California Commercial Code 10218 – (a) A lessee obtains an insurable interest when existing goods …
(a) A lessee obtains an insurable interest when existing goods are identified to the lease contract even though the goods identified are nonconforming and the lessee has an option to reject them.
(b) If a lessee has an insurable interest only by reason of the lessor‘s identification of the goods, the lessor, until default or insolvency or notification to the lessee that identification is final, may substitute other goods for those identified.
Terms Used In California Commercial Code 10218
- agreement: means the total legal obligation that results from the parties' agreement as determined by this code and as supplemented by any other applicable laws. See California Commercial Code 1201
- Beneficiary: A person who is entitled to receive the benefits or proceeds of a will, trust, insurance policy, retirement plan, annuity, or other contract. Source: OCC
- Goods: means all things that are movable at the time of identification to the lease contract, or are fixtures (Section 10309), but the term does not include money, documents, instruments, accounts, chattel paper, general intangibles, or minerals or the like, including oil and gas, before extraction. See California Commercial Code 10103
- Lessee: means a person who acquires the right to possession and use of goods under a lease. See California Commercial Code 10103
- Lessor: means a person who transfers the right to possession and use of goods under a lease. See California Commercial Code 10103
- Obligation: An order placed, contract awarded, service received, or similar transaction during a given period that will require payments during the same or a future period.
- Statute: A law passed by a legislature.
(c) Notwithstanding a lessee’s insurable interest under subdivisions (a) and (b), the lessor retains an insurable interest until an option to buy has been exercised by the lessee and risk of loss has passed to the lessee.
(d) Nothing in this section impairs any insurable interest recognized under any other statute or rule of law.
(e) The parties by agreement may determine that one or more parties have an obligation to obtain and pay for insurance covering the goods and by agreement may determine the beneficiary of the proceeds of the insurance.
(Amended by Stats. 1991, Ch. 111, Sec. 20. Effective July 15, 1991.)