{"data":{"id":"us-dc/d.c.-code-28-2-313","jurisdiction":"us-dc","citation":"D.C. Code § 28:2-313","heading":"Express warranties by affirmation, promise, description, sample.","body":"(1)\nExpress warranties by the seller are created as follows:\n(a)\nAny affirmation of fact or promise made by the seller to the buyer which relates to the goods and becomes part of the basis of the bargain creates an express warranty that the goods shall conform to the affirmation or promise.\n(b)\nAny description of the goods which is made part of the basis of the bargain creates an express warranty that the goods shall conform to the description.\n(c)\nAny sample or model which is made part of the basis of the bargain creates an express warranty that the whole of the goods shall conform to the sample or model.\n\n(2)\nIt is not necessary to the creation of an express warranty that the seller use formal words such as “warrant” or “guarantee” or that he have a specific intention to make a warranty, but an affirmation merely of the value of the goods or a statement purporting to be merely the seller’s opinion or commendation of the goods does not create a warranty.","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/28:2-313","current_through":"2026-08-20 (D.C. Law 26-175)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-29T05:44:07Z","sha256":"8f0801308ee3ad45d2ad09c16aa4eb467ebc9d39030d05d198c1ed8c9d071dde","source_id":"us-dc","stale":false,"prev":"us-dc/d.c.-code-28-2-312","next":"us-dc/d.c.-code-28-2-314"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}