{"data":{"id":"us-de/6-del.-c.-2-206","jurisdiction":"us-de","citation":"6 Del. C. § 2-206","heading":"Offer and acceptance in formation of contract.","body":"(1) Unless otherwise unambiguously indicated by the language or circumstances\n(a) an offer to make a contract shall be construed as inviting acceptance in any manner and by any medium reasonable in the circumstances;\n(b) an order or other offer to buy goods for prompt or current shipment shall be construed as inviting acceptance either by a prompt promise to ship or by the prompt or current shipment of conforming or non-conforming goods, but such a shipment of non-conforming goods does not constitute an acceptance if the seller seasonably notifies the buyer that the shipment is offered only as an accommodation to the buyer.\n(2) Where the beginning of a requested performance is a reasonable mode of acceptance an offeror who is not notified of acceptance within a reasonable time may treat the offer as having lapsed before acceptance.","path":["Title 6. Commerce and Trade","SUBTITLE I","Uniform Commercial Code","ARTICLE 2. Sales","Part 2","Form, Formation and Readjustment of Contract"],"source_url":"https://delcode.delaware.gov/title6/c002/sc02/index.html#2-206","current_through":"2026-08-10 (85 Del. Laws, c. 421, 424)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T23:02:06Z","sha256":"d3f12f96056b7dbc9534952735ef2a8dd4c2df15cde6a3b0a7a48a00152453db","source_id":"us-de","stale":true,"prev":"us-de/6-del.-c.-2-205","next":"us-de/6-del.-c.-2-207"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}