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Fla. Stat. § 672.103 (2025)
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672.103 Definitions and index of definitions.—
(1) In this chapter unless the context otherwise requires:
(a) “Buyer” means a person who buys or contracts to buy goods.
(b) “Good faith” in the case of a merchant means honesty in fact and the observance of reasonable commercial standards of fair dealing in the trade.
(c) “Receipt” of goods means taking physical possession of them.
(d) “Seller” means a person who sells or contracts to sell goods.
(2) Other definitions applying to this chapter, or to specified parts thereof, and the sections in which they appear are:
“Acceptance,” s. 672.606.
“Banker’s credit,” s. 672.325.
“Between merchants,” s. 672.104.
“Cancellation,” s. 672.106(4).
“Commercial unit,” s. 672.105.
“Confirmed credit,” s. 672.325.
“Conforming to contract,” s. 672.106.
“Contract for sale,” s. 672.106.
“Cover,” s. 672.712.
“Entrusting,” s. 672.403.
“Financing agency,” s. 672.104.
“Future goods,” s. 672.105.
“Goods,” s. 672.105.
“Identification,” s. 672.501.
“Installment contract,” s. 672.612.
“Letter of credit,” s. 672.325.
“Lot,” s. 672.105.
“Merchant,” s. 672.104.
“Overseas,” s. 672.323.
“Person in position of seller,” s. 672.707.
“Present sale,” s. 672.106.
“Sale,” s. 672.106.
“Sale on approval,” s. 672.326.
“Sale or return,” s. 672.326.
“Termination,” s. 672.106.
(3) The following definitions in other chapters apply to this chapter:
“Check,” s. 673.1041.
“Consignee,” s. 677.102.
“Consignor,” s. 677.102.
“Consumer goods,” s. 679.1021.
“Control,” s. 677.106.
“Dishonor,” s. 673.5021.
“Draft,” s. 673.1041.
(4) In addition chapter 671 contains general definitions and principles of construction and interpretation applicable throughout this chapter.
History.—s. 1, ch. 65-254; s. 5, ch. 92-82; s. 11, ch. 2001-198; s. 5, ch. 2010-131; s. 152, ch. 2025-92.
Note.—s. 2-103, U.C.C.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 10
cases (2 in the last 5 years), 1972–2024 · leading case: Weiss v. Johansen, 898 So. 2d 1009 (Fla. 4th DCA 2005).
Weiss v. Johansen, 898 So. 2d 1009 (Fla. 4th DCA 2005). “While he may have been in privity with Johansen, he no longer possessed any rights under the contract to advance a claim for breach of the implied warranty of merchantability because he did not acquire the vessel in his individual capacity.”
Sellers v. Frank Griffin AMC Jeep, Inc., 526 So. 2d 147 (Fla. 1st DCA 1988). “The appealed order states that plaintiffs neither bought nor contracted to buy goods within the meaning of section 672.103, Florida Statutes (1983), and that section 672.”
RA Jones & Sons, Inc. v. Holman, 470 So. 2d 60 (Fla. 3d DCA 1985). “The only remaining question, namely, whether the engines sold by H & M to Jones were merchantable, was resolved in favor of H & M by the trial court's directed verdict. Jones contends that in this case, this question was one for the jury to determine.”
In re Santa Fe Nat. Tobacco Co. Mktg. & Sales Practices & Prods. Liab. Litig., 288 F. Supp. 3d 1087 (D.N.M. 2017). “); Fla. Stat. Ann. § 672.103 (1)(d) (defining seller as "a person who sells or contracts to sell goods").”
Swift v. JI Case Co., 266 So. 2d 379 (Fla. 1st DCA 1972). “and F.S. § 672.103(1) (b), F.S.A. [7] F.S. § 672.”
Taylor v. Am. Honda Motor Co., Inc., 555 F. Supp. 59 (M.D. Fla. 1983). “407 (1966), the Court will *64 adopt it, and hold that if either of the plaintiffs is the “buyer”, within the meaning of § 672.103(l)(a), then the complaint must allege compliance with § 672.”
United Food Mart, Inc. v. Motiva Enter., LLC, 457 F. Supp. 2d 1329 (S.D. Fla. 2005). “(Section 2-103 [ Fla. Stat. § 672.103 (1)(b)]). But in the normal case a “posted price” or a future seller’s or buyer’s “given price,” “price in effect,” “market price,” or the like satisfies the good faith requirement.”
ConSeal Int'l Inc. v. Neogen Corp. (S.D. Fla. 2020). “305 (2), which includes the subjective and objective components of “honesty in fact and the observance of reasonable commercial standards of fair dealing in the trade,” Fla. Stat. § 672.103 (1)(b). Further, the Official Comments to the UCC discuss the good faith requirement for…”
West v. Contec, Inc. (D.S.C. 2024). “” Fla. Stat. § 672.103 (1)(d). While Plaintiff makes multiple allegations pertaining to Defendant Contec’s manufacture of Peridox, “[t]here is no apparent reason why [Defendant Contec] should be excluded from th[e] definition [of a seller] merely because it is also the maker of…”
Bass v. Gen. Motors, LLC (M.D. Fla. 2024). “But Bass’ 1 Fla. Stat. 672.103 defines “seller” as “a person who sells or contracts to sell goods.”
— 672.103(1) — 1 case
Swift v. JI Case Co., 266 So. 2d 379 (Fla. 1st DCA 1972). “and F.S. § 672.103(1) (b), F.S.A. [7] F.S. § 672.”
— 672.103(1)(b) — 1 case
United Food Mart, Inc. v. Motiva Enter., LLC, 457 F. Supp. 2d 1329 (S.D. Fla. 2005). “(Section 2-103 [ Fla. Stat. § 672.103 (1)(b)]). But in the normal case a “posted price” or a future seller’s or buyer’s “given price,” “price in effect,” “market price,” or the like satisfies the good faith requirement.”
— 672.103(d) — 1 case
RA Jones & Sons, Inc. v. Holman, 470 So. 2d 60 (Fla. 3d DCA 1985). “The only remaining question, namely, whether the engines sold by H & M to Jones were merchantable, was resolved in favor of H & M by the trial court's directed verdict. Jones contends that in this case, this question was one for the jury to determine.”
— 672.103(l)(a) — 1 case
Taylor v. Am. Honda Motor Co., Inc., 555 F. Supp. 59 (M.D. Fla. 1983). “407 (1966), the Court will *64 adopt it, and hold that if either of the plaintiffs is the “buyer”, within the meaning of § 672.103(l)(a), then the complaint must allege compliance with § 672.”
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