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Title 11. COMMERCIAL CODE · Chapter 2A. · Article 2A. LEASES · Part 1. GENERAL PROVISIONS

11-2A-102. Scope.

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Current through: Including Acts of the 2025 Regular Session of the General Assembly.

  1. (1)

    This article applies to any transaction, regardless of form, that creates a lease and, in the case of a hybrid lease, it applies to the extent provided in subsection (2) of this Code section.#

  2. (2)

    In a hybrid lease:#

    1. (a)

      If the lease-of-goods aspects do not predominate:#

      1. (i)

        Only the provisions of this article which relate primarily to the lease-of-goods aspects of the transaction apply, and the provisions that relate primarily to the transaction as a whole do not apply;#

      2. (ii)

        Code Section 11-2A-209 applies if the lease is a finance lease; and#

      3. (iii)

        Code Section 11-2A-407 applies to the promises of the lessee in a finance lease to the extent the promises are consideration for the right to possession and use of the leased goods; and#

    2. (b)

      If the lease-of-goods aspects predominate, this article applies to the transaction, but does not preclude application in appropriate circumstances of other law to aspects of the lease which do not relate to the lease of goods.#

The notes below are printed with the section but are not enacted law (O.C.G.A. § 1-1-1(c)). They are shown apart from the text.

History

Code 1981, § 11-2A-102, enacted by Ga. L. 1993, p. 633, § 1; Ga. L. 2024, p. 817, § 5-11/HB 1240, effective July 1, 2024.

Amendments

The 2024 amendment, effective July 1, 2024, rewrote this Code section, which read: “This article applies to any transaction, regardless of form, that creates a lease.”

Editor's notes

Ga. L. 2024, p. 817, § 1-1/HB 1240, not codified by the General Assembly, provides: “This Act shall be known and may be cited as the ‘Uniform Commercial Code Modernization Act of 2024.’” Ga. L. 2024, p. 817, § 1-2/HB 1240, not codified by the General Assembly, provides: “Nothing in this Act shall be construed to support, endorse, create, or implement a national digital currency.”

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Current through: Including Acts of the 2025 Regular Session of the General Assembly.

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