Iowa Code

Iowa Code § 554.2105 (2026)

Definitions: transferability — “goods” — “future” goods — “lot” — “commercial unit”

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1. “Goods” means all things (including specially manufactured goods) which are movable at the time of identification to the contract for sale other than the money in which the price is to be paid, investment securities (Article 8) and things in action. “Goods” also includes the unborn young of animals and growing crops and other identified things attached to realty as described in the section on goods to be severed from realty (section 554.2107). 2. Goods must be both existing and identified before any interest in them can pass. Goods which are not both existing and identified are “future” goods. A purported present sale of future goods or of any interest therein operates as a contract to sell. 3. There may be a sale of a part interest in existing identified goods. 4. An undivided share in an identified bulk of fungible goods is sufficiently identified to be sold although the quantity of the bulk is not determined. Any agreed proportion of such a bulk or any quantity thereof agreed upon by number, weight or other measure may to the extent of the seller’s interest in the bulk be sold to the buyer who then becomes an owner in common. 5. “Lot” means a parcel or a single article which is the subject matter of a separate sale or delivery, whether or not it is sufficient to perform the contract. 6. “Commercial unit” means such a unit of goods as by commercial usage is a single whole for purposes of sale and division of which materially impairs its character or value on the market or in use. A commercial unit may be a single article (as a machine) or a set of articles (as a suite of furniture or an assortment of sizes) or a quantity (as a bale, gross, or carload) or any other unit treated in use or in the relevant market as a single whole. [C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §9934, 9935, 10005; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, §554.6, 554.7, 554.77; C66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §554.2105] Referred to in §537.1301, 554.2103

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Notes of Decisions
Cited in 12 cases, 1986–2017 · leading case: Nationwide Agribusiness Ins. v. SMA Elevator Constr. Inc., 816 F. Supp. 2d 631 (N.D. Iowa 2011).
Nationwide Agribusiness Ins. v. SMA Elevator Constr. Inc., 816 F. Supp. 2d 631 (N.D. Iowa 2011). · cites it 3× “2d at 116 (quoting Iowa Code § 554.2105 (1)). It is clear that the elevator legs made by Schlagel and the bearings made by Baldor were “goods,” as both were “ ‘movable at the time of identification to the contract for sale.”
Kinkaid v. John Morrell & Co., 321 F. Supp. 2d 1090 (N.D. Iowa 2004). · cites it 2× “See Iowa Code § 554.2105 . Thus, the mere presence of such a risk transference provision does not turn a contract for the sale of goods into “insurance.”
In Re W. Iowa Limestone, Inc., 538 F.3d 858 (8th Cir. 2008). “) See also Iowa Code § 554.2105 (4) (2005) (providing that an undivided share in an identified bulk of fungible goods is sufficiently identified to a contract when the portion to be sold is identified by weight).”
Krull v. Thermogas Co. of Northwood Ia., 522 N.W.2d 607 (Iowa 1994). “See Iowa Code § 554.2105 (1). As a good, the control valve is subject to implied warranties of merchantability and fitness for a particular purpose.”
Brown v. Heister (Heister), 290 B.R. 665 (Bankr. D. Iowa 2003). “2d at 578 ; Iowa Code § 554.2105 . The tractors are goods as defined by the U.”
Purina Mills, L.L.C. v. Less, 295 F. Supp. 2d 1017 (N.D. Iowa 2003). “Iowa Code § 554.2105 (1). As the subject matter of the Agreement, weanling pigs, falls within this definition of ‘goods,’ the Iowa Uniform Commercial Code applies to the Agreement.”
City of Carlisle v. Fetzer, 381 N.W.2d 627 (Iowa 1986). “See Iowa Code §§ 554.2105 (1), .2106(1) (1979).”
Charles Gabus Motors, Inc. v. Tirrell (In re Tirrell), 572 B.R. 720 (8th Cir. BAP 2017). “” Iowa Code § 554.2105 (1) (2017) (in pertinent part).”
Prod. Credit Ass'n of the Midlands v. Farm & Town Indus., Inc., 518 N.W.2d 339 (Iowa 1994). “Iowa Code § 554.2105 (4); see also Reeves v.”
Archer Daniels Midland Co. v. ECO, Inc., 821 F. Supp. 2d 1083 (S.D. Iowa 2011). “Iowa’s UCC is applicable to the transaction between Old Eco and ADM because the Equipment contracted for qualifies as “goods” under Iowa Code § 554.2105 (1) (“ ‘Goods’ means all things (including specially manufactured goods) which are movable at the time of identification to…”
BVS, Inc. v. CDW Direct, LLC, 88 F. Supp. 3d 948 (N.D. Iowa 2015). “Iowa Code § 554.2105 (1). For TSSLink and CDW to share a common liability to BVS, CDW must show that TSSLink breached its implied warranty to BVS.”
United Bank of Iowa v. Indep. Inputs (8th Cir. 2008). “) See also Iowa Code § 554.2105 (4) (2005) (providing that an undivided share in an identified bulk of fungible goods is sufficiently identified to a contract when the portion to be sold is identified by weight).”
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