Mississippi Code
Miss. Code Ann. § 75-1-205 (2026)
Reasonable time; seasonableness
✓ current as of July 2026
- (a) Whether a time for taking an action required by the Uniform Commercial Code is reasonable depends on the nature, purpose, and circumstances of the action.
- (b) An action is taken seasonably if it is taken at or within the time agreed or, if no time is agreed, at or within a reasonable time.
Former § 75-1-205 [Codes, 1942, § 41A:1-205; Laws, 1966, ch. 316, § 1-205, eff. 3/31/1968; repealed by Laws, 2010, ch. 506, § 44, eff. 7/1/2010] is now found in comparable provisions at § 75-1-303, enacted by Laws, 2010, ch. 506, § 3, eff. 7/1/2010; Present § 75-1-205 is derived from former § 75-1-204(2) and (3) [Codes, 1942, § 41A:1-204; Laws, 1966, ch. 316, § 1-204, eff. 3/31/1968; repealed by Laws, 2010, ch. 506, § 44, eff. 7/1/2010] and was enacted by Laws, 2010, ch. 506, § 3, eff. 7/1/2010.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 5
cases, 1974–1990 · leading case: Pennzoil Co. v. Fed. Energy Regulatory Comm'n, 789 F.2d 1128 (5th Cir. 1986).
Pennzoil Co. v. Fed. Energy Regulatory Comm'n, 789 F.2d 1128 (5th Cir. 1986). “2053 (West 1984) (1984 amendment and reenactment); Miss.Code Ann. § 75-1-205(2); Tex.Bus. & Com.”
Mississippi State High. Com. v. Dixie Contractors, Inc., 375 So. 2d 1202 (Miss. 1979). “Miss. Code Ann. §§ 75-1-205 ; 75-2-202(A) (1972).”
H & W Indus., Inc., Cross-Appellant v. Occidental Chem. Corp., Cross-Appellee, 911 F.2d 1118 (5th Cir. 1990). “Miss.Code Ann. § 75-1-205(2) defines trade usage as “any practice or method of dealing having such regularity of observance in a place, vocation, or trade as to justify an expectation that it will be observed with respect to the transaction in question.”
Noble v. Logan-Dees Chevrolet-Buick, Inc., 293 So. 2d 14 (Miss. 1974). “We hold that, under the facts as disclosed by the record, Logan-Dees was not entitled to offer parol testimony under subsection (a) because the evidence does not disclose a course of dealing and usage of trade as defined in Miss. Code Ann. § 75-1-205 , neither does it disclose a…”
Gooch v. Farmers Mktg. Ass'n, 519 So. 2d 1214 (Miss. 1988). “" Miss. Code Ann. § 75-1-205 (1) (1972). Further, § 75-2-208(1) provides: Where the contract for sale involves repeated occasions for performance by either party with knowledge of the nature of the performance and opportunity for objection to it by the other, any course of…”
— Miss. Code Ann. § 75-1-205(2) — 2 cases
Pennzoil Co. v. Fed. Energy Regulatory Comm'n, 789 F.2d 1128 (5th Cir. 1986). “2053 (West 1984) (1984 amendment and reenactment); Miss.Code Ann. § 75-1-205(2); Tex.Bus. & Com.”
H & W Indus., Inc., Cross-Appellant v. Occidental Chem. Corp., Cross-Appellee, 911 F.2d 1118 (5th Cir. 1990). “Miss.Code Ann. § 75-1-205(2) defines trade usage as “any practice or method of dealing having such regularity of observance in a place, vocation, or trade as to justify an expectation that it will be observed with respect to the transaction in question.”
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