Kansas Statutes 84-2a-211. Warranties against interference and against infringement; lessee’s obligation against infringement
Terms Used In Kansas Statutes 84-2a-211
- Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
- Finance lease: means a lease with respect to which:
(i) The lessor does not select, manufacture or supply the goods;
(ii) the lessor acquires the goods or the right to possession and use of the goods in connection with the lease; and
(iii) one of the following occurs:
(A) The lessee receives a copy of the contract by which the lessor acquired the goods or the right to possession and use of the goods before signing the lease contract;
(B) the lessee's approval of the contract by which the lessor acquired the goods or the right to possession and use of the goods is a condition to effectiveness of the lease contract;
(C) the lessee, before signing the lease contract, receives an accurate and complete statement designating the promises and warranties, and any disclaimers of warranties, limitations or modifications of remedies, or liquidated damages, including those of a third party, such as the manufacturer of the goods, provided to the lessor by the person supplying the goods in connection with or as part of the contract by which the lessor acquired the goods or the right to possession and use of the goods; or
(D) if the lease is not a consumer lease, the lessor, before the lessee signs the lease contract, informs the lessee in writing (a) of the identity of the person supplying the goods to the lessor, unless the lessee has selected that person and directed the lessor to acquire the goods or the right to possession and use of the goods from that person, (b) that the lessee is entitled under this article to the promises and warranties, including those of any third party, provided to the lessor by the person supplying the goods in connection with or as part of the contract by which the lessor acquired the goods or the right to possession and use of the goods, and (c) that the lessee may communicate with the person supplying the goods to the lessor and receive an accurate and complete statement of those promises and warranties, including any disclaimers and limitations of them or of remedies. See Kansas Statutes 84-2a-103
- Goods: means all things that are movable at the time of identification to the lease contract, or are fixtures (Kan. See Kansas Statutes 84-2a-103
- Lease: A contract transferring the use of property or occupancy of land, space, structures, or equipment in consideration of a payment (e.g., rent). Source: OCC
- Lease: means a transfer of the right to possession and use of goods for a term in return for consideration, but a sale, including a sale on approval or a sale or return, or retention or creation of a security interest is not a lease. See Kansas Statutes 84-2a-103
- Lease contract: means the total legal obligation that results from the lease agreement as affected by this article and any other applicable rules of law. See Kansas Statutes 84-2a-103
- Leasehold interest: means the interest of the lessor or the lessee under a lease contract. See Kansas Statutes 84-2a-103
- Lessee: means a person who acquires the right to possession and use of goods under a lease. See Kansas Statutes 84-2a-103
- Lessor: means a person who transfers the right to possession and use of goods under a lease. See Kansas Statutes 84-2a-103
- Supplier: means a person from whom a lessor buys or leases goods to be leased under a finance lease. See Kansas Statutes 84-2a-103
(1) There is in a lease contract a warranty that for the lease term no person holds a claim to or interest in the goods that arose from an act or omission of the lessor, other than a claim by way of infringement or the like, which will interfere with the lessee‘s enjoyment of its leasehold interest.
(2) Except in a finance lease there is in a lease contract by a lessor who is a merchant regularly dealing in goods of the kind a warranty that the goods are delivered free of the rightful claim of any person by way of infringement or the like.
(3) A lessee who furnishes specifications to a lessor or a supplier shall hold the lessor and the supplier harmless against any claim by way of infringement or the like that arises out of compliance with the specifications.