{"data":{"id":"us-ri/r.i.-gen.-laws-6a-2-206","jurisdiction":"us-ri","citation":"R.I. Gen. Laws § 6A-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 nonconforming 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 notified of acceptance within a reasonable time may treat the offer as having lapsed before acceptance.","path":["Title 6A Uniform Commercial Code","Chapter 2 Sales","Part 2 Form, Formation and Readjustment of Contracts"],"source_url":"https://webserver.rilegislature.gov/Statutes/TITLE6A/6A-2/6A-2/6A-2-206.htm","current_through":"site files published 2025-08-13","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T17:43:34Z","sha256":"34a3e04e96e64fbfe9c24b13c18179c17a4162d07d8f1fa1854d234a72ac8fba","source_id":"us-ri","stale":true,"prev":"us-ri/r.i.-gen.-laws-6a-2-205","next":"us-ri/r.i.-gen.-laws-6a-2-207"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}