GENERAL PROVISIONS

Iowa Code tit. XIII, ch. 554, art. 1, pt. 1

in effect

Iowa Code § 554.1101 Short titles.

554.1101. Short titles. 1. This chapter may be cited as the Uniform Commercial Code. 2. This Article may be cited as Uniform Commercial Code — General Provisions. [C66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §554.1101] 2007 Acts, ch 41, §1

Iowa Code § 554.1102 Scope of Article.

554.1102. Scope of Article. This Article applies to a transaction to the extent that it is governed by another Article of this chapter. 2007 Acts, ch 41, §2, 57

Iowa Code § 554.1103 Construction of this chapter to promote its purposes and policies — applicability of supplemental principles of law.

554.1103. Construction of this chapter to promote its purposes and policies — applicability of supplemental principles of law. 1. This chapter must be liberally construed and applied to promote its underlying purposes and policies, which are: a. to simplify, clarify, and modernize the law governing commercial transactions; b. to permit the continued expansion of commercial practices through custom, usage, and agreement of the parties; and c. to make uniform the law among the various jurisdictions. 2. Unless displaced by the particular provisions of this chapter, the principles of law and equity, including the law merchant and the law relative to capacity to contract, principal and agent, estoppel, fraud, misrepresentation, duress, coercion, mistake, bankruptcy, and other validating or invalidating cause supplement its provisions. [S13, §3060-a196, 3138-a56, -b50; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §8295, 9657, 9716, 9931, 10002; C46, §487.52, 541.197, 542.56, 554.2, 554.74; C50, 54, 58, 62, §487.52, 493A.18, 541.197, 542.56, 554.2, 554.74; C66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §554.1103] 2007 Acts, ch 41, §3

Iowa Code § 554.1104 Construction against implied repeal.

554.1104. Construction against implied repeal. This chapter being a general Act intended as a unified coverage of its subject matter, no part of it shall be deemed to be impliedly repealed by subsequent legislation if such construction can reasonably be avoided. [C66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §554.1104] 2007 Acts, ch 41, §4

Iowa Code § 554.1105 Severability.

554.1105. Severability. If any provision or clause of this chapter or its application to any person or circumstance is held invalid, the invalidity does not affect other provisions or applications of this chapter which can be given effect without the invalid provision or application, and to this end the provisions of this chapter are severable. [C66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §554.1108] 2007 Acts, ch 41, §9, 48CS2007, §554.1105

Iowa Code § 554.1106 Use of singular and plural — gender.

554.1106. Use of singular and plural — gender. In this chapter, unless the statutory context otherwise requires: 1. words in the singular number include the plural, and those in the plural include the singular; and 2. words of any gender also refer to any other gender. 2007 Acts, ch 41, §7, 57

Iowa Code § 554.1107 Section captions.

554.1107. Section captions. Section captions are parts of this chapter. [C66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §554.1109] 2007 Acts, ch 41, §49CS2007, §554.1107

Iowa Code § 554.1108 Relation to Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act.

554.1108. Relation to Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act. This Article modifies, limits, and supersedes the federal Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act, 15 U.S.C. §7001 et seq., except that nothing in this Article modifies, limits, or supersedes §7001(c) of that Act or authorizes electronic delivery of any of the notices described in §7003(b) of that Act. 2007 Acts, ch 41, §10, 57

Iowa Code § 554.1109

554.1109. Reserved.

Iowa Code § 554.1110 Rules for filing and indexing.

554.1110. Rules for filing and indexing. The secretary of state shall make and promulgate rules for all filing and indexing pursuant to this chapter and chapter 554B including but not limited to rules on whether statements and documents shall be indexed in real estate records. [C71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §554.1110] 2014 Acts, ch 1026, §117

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