§ 2601 Buyer Remedies For Nonconforming Goods

Commercial Code·California

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•If you buy something and it's not what you ordered, you can say no to all of it.
•You can also say yes to all of it, even if it's not perfect.
•Or you can say yes to some parts and no to the rest.

Example

You order a new bike online, but when it arrives, the color is wrong and one wheel is bent.

You can send the whole bike back, keep the whole bike anyway, or maybe keep the frame but send back the bent wheel.

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§ 2601 Buyer Remedies For Nonconforming Goods

Subject to the provisions of this division on breach in installment contracts (Section 2612) and unless otherwise agreed under the sections on contractual limitations of remedy (Sections 2718 and 2719), if the goods or the tender of delivery fail in any respect to conform to the contract, the buyer may (a) Reject the whole; or (b) Accept the whole; or (c) Accept any commercial unit or units and reject the rest. (Enacted by Stats. 1963, Ch. 819.)

Last verified: January 23, 2026

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goods tender of delivery conform to the contract commercial unit

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Official text at leginfo.legislature.ca.gov
California Legislature. Commercial Code. Section 2601.

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