Current through codified legislation effective October 30, 2024
Section 28:2A-102 - Scope(a) This article applies to any transaction, regardless of form, that creates a lease; in the case of a hybrid lease, this article applies to the extent provided in subsection (b) of this section.(b) In a hybrid lease:(1) If the lease-of-goods aspects do not predominate: (A) Only the provisions of this article which relate primarily to the lease-of-goods aspects of the transaction apply, and the provisions that relate primarily to the transaction as a whole do not apply;(B) Section 28:2A-209 applies if the lease is a finance lease; and(C) Section 28:2A-407 applies to the promises of the lessee in a finance lease to the extent the promises are consideration for the right to possession and use of the leased goods; and(2) If the lease-of-goods aspects predominate, this article applies to the transaction, but does not preclude application in appropriate circumstances of other law to aspects of the lease which do not relate to the lease of goods.Amended by D.C. Law 25-158,§ 2, 71 DCR 002265, eff. 4/20/2024.July 22, 1992, D.C. Law 9-128, § 2(b), 39 DCR 3830.