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Iowa Code § 554.2206 (2026)

Offer and acceptance in formation of contract

✓ current as of July 2026

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1. Unless otherwise unambiguously indicated by the language or circumstances

a. an offer to make a contract shall be construed as inviting acceptance in any manner and by any medium reasonable in the circumstances;

b. an order or other offer to buy goods for prompt or current shipment shall be construed as inviting acceptance either by a prompt promise to ship or by the prompt or current shipment of conforming or nonconforming goods, but such a shipment of nonconforming goods does not constitute an acceptance if the seller seasonably notifies the buyer that the shipment is offered only as an accommodation to the buyer. \n Tue Dec 09 22:02:40 2025 Iowa Code 2026, Chapter 554 (108, 4) §554.2206, UNIFORM COMMERCIAL CODE 28\n\n 2. Where the beginning of a requested performance is a reasonable mode of acceptance an offeror who is not notified of acceptance within a reasonable time may treat the offer as having lapsed before acceptance. [C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §9930, 9932; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, §554.1, 554.3; C66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §554.2206] \n

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 1 case, 2001–2001 · leading case: Flanagan v. Consol. Nutrition, L.C., 627 N.W.2d 573 (Iowa Ct. App. 2001).

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Flanagan v. Consol. Nutrition, L.C., 627 N.W.2d 573 (Iowa Ct. App. 2001). · cites it 6× “For example, section 554.2206(1) relaxes common law rules concerning the means and medium of an acceptance to a particular offer — “unless otherwise unambiguously indicated by the language or circumstances.”

— Iowa Code § 554.2206(1) — 1 case

Flanagan v. Consol. Nutrition, L.C., 627 N.W.2d 573 (Iowa Ct. App. 2001). “For example, section 554.2206(1) relaxes common law rules concerning the means and medium of an acceptance to a particular offer — “unless otherwise unambiguously indicated by the language or circumstances.”

— Iowa Code § 554.2206(l)(a) — 1 case

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