2009 California Commercial Code - Section 1101-1108 :: Chapter 1. Short Title, Construction, Application And Subject Matter Of The Code

1101.  This code may be cited as the Uniform Commercial Code.

1102.  This division applies to a transaction to the extent that it
is governed by another division of this code.

1103.  (a) This code shall be liberally construed and applied to
promote its underlying purposes and policies, which are:
   (1) to simplify, clarify, and modernize the law governing
commercial transactions;
   (2) to permit the continued expansion of commercial practices
through custom, usage, and agreement of the parties; and
   (3) to make uniform the law among the various jurisdictions.
   (b) Unless displaced by the particular provisions of this code,
the principles of law and equity, including the law merchant and the
law relative to capacity to contract, principal and agent, estoppel,
fraud, misrepresentation, duress, coercion, mistake, bankruptcy, and
other validating or invalidating cause supplement its provisions.

1104.  This code being a general act intended as a unified coverage
of its subject matter, no part of it shall be deemed to be impliedly
repealed by subsequent legislation if such construction can
reasonably be avoided.

1105.  If any provision or clause of this code or its application to
any person or circumstance is held invalid, the invalidity does not
affect other provisions or applications of the code which can be
given effect without the invalid provision or application, and to
this end the provisions of this code are severable.

1106.  In this code, unless the statutory context otherwise
requires:
   (1) words in the singular number include the plural, and those in
the plural include the singular; and
   (2) words of any gender also refer to any other gender.

1108.  This chapter modifies, limits, and supersedes the federal
Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act, 15 U.S.C.
Section 7001 et seq., except that nothing in this chapter modifies,
limits, or supersedes Section 7001(c) of that act or authorizes
electronic delivery of any of the notices described in Section 7003
(b) of that act.