Legislation
SECTION 2-205
Firm Offers
Uniform Commercial Code (UCC) CHAPTER 38, ARTICLE 2, PART 2
Section 2--205. Firm Offers.
An offer by a merchant to buy or sell goods in a signed writing which
by its terms gives assurance that it will be held open is not revocable,
for lack of consideration, during the time stated or if no time is
stated for a reasonable time, but in no event may such period of
irrevocability exceed three months; but any such term of assurance on a
form supplied by the offeree must be separately signed by the offeror.
An offer by a merchant to buy or sell goods in a signed writing which
by its terms gives assurance that it will be held open is not revocable,
for lack of consideration, during the time stated or if no time is
stated for a reasonable time, but in no event may such period of
irrevocability exceed three months; but any such term of assurance on a
form supplied by the offeree must be separately signed by the offeror.