{"data":{"id":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-25-2-616","jurisdiction":"us-nc","citation":"N.C. Gen. Stat. § 25-2-616","heading":"Procedure on notice claiming excuse.","body":"(a)\tWhere the buyer receives notification of a material or indefinite delay or an allocation justified under the preceding section [G.S. 25-2-615] he may by written notification to the seller as to any delivery concerned, and where the prospective deficiency substantially impairs the value of the whole contract under the provisions of this article relating to breach of installment contracts (G.S. 25-2-612), then also as to the whole,\n(1)\tterminate and thereby discharge any unexecuted portion of the contract; or\n(2)\tmodify the contract by agreeing to take his available quota in substitution.\n(b)\tIf after receipt of such notification from the seller the buyer fails so to modify the contract within a reasonable time not exceeding thirty days the contract lapses with respect to any deliveries affected.\n(c)\tThe provisions of this section may not be negated by agreement except insofar as the seller has assumed a greater obligation under the preceding section [G.S. 25-2-615]. (1965, c. 700, s. 1; 2025-25, s. 112.)","path":["Chapter 25. Uniform Commercial Code.","Article 2. Sales.","Part 6. Breach, Repudiation and Excuse."],"source_url":"https://www.ncleg.gov/EnactedLegislation/Statutes/HTML/BySection/Chapter_25/GS_25-2-616.html","current_through":"S.L. 2026-30","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T17:58:47Z","sha256":"3bdc34bd7cf8847808bc52a9636d1d65d62c8317b384916613fbb70decc4ac1b","source_id":"us-nc","stale":false,"prev":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-25-2-615","next":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-25-2-701"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}