Mont. Code Ann. § 30-2-105

(2003)

Definitions -- transferability -- "goods" -- "future" goods -- "lot" -- "commercial unit"

(1) "Goods" means all things (including specially manufactured goods) which are movable at the time of identification to the contract for sale other than the money in which the price is to be paid, investment securities (Chapter 8) and things in action. "Goods" also includes the unborn young of animals and growing crops and other identified things attached to realty as described in the section on goods to be severed from realty (30-2-107).

(2) Goods must be both existing and identified before any interest in them can pass. Goods which are not both existing and identified are "future" goods. A purported present sale of future goods or of any interest therein operates as a contract to sell.

(3) There may be a sale of a part interest in existing identified goods.

(4) An undivided share in an identified bulk of fungible goods is sufficiently identified to be sold although the quantity of the bulk is not determined. Any agreed proportion of such a bulk or any quantity thereof agreed upon by number, weight or other measure may to the extent of the seller's interest in the bulk be sold to the buyer who then becomes an owner in common.

(5) "Lot" means a parcel or a single article which is the subject matter of a separate sale or delivery, whether or not it is sufficient to perform the contract.

(6) "Commercial unit" means such a unit of goods as by commercial usage is a single whole for purposes of sale and division of which materially impairs its character or value on the market or in use. A commercial unit may be a single article (as a machine) or a set of articles (as a suite of furniture or an assortment of sizes) or a quantity (as a bale, gross, or carload) or any other unit treated in use or in the relevant market as a single whole.

Opinions construing this section

4 opinions
2017 MT 208 Aug 22, 2017 Affirmed
Moore v. Goran
Majority by Mike McGrath · 5 to 0
Uniform Commercial Code controls agreements to sell goods. Section 30-2-102, MCA; Webcor Elecs. v. Home Elecs., 231 Mont. 377, 383, 754 P.2d 491, 494 (1988). Section 30-2-105, MCA, defines “goods” to mean all things movable at the time of the contract for sale. Rothing v. Kallestad, 2007 MT 109, ¶ 27, 337 Mont. 193, 159 P.3d 222. Cr
2016 MT 324 Dec 13, 2016 Affirmed
S & P v. Stemco
Majority by Beth Baker · 6 to 0
ctions in goods.” Section 30-2-102, MCA. “Goods” include “all things . . . which are movable at the time of identification to the contract for sale.” Section 30-2-105, MCA. The agreement between the parties involves the sale of brake linings from STEMCO to S&P and the sale of remanufactured brakes from S&P to Kenworth. The brake
2015 MT 272 Sep 15, 2015 Affirmed in part, reversed in part
Fitterer v. Mullin
Majority by James Jeremiah Shea · 5 to 0
al Code (UCC), §§ 30-2-101 et seq., MCA. “‘Goods’ means all things . . . which are movable at the time of identification to the contract for sale.” Section 30-2-105(1), MCA. Fitterer contends this includes fertilizer and chemicals used for agricultural purposes. We agree. ¶20 “[T]he U.C.C. rules governing sales agreements are
2015 MT 61N Feb 24, 2015 Affirmed
Wheeler v. Webber
Majority by Michael E Wheat · 5 to 0
to transactions in goods. Section 30-2-102, MCA. Goods include “all things . . . which are movable at the time of identification to the contract for sale.” Section 30-2-105(1), MCA. As a boat and a trailer are movable, the sale of a boat and a trailer is a transaction in goods. Cf. Safeco Ins. Co., 215 Mont. at 200, 695 P.2d at 1313 (hold
Official Annotations archive.org, 2003 edition
History:
En. Sec. 2-105, Ch. 264, L. 1963
R.C.M. 1947, 87A-2-105.