The
Uniform Commercial Code
The Uniform Commercial Code (UCC), first published in 1952, is one of a number of uniform acts that have been established as law with the goal of harmonizing the laws of sales and other commercial transactions across the United States through U ...
(UCC) currently consists of the following articles:
*Art. 1, General Provisions
*Art. 2, Sales
*Art. 2A, Leases
*Art. 3, Negotiable Instruments
*Art. 4, Bank Deposits and Collections
*Art. 4A, Funds Transfer
*Art. 5, Letters of Credit
*Art. 6, Bulk Sales (now deprecated)
*Art. 7, Documents of Title
*Art. 8, Investment Securities
*Art. 9, Secured Transactions
*Art. 12, Controllable Electronic Records
These articles have been adopted to varying degrees in the
United States
The United States of America (USA), also known as the United States (U.S.) or America, is a country primarily located in North America. It is a federal republic of 50 U.S. state, states and a federal capital district, Washington, D.C. The 48 ...
(U.S.) by the 50
states
State most commonly refers to:
* State (polity), a centralized political organization that regulates law and society within a territory
**Sovereign state, a sovereign polity in international law, commonly referred to as a country
**Nation state, a ...
,
District of Columbia
Washington, D.C., formally the District of Columbia and commonly known as Washington or D.C., is the capital city and Federal district of the United States, federal district of the United States. The city is on the Potomac River, across from ...
,
territories
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In international politics, a territory is usually a geographic area which has not been granted the powers of self-government, ...
, and some
Native American tribes.
UCC adoption summary
The following table identifies which articles in the UCC each U.S. jurisdiction has currently adopted. However, it does not make any distinctions for the various official revisions to the UCC, the selection of official alternative language offered in the UCC, or unofficial changes made to the UCC by some jurisdictions.
UCC adoption legal citations
The following list provides legal citations for each U.S. jurisdiction's adoption of articles in the UCC.
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Commercial
Commercial may refer to:
* (adjective for) commerce, a system of voluntary exchange of products and services
** (adjective for) trade, the trading of something of economic value such as goods, services, information or money
* a dose of advertising ...
Uniform Commercial Code