70A-2-602 - Manner and effect of rightful rejection. - Utah Statutes

70A-2-602. Manner and effect of rightful rejection.

(1) Rejection of goods must be within a reasonable time after their delivery or tender. It isineffective unless the buyer seasonably notifies the seller.
(2) Subject to the provisions of the two following sections on rejected goods (Sections70A-2-603 and 70A-2-604),
(a) after rejection any exercise of ownership by the buyer with respect to any commercialunit is wrongful as against the seller; and
(b) if the buyer has before rejection taken physical possession of goods in which he doesnot have a security interest under the provisions of this chapter (Subsection (3) of Section70A-2-711), he is under a duty after rejection to hold them with reasonable care at the seller'sdisposition for a time sufficient to permit the seller to remove them; but
(c) the buyer has no further obligations with regard to goods rightfully rejected.
(3) The seller's rights with respect to goods wrongfully rejected are governed by theprovisions of this chapter on seller's remedies in general (Section 70A-2-703).

Enacted by Chapter 154, 1965 General Session