{"data":{"id":"us-il/810-ilcs-5-2-206","jurisdiction":"us-il","citation":"810 ILCS 5/2-206","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":["CHAPTER 810 COMMERCIAL CODE","Uniform Commercial Code."],"source_url":"https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/ILCS/details?ActID=2301\u0026ChapterID=66\u0026ChapAct=FullText\u0026Print=True","current_through":"at least Public Act 104-790","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-15T04:46:47Z","sha256":"d3f12f96056b7dbc9534952735ef2a8dd4c2df15cde6a3b0a7a48a00152453db","source_id":"us-il","stale":false,"prev":"us-il/810-ilcs-5-2-205","next":"us-il/810-ilcs-5-2-207"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}