Iowa Code

Iowa Code § 554.2403 (2026)

Power to transfer — good faith purchase of goods — “entrusting”

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1. A purchaser of goods acquires all title which the purchaser’s transferor had or had power to transfer except that a purchaser of a limited interest acquires rights only to the extent of the interest purchased. A person with voidable title has power to transfer a good title to a good faith purchaser for value. When goods have been delivered under a transaction of purchase the purchaser has such power even though a. the transferor was deceived as to the identity of the purchaser, or b. the delivery was in exchange for a check which is later dishonored, or c. it was agreed that the transaction was to be a “cash sale”, or d. the delivery was procured through fraud punishable as larcenous under the criminal law. 2. Any entrusting of possession of goods to a merchant who deals in goods of that kind gives the merchant power to transfer all rights of the entruster to a buyer in ordinary course of business. 3. “Entrusting” includes any delivery and any acquiescence in retention of possession regardless of any condition expressed between the parties to the delivery or acquiescence and regardless of whether the procurement of the entrusting or the possessor’s disposition of the goods have been such as to be larcenous under the criminal law. 4. The rights of other purchasers of goods and of lien creditors are governed by the Articles on Secured Transactions (Article 9) and Documents of Title (Article 7). [C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §9949, 9952 – 9954; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, §554.21, 554.24 – 554.26; C66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §554.2403] 94 Acts, ch 1121, §4; 2023 Acts, ch 64, §91 Referred to in §554.2103, 554.2702, 554.7209, 554.7503, 554.9315, 554.13103\n\nTue Dec 09 22:02:40 2025 Iowa Code 2026, Chapter 554 (108, 4) 39 UNIFORM COMMERCIAL CODE, §554.2503\n\n PART 5 PERFORMANCE

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Notes of Decisions
Cited in 5 cases, 1981–1993 · leading case: Towe Farms, Inc. v. Cent. Iowa Prod. Credit Ass'n, 528 F. Supp. 500 (S.D. Iowa 1981).
Towe Farms, Inc. v. Cent. Iowa Prod. Credit Ass'n, 528 F. Supp. 500 (S.D. Iowa 1981). · cites it 2× “Irvine to transfer all of the rights of plaintiffs in the ordinary course of business, and that he made such a transfer to CIPCA.”
Allison-Kesley Ag Ctr., Inc. v. Hildebrand, 485 N.W.2d 841 (Iowa 1992). “” See Iowa Code § 554.2403 . However, since the PIK certificates are negotiable instruments issued by the United States government, it seems more appropriate to utilize a holder-in-due-course analysis.”
Dotts v. Bennett, 382 N.W.2d 85 (Iowa 1986). · cites it 2× “Iowa Code § 554.2403 (2). We applied the definition in section 554.”
C & J Leasing II Ltd. P'ship v. Swanson, 439 N.W.2d 210 (Iowa 1989). “…kind gives the merchant power to transfer all rights of the entruster to a buyer in ordinary course of business." Iowa Code § 554.2403 (2) (1987).”
Citicorp of North Am., Inc. v. Lifestyle Commc'ns Corp., 836 F. Supp. 644 (S.D. Iowa 1993). “Iowa Code § 554.2403 (1) provides: 1. A purchaser of goods acquires all title which the purchaser’s transferor had or had power to transfer except that a purchaser of limited interest acquires rights only to the extent of the interest purchased.”
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