Editing Uniform Commercial Code (section)

{{Short description|Uniform Act governing sales and transactions}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=April 2013}}
[[File:Uniform Commercial Code.jpg|thumb|right|The official 2007 edition of the UCC]]
The '''Uniform Commercial Code''' ('''UCC'''), first published in 1952, is one of a number of [[uniform act]]s that have been established as law with the goal of harmonizing the laws of sales and other commercial transactions across the United States through [[Uniform Commercial Code adoption|UCC adoption]] by all 50 [[U.S. states|states]], the [[District of Columbia]], and the [[Territories of the United States]].

While largely successful at achieving this ambitious goal, some U.S. jurisdictions (''e.g.'', [[Louisiana]] and [[Puerto Rico]]) have not adopted all of the articles contained in the UCC, while other U.S. jurisdictions (''e.g.'', [[American Samoa]]) have not adopted any articles in the UCC. Also, adoption of the UCC often varies from one U.S. jurisdiction to another. Sometimes this variation is due to alternative language found in the official UCC itself. At other times, adoption of revisions to the official UCC contributes to further variation. Additionally, some jurisdictions deviate from the official UCC by tailoring the language to meet their unique needs and preferences. Lastly, even identical language adopted by any two U.S. jurisdictions may nonetheless be subject to different [[statutory interpretation]]s by each jurisdiction's courts.