TITLE 13

COMMERCIAL CODE

 

Division

1.  General Provisions

2.  Sales

2A. Leases

3.  Negotiable Instruments

4.  Bank Deposits and Collections

4A. Funds Transfers

5.  Letters of Credit

6.  Bulk Transfers (Repealed)

7.  Warehouse Receipts, Bills of Lading and Other Documents of Title

8.  Investment Securities

9.  Secured Transactions

12. Controllable Electronic Records

91. Transitional Provisions

 

Enactment.  Unless otherwise noted, the provisions of Title 13 were added November 1, 1979, P.L.255, No.86, effective January 1, 1980.

Saved from Suspension.  Pennsylvania Rule of Civil Procedure for District Justices No. 482, adopted November 7, 1988, provided that section 1101 et seq. shall not be deemed suspended or affected. Rules 401 through 482 relate to execution of judgments for the payment of money rendered by district justices. Act 207 of 2004 changed district justices to magisterial district judges. Rule 482 can now be found in the Rules of Conduct, Office Standards and Civil Procedure for Magisterial District Judges.

Pennsylvania Rule of Civil Procedure No. 3159(b)(2), adopted April 20, 1998, provided that sections 1101 et seq. shall not be deemed suspended or affected by Rules 3101 through 3149 relating to enforcement of money judgments for the payment of money.

Special Provisions in Appendix.  See Act 86 of 1979 in the appendix to this title for special provisions relating to legislative intent and effective date.

Short Titles of Implementing Statutes.  Section 1 of Act 97 of 1992 provided that the act shall be known and may be cited as the Uniform Commercial Code Modernization Act.

Section 1 of Act 44 of 1996 provided that the act shall be known and may be cited as the Uniform Commercial Code Modernization Act of 1996.

Section 1 of Act 18 of 2001 provided that the act shall be known and may be cited as the Uniform Commercial Code Modernization Act of 2001.

 

 

DIVISION 1

GENERAL PROVISIONS

 

Chapter

  11.  General Provisions

  12.  General Definitions and Principles of Interpretation

  13.  Territorial Applicability and General Rules

 

Enactment.  Division 1 was added April 16, 2008, P.L.57, No.13, effective in 60 days.

Prior Provisions.  Former Division 1, which related to the same subject matter, was added November 1, 1979, P.L.255, No.86, and repealed April 16, 2008, P.L.57, No.13, effective in 60 days.

 

 

CHAPTER 11

GENERAL PROVISIONS

 

Sec.

1101.  Short titles.

1102.  Scope of division.

1103.  Construction of title to promote its purposes and policies; applicability of supplemental principles of law.

1104.  Construction against implied repeal.

1105.  (Reserved).

1106.  Use of singular and plural; gender (Reserved).

1107.  Section captions.

1108.  Relation to Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act.

1109.  Construction.

 

Enactment.  Chapter 11 was added April 16, 2008, P.L.57, No.13, effective in 60 days.

Prior Provisions.  Former Chapter 11, which related to short title, construction, application and subject matter of title, was added November 1, 1979, P.L.255, No.86, and repealed April 16, 2008, P.L.57, No.13, effective in 60 days.

§ 1101.  Short titles.

(a)  Title.--This title may be cited as the Uniform Commercial Code.

(b)  Division.--This division may be cited as the Uniform Commercial Code-General Provisions.

§ 1102.  Scope of division.

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

§ 1103.  Construction of title to promote its purposes and policies; applicability of supplemental principles of law.

(a)  Liberal construction.--This title must 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)  Law and equity.--Unless displaced by the particular provisions of this title, 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.  Construction against implied repeal.

This title 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.  (Reserved).

§ 1106.  Use of singular and plural; gender (Reserved).

§ 1107.  Section captions.

Notwithstanding 1 Pa.C.S. § 1924 (relating to construction of titles, preambles, provisos, exceptions and headings), section captions are part of this title.

§ 1108.  Relation to Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act.

This division modifies, limits and supersedes the Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act (Public Law 106- 229, 15 U.S.C. § 7001 et seq.), but does not modify, limit or supersede section 101(c) of that act (15 U.S.C. § 7001(c)) or authorize electronic delivery of any of the notices described in section 103(b) of that act (15 U.S.C. § 7003(b)).

§ 1109.  Construction.

Nothing in this title shall be construed to modify or supersede the provisions of 42 Pa.C.S. Ch. 69 (relating to particular rights and immunities).

(Oct. 27, 2014, P.L.2896, No.185, eff. 60 days)

 

2014 Amendment.  Act 185 added section 1109.