North Carolina General Statutes 25-2A-512. Lessee’s duties as to rightfully rejected goods
(1) Except as otherwise provided with respect to goods that threaten to decline in value speedily (N.C. Gen. Stat. § 25-2A-511) and subject to any security interest of a lessee (N.C. Gen. Stat. § 25-2A-508(5)):
(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;
Terms Used In North Carolina General Statutes 25-2A-512
- Goods: means all things that are movable at the time of identification to the lease contract, or are fixtures (N. See North Carolina General Statutes 25-2A-103
- Lessee: means a person who acquires the right to possession and use of goods under a lease. See North Carolina General Statutes 25-2A-103
- Lessor: means a person who transfers the right to possession and use of goods under a lease. See North Carolina General Statutes 25-2A-103
- Supplier: means a person from whom a lessor buys or leases goods to be leased under a finance lease. See North Carolina General Statutes 25-2A-103
(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 N.C. Gen. Stat. § 25-2A-511; but
(c) the lessee has no further obligations with regard to goods rightfully rejected.
(2) Action by the lessee pursuant to subsection (1) of this section is not acceptance or conversion. (1993, c. 463, s. 1.)