Massachusetts General Laws ch. 106 sec. 2A-512 – Lessee’s Duties as to Rightfully Rejected Goods
Section 2A–512. (1) Except as otherwise provided with respect to goods that threaten to decline in value speedily (Section 2A–511) and subject to any security interest of a lessee (Section 2A–508(5)):
Terms Used In Massachusetts General Laws ch. 106 sec. 2A-512
- Goods: means all things that are movable at the time of identification to the lease contract, or are fixtures (Section 2A–309), 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 Massachusetts General Laws ch. 106 sec. 2A-103
- Lessee: means a person who acquires the right to possession and use of goods under a lease. See Massachusetts General Laws ch. 106 sec. 2A-103
- Lessor: means a person who transfers the right to possession and use of goods under a lease. See Massachusetts General Laws ch. 106 sec. 2A-103
- Supplier: means a person from whom a lessor buys or leases goods to be leased under a finance lease. See Massachusetts General Laws ch. 106 sec. 2A-103
(a) the lessee, after rejection of goods in the lessee’s possession, shall hold them with reasonable care at the lessor‘s or the supplier‘s disposition for a reasonable time after the lessee’s seasonable notification of rejection;
(b) if the lessor or the supplier gives no instructions within a reasonable time after notification of rejection, the lessee may store the rejected goods for the lessor’s or the supplier’s account or ship them to the lessor or the supplier or dispose of them for the lessor’s or the supplier’s account with reimbursement in the manner provided in Section 2A–511; but
(c) the lessee has no further obligations with regard to goods rightfully rejected.
(2) Action by the lessee pursuant to subsection (1) is not acceptance or conversion.