N.Y. Uniform Commercial Code Law Section 2-A-501
Default: Procedure

Section 2-A-501. Default: Procedure.

(1)

Whether the lessor or the lessee is in default under a lease contract is determined by the lease agreement and this Article.

(2)

If the lessor or the lessee is in default under the lease contract, the party seeking enforcement has rights and remedies as provided in this Article and, except as limited by this Article, as provided in the lease agreement.

(3)

If the lessor or the lessee is in default under the lease contract, the party seeking enforcement may reduce the party’s claim to judgment, or otherwise enforce the lease contract by self-help or any available judicial procedure or nonjudicial procedure, including administrative proceeding, arbitration, or the like, in accordance with this Article.

(4)

Except as otherwise provided in Section 1--305(a) or this Article or the lease agreement, the rights and remedies referred to in subsections (2) and (3) are cumulative.

(5)

If the lease agreement covers both real property and goods, the party seeking enforcement may proceed under this part as to the goods, or under other applicable law as to both the real property and the goods in accordance with that party’s rights and remedies in respect of the real property, in which case this part does not apply.

Source: Section 2-A-501 — Default: Procedure, https://www.­nysenate.­gov/legislation/laws/UCC/2-A-501 (updated Dec. 26, 2014; accessed Sep. 13, 2025).

2–A–501
Default: Procedure 2–A–502
Notice After Default 2–A–503
Modification or Impairment of Rights and Remedies 2–A–504
Liquidation of Damages 2–A–505
Cancellation and Termination and Effect of Cancellation, Termination, Rescission, or Fraud on Rights and Remedies 2–A–506
Statute of Limitations 2–A–507
Proof of Market Rent: Time and Place 2–A–508
Lessee’s Remedies 2–A–509
Lessee’s Rights on Improper Delivery: Rightful Rejection 2–A–510
Installment Lease Contracts: Rejection and Default 2–A–511
Merchant Lessee’s Duties as to Rightfully Rejected Goods 2–A–512
Lessee’s Duties as to Rightfully Rejected Goods 2–A–513
Cure by Lessor of Improper Tender or Delivery 2–A–514
Waiver of Lessee’s Objections 2–A–515
Acceptance of Goods 2–A–516
Effect of Acceptance of Goods 2–A–517
Revocation of Acceptance of Goods 2–A–518
Cover 2–A–519
Lessee’s Damages for Non-delivery, Repudiation, Default, and Breach of Warranty in Regard to Accepted Goods 2–A–520
Lessee’s Incidental and Consequential Damages 2–A–521
Lessee’s Right to Specific Performance or Replevin 2–A–522
Lessee’s Right to Goods on Lessor’s Insolvency 2–A–523
Lessor’s Remedies 2–A–524
Lessor’s Right to Identify Goods to Lease Contract 2–A–525
Lessor’s Right to Possession of Goods 2–A–526
Lessor’s Stoppage of Delivery in Transit or Otherwise 2–A–527
Lessor’s Rights to Dispose of Goods 2–A–528
Lessor’s Damages for Non-acceptance, Failure to Pay, Repudiation, or Other Default 2–A–529
Lessor’s Action for the Rent 2–A–530
Lessor’s Incidental Damages 2–A–531
Standing to Sue Third Parties for Injury to Goods 2–A–532
Lessor’s Rights to Residual Interest
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Sep. 13, 2025

Last modified:
Dec. 26, 2014

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