N.Y. Uniform Commercial Code Law Section 2-205
Firm Offers

* Section 2--205. Firm Offers. An offer by a merchant to buy or sell goods in a signed writing which by its terms gives assurance that it will be held open is not revocable, for lack of consideration, during the time stated or if no time is stated for a reasonable time, but in no event may such period of irrevocability exceed three months; but any such term of assurance on a form supplied by the offeree must be separately signed by the offeror. * NB Effective until June 3, 2026 * Section 2--205. Firm Offers. An offer by a merchant to buy or sell goods in a signed record which by its terms gives assurance that it will be held open is not revocable, for lack of consideration, during the time stated or if no time is stated for a reasonable time, but in no event may such period of irrevocability exceed three months; but any such term of assurance on a form supplied by the offeree must be separately signed by the offeror. * NB Effective June 3, 2026

Source: Section 2-205 — Firm Offers, https://www.­nysenate.­gov/legislation/laws/UCC/2-205 (updated Dec. 12, 2025; accessed Dec. 13, 2025).

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