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...(A) Except in a finance lease, a warranty that the goods will be merchantable is implied in a lease contract if the lessor is a merchant with respect to goods of that kind. (B) To be merchantable, goods shall at least satisfy the following: (1) Pass without objection in the trade under the description in the lease agreement; (2) In the case of fungible goods, be of fair average quality within the description; (3)...

...Except in a finance lease, if the lessor at the time the lease contract is made has reason to know of any particular purpose for which the goods are required and that the lessee is relying on the lessor's skill or judgment to select or furnish suitable goods, there is in the lease contract an implied warranty that the goods will be fit for that purpose.

...(A) Words or conduct relevant to the creation of an express warranty and words or conduct tending to negate or limit a warranty shall be construed wherever reasonable as consistent with each other, but, subject to the provisions of section 1310.09 of the Revised Code on parol or extrinsic evidence, negation or limitation is inoperative to the extent that the construction is unreasonable. (B) Subject to division (C) ...

...Express or implied warranties shall be construed as consistent with each other and as cumulative, but, if that construction is unreasonable, the intention of the parties determines which warranty is dominant. In ascertaining that intention, the following rules apply: (A) Exact or technical specifications displace an inconsistent sample or model or general language of description. (B) A sample from an existing bulk ...

...An express or implied warranty to or for the benefit of a lessee under sections 1310.01 to 1310.78 of the Revised Code extends to any person who reasonably may be expected to use, consume, or be affected by the goods and who is injured by breach of the warranty. The operation of this section may not be excluded, modified, or limited with respect to injury to the person of an individual to whom the warranty extends, b...

...Identification of goods as goods to which a lease contract refers may be made at any time and in any manner explicitly agreed to by the parties. In the absence of explicit agreement, identification occurs in one of the following manners: (A) When the lease contract is made, if the lease contract is for a lease of goods that are existing and identified; (B) When the goods are shipped, marked, or otherwise designated...

...(A) A lessee obtains an insurable interest when existing goods are identified to the lease contract, even though the goods identified are nonconforming, and the lessee has an option to reject them. (B) If a lessee has an insurable interest only by reason of the lessor's identification of the goods, the lessor, until default or insolvency or notification to the lessee that identification is final, may substitute othe...

...(A) Except in the case of a finance lease, risk of loss is retained by the lessor and does not pass to the lessee. In the case of a finance lease, risk of loss passes to the lessee. (B) Subject to the provisions of section 1310.27 of the Revised Code on the effect of default on risk of loss, if risk of loss is to pass to the lessee and the time of passage is not stated, the following rules apply: (1) If the lease c...

... of loss as resting on the lessee for a commercially reasonable time.

...If a lease contract requires goods to be identified when the lease contract is made, and the goods suffer casualty without fault of the lessee, the lessor, or the supplier before delivery, or the goods suffer casualty before risk of loss passes to the lessee pursuant to the lease agreement or section 1310.26 of the Revised Code, both of the following apply: (A) If the loss is total, the lease contract is avoided. (...

...Except as otherwise provided in sections 1310.01 to 1310.78 of the Revised Code, a lease contract is effective and enforceable according to its terms between the parties, against purchasers of the goods, and against creditors of the parties.

...Except as otherwise provided in sections 1310.01 to 1310.78 of the Revised Code, those sections apply whether the lessor or a third party has title to the goods and whether the lessor, the lessee, or a third party has possession of the goods, notwithstanding any section of the Revised Code, statute of another jurisdiction, or rule of law that possession or the absence of possession is fraudulent.

...(A) As used in this section, "creation of a security interest" includes the sale of a lease contract that is subject to Chapter 1309. of the Revised Code, by reason of division (A)(3) of section 1309.109 of the Revised Code. (B) Except as provided in division (C) of this section and section 1309.407 of the Revised Code, a provision in a lease agreement that prohibits the voluntary or involuntary transfer, includi...

...(A) Subject to section 1310.31 of the Revised Code, a subsequent lessee from a lessor of goods under an existing lease contract obtains, to the extent of the leasehold interest transferred, the leasehold interest in the goods that the lessor had or had power to transfer and, except as provided in division (B) of this section and division (D) of section 1310.73 of the Revised Code, takes subject to the existing lease ...

...(A) Subject to section 1310.31 of the Revised Code, a buyer or sublessee from the lessee of goods under an existing lease contract obtains, to the extent of the interest transferred, the leasehold interest in the goods that the lessee had or had power to transfer and, except as provided in division (B) of this section and division (D) of section 1310.57 of the Revised Code, takes subject to the existing lease contrac...

...If a person in the ordinary course of his business furnishes services or materials with respect to goods subject to a lease contract, a lien upon those goods in the possession of that person given by a section of the Revised Code, statute of another jurisdiction, or rule of law for those materials or services takes priority over any interest of the lessor or lessee under the lease contract or sections 1310.01 to 1310...

...(A) Except as otherwise provided in section 1310.34 of the Revised Code, a creditor of a lessee takes subject to the lease contract. (B) Except as otherwise provided in division (C) of this section and in sections 1310.34 and 1310.36 of the Revised Code, a creditor of a lessor takes subject to the lease contract unless the creditor holds a lien that attached to the goods before the lease contract became enforceab...

...ent course of trade by the lessor for a commercially reasonable time after the lease contract becomes enforceable is not fraudulent. (B) Nothing in sections 1310.01 to 1310.78 of the Revised Code impairs the rights of creditors of a lessor if the lease contract becomes enforceable, not in current course of trade but in satisfaction of or as security for a preexisting claim for money, security, or the like, and is ma...

...(A) As used in this section: (1) Goods are "fixtures" when they become so related to particular real estate that an interest in them arises under real estate law. (2) A "fixture filing" is the filing, in the office in which a record of a mortgage on the real estate would be filed or recorded, of a financing statement covering goods that are or are to become fixtures and conforming to the requirements of divisions ...

...(A) For purposes of this section, goods are "accessions" when they are installed in or affixed to other goods. (B) The interest of a lessor or a lessee under a lease contract entered into before the goods became accessions is superior to all interests in the whole except as stated in division (D) of this section. (C) The interest of a lessor or a lessee under a lease contract entered into at the time or after the g...

...Nothing in sections 1310.01 to 1310.78 of the Revised Code prevents subordination by agreement by any person entitled to priority.

...ecure party receives that assurance, if commercially reasonable, the insecure party may suspend any performance for which he has not already received the agreed return. (C) A repudiation of the lease contract occurs if assurance of due performance adequate under the circumstances of the particular case is not provided to the insecure party within a reasonable time, not to exceed thirty days after receipt of a demand...

...may do any of the following: (A) For a commercially reasonable time, await retraction of repudiation and performance by the repudiating party; (B) Make demand pursuant to section 1310.40 of the Revised Code and await assurance of future performance adequate under the circumstances of the particular case; (C) Resort to any right or remedy upon default under the lease contract or sections 1310.01 to 1310.78 of the R...

...(A) Until the repudiating party's next performance is due, the repudiating party can retract the repudiation unless, since the repudiation, the aggrieved party has canceled the lease contract, materially changed the aggrieved party's position, or otherwise indicated that the aggrieved party considers the repudiation final. (B) Retraction may be by any method that clearly indicates to the aggrieved party that the rep...

...ed manner of delivery otherwise becomes commercially impracticable, but a commercially reasonable substitute is available, the substitute performance shall be tendered and accepted. (B) If the agreed means or manner of payment fails because of domestic or foreign governmental regulation, both of the following apply: (1) The lessor may withhold or stop delivery or cause the supplier to withhold or stop delivery, unl...