2025 Session Last amended: 1986 session

§ 336.2-606 — What Constitutes Acceptance of Goods

Plain-Language Summary

A buyer accepts goods by telling the seller they are acceptable, by failing to reject them after a reasonable time for inspection, or by doing something inconsistent with the seller's ownership (like using or reselling them).

336.2-606 WHAT CONSTITUTES ACCEPTANCE OF GOODS.

(1) Acceptance of goods occurs when the buyer

(a) after a reasonable opportunity to inspect the goods signifies to the seller that the goods are conforming or that the buyer will take or retain them in spite of their nonconformity; or

(b) fails to make an effective rejection (subsection (1) of section 336.2-602), but such acceptance does not occur until the buyer has had a reasonable opportunity to inspect them; or

(c) does any act inconsistent with the seller’s ownership; but if such act is wrongful as against the seller it is an acceptance only if ratified by the seller.

(2) Acceptance of a part of any commercial unit is acceptance of that entire unit.

History:

1965 c 811 s 336.2-606; 1986 c 444

History: History: 1965 c 811 s 336.2-606; 1986 c 444

Practical Notes

You accept goods by saying so, by keeping them too long without rejecting, or by using or reselling them. Once accepted, returning them is harder.

Source: Minnesota Office of the Revisor of Statutes