§9-1610.__Disposition of collateral after default

(1)__After default, a secured party may sell, lease, license or otherwise dispose of any or all of the collateral in its present condition or following any commercially reasonable preparation or processing.

(2)__Every aspect of a disposition of collateral, including the method, manner, time, place and other terms, must be commercially reasonable.__If it is commercially reasonable, a secured party may dispose of collateral by public or private proceedings, by one or more contracts, as a unit or in parcels and at any time and place and on any terms.

(3)__A secured party may purchase collateral:

(a)__At a public disposition; or

(b)__At a private disposition only if the collateral is of a kind that is customarily sold on a recognized market or the subject of widely distributed standard price quotations.

(4)__A contract for sale, lease, license or other disposition includes the warranties relating to title, possession, quiet enjoyment and the like that by operation of law accompany a voluntary disposition of property of the kind subject to the contract.

(5)__A secured party may disclaim or modify warranties under subsection (4):

(a)__In a manner that would be effective to disclaim or modify the warranties in a voluntary disposition of property of the kind subject to the contract of disposition; or

(b)__By communicating to the purchaser a record evidencing the contract for disposition and including an express disclaimer or modification of the warranties.

(6)__A record is sufficient to disclaim warranties under subsection (5) if it indicates "There is no warranty relating to title, possession, quiet enjoyment or the like in this disposition" or uses words of similar import.

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