{"data":{"id":"us-dc/d.c.-code-28-2-310","jurisdiction":"us-dc","citation":"D.C. Code § 28:2-310","heading":"Open time for payment or running of credit; authority to ship under reservation.","body":"Unless otherwise agreed:\n\n(a)\npayment is due at the time and place at which the buyer is to receive the goods even though the place of shipment is the place of delivery; and\n\n(b)\nif the seller is authorized to send the goods he may ship them under reservation, and may tender the documents of title, but the buyer may inspect the goods after their arrival before payment is due unless such inspection is inconsistent with the terms of the contract (section 28:2-513); and\n\n(c)\nif delivery is authorized and made by way of documents of title otherwise than by subsection (b) of this section then payment is due regardless of where the goods are to be received at the time and place at which the buyer is to receive delivery of the tangible documents or at the time the buyer is to receive delivery of the electronic documents and at the seller’s place of business or if none, the seller’s residence; and\n\n(d)\nwhere the seller is required or authorized to ship the goods on credit the credit period runs from the time of shipment but post-dating the invoice or delaying its dispatch will correspondingly delay the starting of the credit period.","path":["Title 28. Commercial Instruments and Transactions. [Enacted title]","Subtitle I. Uniform Commercial Code.","Article 2. Sales.","Part III. General Obligation and Construction of Contract."],"source_url":"https://code.dccouncil.gov/us/dc/council/code/sections/28:2-310","current_through":"2026-08-20 (D.C. Law 26-175)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-29T05:44:07Z","sha256":"ade1b1890b5f0d1ad643e73583a7bfe3e8511936a509fae2317b185f04f862fd","source_id":"us-dc","stale":false,"prev":"us-dc/d.c.-code-28-2-309","next":"us-dc/d.c.-code-28-2-311"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}