{"data":{"id":"us-vt/9a-v.s.a.-2-206","jurisdiction":"us-vt","citation":"9A V.S.A. § 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":["Title 9A: Uniform Commercial Code","Article 002: Sales"],"source_url":"https://legislature.vermont.gov/statutes/fullchapter/09A/002","current_through":"2025 session","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T14:52:51Z","sha256":"9b7b00e805b70a3949e55001da62a43168325cba78ea62e509d3d33ff57544ea","source_id":"us-vt","stale":false,"prev":"us-vt/9a-v.s.a.-2-205","next":"us-vt/9a-v.s.a.-2-207"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}