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Title 11. COMMERCIAL CODE · Chapter 2A. · Article 2A. LEASES · Part 2. FORMATION AND CONSTRUCTION OF LEASE CONTRACT

11-2A-208. Modification, rescission, and waiver.

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

  1. (1)

    An agreement modifying a lease contract needs no consideration to be binding.#

  2. (2)

    A signed lease agreement that excludes modification or rescission except by a signed record may not be otherwise modified or rescinded, but, except as between merchants, such a requirement on a form supplied by a merchant must be separately signed by the other party.#

  3. (3)

    The requirements of the statute of frauds section of this article (Code Section 11-2A-201) must be satisfied if the contract as modified is within its provisions.#

  4. (4)

    Although an attempt at modification or rescission does not satisfy the requirements of subsection (2) of this Code section, it may operate as a waiver.#

  5. (5)

    A party who has made a waiver affecting an executory portion of a lease contract may retract the waiver by reasonable notification received by the other party that strict performance will be required of any term waived, unless the retraction would be unjust in view of a material change of position in reliance on the waiver.#

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-208, enacted by Ga. L. 1993, p. 633, § 1; Ga. L. 2024, p. 817, § 5-15/HB 1240, effective July 1, 2024.

Amendments

The 2024 amendment, effective July 1, 2024, substituted “record” for “writing” near the middle of subsection (2) and inserted “of this Code section” in near the end of subsection (4).

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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