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The 2024 Florida Statutes

Title XXXIX
COMMERCIAL RELATIONS

Chapter 671
UNIFORM COMMERCIAL CODE: GENERAL PROVISIONS

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F.S. 671.102

671.102 Purposes; rules of construction; variation by agreement.—

(1) This code shall be liberally construed and applied to promote its underlying purposes and policies, which are:

(a) To simplify, clarify, and modernize the law governing commercial transactions.

(b) To permit the continued expansion of commercial practices through custom, usage, and agreement of the parties.

(2)(a) Except as otherwise provided in this code, the effect of provisions of this code may be varied by agreement.

(b) The 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.

(c) The 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.

(3) In this code, unless the context otherwise requires:

(a) Words in the singular include the plural, and words in the plural include the singular.

(b) Words of either gender also refer to the other gender.

History.—s. 1, ch. 65-254; s. 551, ch. 97-102; s. 5, ch. 2007-134.

Note.—s. 1-102, U.C.C.; supersedes ss. 678.53, 614.31.

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Arrestable Offenses / Crimes under Fla. Stat. 671.102

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Current data shows no reason an arrest or criminal charge should have occurred directly under Florida Statute 671.102.

Annotations, Discussions, Cases:

Cases Citing Statute 671.102

Total Results: 20

Topical Jewelers, Inc. v. Nationsbank, Na

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2000-12-26T23:53:00-08:00

Citation: 781 So. 2d 392

Snippet: the law among the various jurisdictions." § 671.102(2)(c), Fla. Stat. (1995); see Mason v. Avdoyan,

Sepe v. City of Safety Harbor

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2000-06-28T00:53:00-07:00

Citation: 761 So. 2d 1182

Snippet: standards are not manifestly unreasonable." § 671.102(3). The parties' expectations as to a responsibility…and CASANUEVA, JJ., Concur. NOTES [1] Section 671.102(3), Florida Statutes (1999) (Uniform Commercial

Cox v. CSX Intermodal, Inc.

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 1999-01-13T00:00:00-08:00

Citation: 732 So. 2d 1092

Snippet: either party to the agreement."); and section 671.102(3), Florida Statutes (1997)("[T]he obligations

Serna v. Milanese, Inc.

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 1994-09-21T00:53:00-07:00

Citation: 643 So. 2d 36

Snippet: absent evidence of an agreement to the contrary. § 671.102(3), Fla. Stat. (1993). On the other hand, under

First Union Nat. Bank v. First Fla. Bank, NA

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 1993-04-16T00:53:00-07:00

Citation: 616 So. 2d 1168

Snippet: the presenting or last collecting bank. See § 671.102, Fla. Stat. (1985). In light of the substantial

Transamerica Ins. Co. v. Barnett Bank of Marion County, NA

Court: Fla. | Date Filed: 1989-03-15T23:53:00-08:00

Citation: 540 So. 2d 113

Snippet: , up to the limits of its performance. Section 671.102 provides that the code will be liberally construed

Sellers v. Frank Griffin AMC Jeep, Inc.

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 1988-05-17T00:53:00-07:00

Citation: 526 So. 2d 147

Snippet: be read in light of the requirements in section 671.102(1) that the code be "liberally construed and…quote from the Official Code Comment to section 671.102(1) and (2): Subsections (1) and (2) are intended

Transamerica Ins. Co. v. Barnett Bank of Marion County, NA

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 1988-03-23T23:53:00-08:00

Citation: 524 So. 2d 439

Snippet: 1.02 at 53 (1980). [12] U.C.C. 1-102(2)(c) (§ 671.102(2)(c), Fla. Stat. (1983)). [13] See In re J.V.

ITT Indus. Credit Co. v. Regan

Court: Fla. | Date Filed: 1986-04-23T23:53:00-08:00

Citation: 487 So. 2d 1047

Snippet: commercial transactions among the states. See § 671.102, Fla. Stat. (1985). No other state or federal court

Ladex Corp. v. Transportes Aereos Nacionales

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 1985-10-15T00:53:00-07:00

Citation: 476 So. 2d 763

Snippet: Stat. (1981), may be varied by agreement. See § 671-102(3), Fla. Stat. (1981). Accordingly, we find Cole

Dunn v. Stack

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 1982-08-05T00:53:00-07:00

Citation: 418 So. 2d 345

Snippet: ] law among the various jurisdictions." § 671.102(2)(c), Fla. Stat. (1965). [10] Wise v. Quina involved

Florida Dept. of Corrections v. BLOUNT, ETC.

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 1982-03-17T23:53:00-08:00

Citation: 411 So. 2d 930

Snippet: its underlying purposes and policies." § 671.102(1) Fla. Stat. By Blount's argument, for example

Miller v. Economics Laboratory, Inc.

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 1982-03-08T00:00:00-08:00

Citation: 410 So. 2d 642, 33 U.C.C. Rep. Serv. (West) 665, 1982 Fla. App. LEXIS 19387

Snippet: cover prior charges. Florida Statutes, Section 671.-102(3); White and Summers, Uniform Commercial Code

Jackson Vitrified v. People's Am.

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 1980-09-16T00:53:00-07:00

Citation: 388 So. 2d 1059

Snippet: simplification of commercial practice and remedy. § 671.102(2)(a), Fla. Stat. (1975), UCC § 1-102(2)(a) (1962

Guritz v. American Motivate, Inc.

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 1980-07-25T00:53:00-07:00

Citation: 386 So. 2d 60

Snippet: party had fully performed pursuant to Section 671.102, Florida Statutes. ..... 8. Defendant, American

Suburbia Fed. S. & L. Ass'n v. Bel-Air Conditioning

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 1980-07-09T00:53:00-07:00

Citation: 385 So. 2d 1151

Snippet: policy of Chapter 679. The Legislature in Section 671.102, Florida Statutes (1979), stated: This code shall

Hurd v. Munford, Inc.

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 1979-12-27T23:53:00-08:00

Citation: 378 So. 2d 86

Snippet: its underlying purposes and policies. Section 671.102(1) and (2). A rule which places liability upon

Lewis State Bank v. Advance Mortg. Corp.

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 1978-08-24T00:53:00-07:00

Citation: 362 So. 2d 406

Snippet: practices through ... agreement." Section 671.102(2)(b). It is true that Warrington did not expressly

Mason v. Avdoyan

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 1974-08-23T00:53:00-07:00

Citation: 299 So. 2d 603

Snippet: unified coverage of its subject matter and in Sec. 671.102(2), Fla. Stat., that among the underlying purposes

International Harvest. Cr. v. American Nat. Bk.

Court: Fla. | Date Filed: 1974-02-13T00:53:00-07:00

Citation: 296 So. 2d 32

Snippet: own interpretation. Section 1-102 [Fla. Stat. § 671.102, F.S.A.] provides: (1) This Act shall be liberally