{"data":{"id":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-12a-2-206","jurisdiction":"us-nj","citation":"N.J. Stat. § 12A: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.\nL.1961, c. 120, s. 2-206.","path":["TITLE 12A COMMERCIAL TRANSACTIONS"],"source_url":"https://pub.njleg.state.nj.us/statutes/STATUTES-TEXT.zip","current_through":"P.L.2025, c.405, and J.R.22","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T17:54:13Z","sha256":"80b69f6b2432fded094d96af44c0fc454c8a8d8d803c4f41a93e94256559c04e","source_id":"us-nj","stale":true,"prev":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-12a-2-205","next":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-12a-2-207"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}