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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
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, 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. {{Authority control
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 ...
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