PDFRCW 62A.2-502

Buyer's right to goods on seller's insolvency.

(1) Subject to subsections (2) and (3) of this section and even though the goods have not been shipped, a buyer who has paid a part or all of the price of goods in which he or she has a special property under the provisions of the immediately preceding section may on making and keeping good a tender of any unpaid portion of their price recover them from the seller if:
(a) In the case of goods bought for personal, family, or household purposes, the seller repudiates or fails to deliver as required by the contract; or
(b) In all cases, the seller becomes insolvent within ten days after receipt of the first installment on their price.
(2) The buyer's right to recover the goods under subsection (1)(a) of this section vests upon acquisition of a special property, even if the seller had not then repudiated or failed to deliver.
(3) If the identification creating his or her special property has been made by the buyer, he or she acquires the right to recover the goods only if they conform to the contract for sale.
[ 2013 c 23 s 143; 2000 c 250 s 9A-806; 1965 ex.s. c 157 s 2-502. Cf. former RCW sections: RCW 63.04.180 through 63.04.200; 1925 ex.s. c 142 ss 17 through 19; RRS ss 5836-17 through 5836-19.]

NOTES:

Effective date2000 c 250: See RCW 62A.9A-701.