Ky. Rev. Stat. § 355.2-314 : COMMERCE AND TRADE — UNIFORM COMMERCIAL CODE — Sales — General Obligation and Construction of Contract —314 - Implied warranty: merchantability - Usage of trade

(1) Unless excluded or modified ( KRS 355.2-316), a warranty that the goods shall be merchantable is implied in a contract for their sale if the seller is a merchant with respect to goods of that kind. Under this section the serving for value of food or drink to be consumed either on the premises or elsewhere is a sale.
(2) Goods to be merchantable must be at least such as
(a) pass without objection in the trade under the contract description; and
(b) in the case of fungible goods, are of fair average quality within the description; and
(c) are fit for the ordinary purposes for which such goods are used; and
(d) run, within the variations permitted by the agreement, of even kind, quality and quantity within each unit and among all units involved; and
(e) are adequately contained, packaged, and labeled as the agreement may require; and
(f) conform to the promises or affirmations of fact made on the container or label if any.
(3) Unless excluded or modified ( KRS 355.2-316) other implied warranties may arise from course of dealing or usage of trade.

KRS 355.2-314

Effective:7/1/1960
Created 1958 Ky. Acts ch. 77, sec. 2-314, effective7/1/1960.
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