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Wisconsin · Through 2023-24 Wisconsin Statutes updated through 2025 Wis. Act 247 (published 9-4-26)

Wis. Stat. § 402.712: “Cover”; buyer’s procurement of substitute goods.

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Where this section sits in the code
  1. Chs. 401-411, Uniform Commercial Code
  2. Chapter 402 Uniform Commercial Code — Sales
  3. SUBCHAPTER VII REMEDIES

(1) After a breach within s. 402.711 the buyer may “cover” by making in good faith and without unreasonable delay any reasonable purchase of or contract to purchase goods in substitution for those due from the seller.

(2) The buyer may recover from the seller as damages the difference between the cost of cover and the contract price together with any incidental or consequential damages as defined in s. 402.715, but less expenses saved in consequence of the seller’s breach.

(3) Failure of the buyer to effect cover within this section does not bar the buyer from any other remedy.

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