(1). Except in the case of a finance lease, risk of loss is retained by the lessor and does not pass to the lessee. In the case of a finance lease, risk of loss passes to the lessee.

[PL 1991, c. 805, §4 (NEW).]

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Terms Used In Maine Revised Statutes Title 11 Sec. 2-1219

  • 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: 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; 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 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 Maine Revised Statutes Title 11 Sec. 2-1103
  • Goods: means all things that are movable at the time of identification to the lease contract including mobile homes, or are fixtures (section 2?1309), 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 Maine Revised Statutes Title 11 Sec. 2-1103
  • 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 Maine Revised Statutes Title 11 Sec. 2-1103
  • Lessee: means a person who acquires the right to possession and use of goods under a lease. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 11 Sec. 2-1103
  • Lessor: means a person who transfers the right to possession and use of goods under a lease. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 11 Sec. 2-1103
  • Supplier: means a person from whom a lessor buys or leases goods to be leased under a finance lease. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 11 Sec. 2-1103
(2). Subject to the provisions of this Article on the effect of default on risk of loss (section 2?1220) if risk of loss is to pass to the lessee and the time of passage is not stated, the following rules apply.
(a). If the lease contract requires or authorizes the goods to be shipped by carrier:

(i) If it does not require delivery at a particular destination, the risk of loss passes to the lessee when the goods are duly delivered to the carrier; or
(ii) If it does require delivery at a particular destination and the goods are there duly tendered while in the possession of the carrier, the risk of loss passes to the lessee when the goods are there duly so tendered as to enable the lessee to take delivery. [PL 1991, c. 805, §4 (NEW).]
(b). If the goods are held by a bailee to be delivered without being moved, the risk of loss passes to the lessee on acknowledgment by the bailee of the lessee’s right to possession of the goods. [PL 1991, c. 805, §4 (NEW).]
(c). In any case not within paragraph (a) or (b), the risk of loss passes to the lessee on the lessee’s receipt of the goods if the lessor, or, in the case of a finance lease, the supplier, is a merchant; otherwise the risk passes to the lessee on tender or delivery. [RR 1993, c. 1, §29 (COR).]

[RR 1993, c. 1, §29 (COR).]

SECTION HISTORY

PL 1991, c. 805, §4 (NEW). RR 1993, c. 1, §29 (COR).