{"data":{"id":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-106-2-206","jurisdiction":"us-ma","citation":"Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 106, § 2-206","heading":"Offer and Acceptance in Formation of Contract","body":"Section 2–206. (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":["Part I","Title XV","Chapter 106","Article 2"],"source_url":"https://malegislature.gov/Laws/GeneralLaws/PartI/TitleXV/Chapter106/Section2-206","current_through":"amendments passed before May 31, 2026","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-17T05:22:20Z","sha256":"cbd463675466435833cd0b80412dfe6caab9d1069f5ec68d360170d78941622b","source_id":"us-ma","stale":false,"prev":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-106-2-205","next":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-106-2-207"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}