70A-2a-527 - Lessor's rights to dispose of goods. - Utah Statutes

70A-2a-527. Lessor's rights to dispose of goods.
(1) After a default by a lessee under the lease contract of the type described in Section70A-2a-523 or after the lessor refuses to deliver or takes possession of goods as provided inSection 70A-2a-525 or 70A-2a-526, or if agreed, after other default by a lessee, the lessor maydispose of the goods concerned or the undelivered balance thereof by lease, sale, or otherwise.
(2) Except as otherwise provided with respect to damages liquidated in the leaseagreement as provided in Section 70A-2a-504 or otherwise determined pursuant to agreement ofthe parties as provided in Sections 70A-1a-302 and 70A-2a-503, if the disposition is by leaseagreement substantially similar to the original lease agreement and the lease agreement is madein good faith and in a commercially reasonable manner, the lessor may recover from the lessee asdamages:
(a) accrued and unpaid rent as of the date of the commencement of the term of the newlease agreement;
(b) the present value, as of the date of the commencement of the term of the new leaseagreement, of the difference between the total rent for the then remaining lease term of theoriginal lease agreement minus the present value, as of the same date, of the rent under the newlease agreement applicable to that period of the new lease term which is comparable to the thenremaining term of the original lease agreement; and
(c) any incidental damages allowed under Section 70A-2a-530, less expenses saved inconsequence of the lessee's default.
(3) If the lessor's disposition is by lease agreement that qualifies for treatment underSubsection (2), the lessor may elect to proceed under Subsection (2) or Section 70A-2a-528. Ifthe lessor's disposition is by lease agreement that for any reason does not qualify for treatmentunder Subsection (2), or is by sale or otherwise, the lessor may recover from the lessee underSection 70A-2a-528 as if the lessor had elected not to dispose of the goods.
(4) A subsequent buyer or lessee who buys or leases from the lessor in good faith forvalue as a result of a disposition under this section takes the goods free of the original leasecontract and any rights of the original lessee even though the lessor fails to comply with one ormore of the requirements of this chapter.
(5) The lessor is not accountable to the lessee for any profit made on any disposition. Alessee who has rightfully rejected or justifiably revoked acceptance shall account to the lessor forany excess over the amount of the lessee's security interest as provided in Subsection70A-2a-508(5).

Amended by Chapter 272, 2007 General Session