{"data":{"id":"us-dc/d.c.-code-28-2-712","jurisdiction":"us-dc","citation":"D.C. Code § 28:2-712","heading":"“Cover”; buyer’s procurement of substitute goods.","body":"(1)\nAfter a breach within the preceding section 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.\n\n(2)\nThe 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 hereinafter defined (section 28:2-715), but less expenses saved in consequence of the seller’s breach.\n\n(3)\nFailure of the buyer to effect cover within this section does not bar him from any other remedy.","path":["Title 28. Commercial Instruments and Transactions. [Enacted title]","Subtitle I. Uniform Commercial Code.","Article 2. Sales.","Part VII. Remedies."],"source_url":"https://code.dccouncil.gov/us/dc/council/code/sections/28:2-712","current_through":"2026-08-20 (D.C. Law 26-175)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-29T05:44:07Z","sha256":"8c8a8ac0e534e6e7eeb43f34ccf244324ba7c491ced981fdd7c26edc9a38988a","source_id":"us-dc","stale":false,"prev":"us-dc/d.c.-code-28-2-711","next":"us-dc/d.c.-code-28-2-713"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}