership over the goods, it has accepted the goods and must pay.”
China Nat'l Metal Prods. Imp./Exp. Co. v. Apex Digit., Inc., 141 F. Supp. 2d 1013 (C.D. Cal. 2001). · cites it 2× “See Cal. Com. Code §§ 2602 (c), 2608(3). The delivery of conforming goods is a condition to the buyer’s duty to accept and pay for them.”
Magic Link Garment Ltd. v. ThirdLove, Inc. (N.D. Cal. 2020). · cites it 2× “18 Absent any evidence that defendant timely communicated its rejection of the 19 remaining PO 542 bras, Cal. Comm. Code § 2602 (1), defendant’s apparent failure to do 20 so—coupled with its full payment for the PO 542 bras, Dkt.”
Gorman v. Wolpoff & Abramson (9th Cir. 2009). · cites it 3× “See Cal. Com. Code § 2602 (“If the buyer has before rejection taken physical possession of the goods .”
Diamondstar Ent. Holdings, LLC v. THH LLC (C.D. Cal. 2022). “Code § 1794 (b)(1) (describing damages for breach of an implied warranty 5 “[w]here the buyer has rightfully rejected or justifiably revoked acceptance of the 6 goods”); see generally Cal. Com. Code § 2602 (manner and effect of rightful 7 rejection); id.”
Coelho v. Hyundai Motor Am. (N.D. Cal. 2023). “HMA relies on California Commercial Code § 2602(1), which 13 states that “[r]ejection of goods must be within a reasonable time after their delivery or tender,” 14 but HMA cites no authority stating that the MMWA contains the same requirement.”
Soil Retention Prods., Inc. v. Brentwood Indus., Inc. (S.D. Cal. 2022). “27 COM. CODE § 2602(1) (providing that “[r]ejection of goods must be within a reasonable time after their delivery or tender” and “is ineffective unless the buyer seasonably notifies 28 1 receiving “further modified materials on August 14, 2019 and immediately report[ing] 2…”
Samarneh v. Mercedes-Benz USA, LLC (E.D. Cal. 2025). “(citing Cal. Comm. Code §§ 2602 , 2608). California 6 courts have indeed held that “a buyer who unreasonably delays might lose the right under the 7 Commercial Code to reject or revoke acceptance.”
Separ Plastik San. Ve Tic. Ltd. Sti v. Edris Plastics MFG., Inc. (C.D. Cal. 2025). “” Cal. Comm. Code § 2602 (2)(a)-(b). 26 7. Edris argued that California Commercial Code section 2603 should apply to 27 expand Edris’s rights in dispensing with the goods.”
— Cal. Commercial Code § 2602(1) — 2 cases
Coelho v. Hyundai Motor Am. (N.D. Cal. 2023). “HMA relies on California Commercial Code § 2602(1), which 13 states that “[r]ejection of goods must be within a reasonable time after their delivery or tender,” 14 but HMA cites no authority stating that the MMWA contains the same requirement.”
Soil Retention Prods., Inc. v. Brentwood Indus., Inc. (S.D. Cal. 2022). “27 COM. CODE § 2602(1) (providing that “[r]ejection of goods must be within a reasonable time after their delivery or tender” and “is ineffective unless the buyer seasonably notifies 28 1 receiving “further modified materials on August 14, 2019 and immediately report[ing] 2…”
— Cal. Commercial Code § 2602(2)(a) — 1 case
In Re Amica, Inc., 135 B.R. 534 (Bankr. N.D. Ill. 1992). “Cal.Comm.Code § 2602(2)(a). If a buyer exercises ownership over the goods, it has accepted the goods and must pay.”
— Cal. Commercial Code § 2602(2)(b) — 3 cases
Gorman v. Wolpoff & Abramson, LLP, 584 F.3d 1147 (9th Cir. 2009). “See Cal. Com. Code § 2602 ("If the buyer has before rejection taken physical possession of the goods .”
Gorman v. Wolpoff & Abramson, LLP, 552 F.3d 1008 (9th Cir. 2009). “See Cal. Com. Code § 2602 ("If the buyer has before rejection taken physical possession of the goods .”
Gorman v. Wolpoff & Abramson (9th Cir. 2009). “See Cal. Com. Code § 2602 (“If the buyer has before rejection taken physical possession of the goods .”
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