2011 South Dakota Code
Title 57A UNIFORM COMMERCIAL CODE
Chapter 02A. Leases
§57A-2A-406 Procedure on excused performance.
57A-2A-406. Procedure on excused performance. (1) If the lessee receives notification of a material or indefinite delay or an allocation justified under § 57A-2A-405, the lessee may by written notification to the lessor as to any goods involved, and with respect to all of the goods if under an installment lease contract the value of the whole lease contract is substantially impaired as in § 57A-2A-510:
(a) Terminate the lease contract pursuant to § 57A-2A-505(2); or
(b) Except in a finance lease, modify the lease contract by accepting the available quota in substitution, with due allowance from the rent payable for the balance of the lease term for the deficiency but without further right against the lessor.
(2) If, after receipt of a notification from the lessor under § 57A-2A-405, the lessee fails so to modify the lease agreement within a reasonable time not exceeding thirty days, the lease contract lapses with respect to any deliveries affected.
Source: SL 1989, ch 419, § 1; SL 1990, ch 390, § 14.
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