(810 ILCS 5/1-101) (from Ch. 26, par. 1-101)
    Sec. 1-101. Short title. This Act shall be known and may be cited as Uniform Commercial Code.
(Source: Laws 1961, p. 2101.)

    (810 ILCS 5/1-102) (from Ch. 26, par. 1-102)
    Sec. 1-102. Purposes, rules of construction, variation by agreement.
    (1) This Act shall be liberally construed and applied to promote its underlying purposes and policies.
    (2) Underlying purposes and policies of this Act are
        (a) to simplify, clarify and modernize the law governing commercial transactions;
        (b) to permit the continued expansion of commercial practices through custom, usage and agreement of the parties;
        (c) to make uniform the law among the various jurisdictions.
    (3) The effect of provisions of this Act may be varied by agreement, except as otherwise provided in this Act and except that the obligations of good faith, diligence, reasonableness and care prescribed by this Act may not be disclaimed by agreement but the parties may by agreement determine the standards by which the performance of such obligations is to be measured if such standards are not manifestly unreasonable.
    (4) The presence in certain provisions of this Act of the words "unless otherwise agreed" or words of similar import does not imply that the effect of other provisions may not be varied by agreement under subsection (3).
    (5) In this Act unless the context otherwise requires
        (a) words in the singular number include the plural, and in the plural include the singular;
        (b) words of the masculine gender include the feminine and the neuter, and when the sense so indicates words of the neuter gender may refer to any gender.
(Source: Laws 1961, p. 2101.)

    (810 ILCS 5/1-103) (from Ch. 26, par. 1-103)
    Sec. 1-103. Supplementary general principles of law applicable.
    Unless displaced by the particular provisions of this Act, the principles of law and equity, including the law merchant and the law relative to capacity to contract, principal and agent, estoppel, fraud, misrepresentation, duress, coercion, mistake, unjust enrichment, bankruptcy, or other validating or invalidating cause shall supplement its provisions.
(Source: P.A. 88-123.)

    (810 ILCS 5/1-104) (from Ch. 26, par. 1-104)
    Sec. 1-104. Construction against implicit repeal.
    This Act being a general act intended as a unified coverage of its subject matter, no part of it shall be deemed to be impliedly repealed by subsequent legislation if such construction can reasonably be avoided.
(Source: Laws 1961, p. 2101.)

    (810 ILCS 5/1-104a) (from Ch. 26, par. 1-104a)
    Sec. 1-104a. Legislative Intent. If any provision of this Act conflicts with Section 205-410 of the Department of Agriculture Law (20 ILCS 205/205-410), the provisions of that Section 205-410 control. If any provision of this Act conflicts with the Grain Code, the provisions of the Grain Code control.
(Source: P.A. 91-239, eff. 1-1-00.)

    (810 ILCS 5/1-104b)
    (This Section may contain text from a Public Act with a delayed effective date)
    Sec. 1-104b. Agriculture Production Contract Code. This Act is subject to the provisions of the Agriculture Production Contract Code.
(Source: P.A. 93-522, eff. 1-1-05.)

    (810 ILCS 5/1-105) (from Ch. 26, par. 1-105)
    Sec. 1-105. Territorial application of the Act; parties' power to choose applicable law.
    (1) Except as provided in this Section, when a transaction bears a reasonable relation to this State and also to another state or nation the parties may agree that the law either of this State or of the other state or nation shall govern their rights and duties. Failing an agreement, this Act applies to transactions bearing an appropriate relation to this State.
    (2) Where one of the following provisions of this Act specifies the applicable law, that provision governs and a contrary agreement is effective only to the extent permitted by the law (including the conflict of laws rules) so specified:
    Rights of creditors against sold goods. Section 2-402.
    Applicability of the Article on Leases. Sections 2A-105

    (810 ILCS 5/1-106) (from Ch. 26, par. 1-106)
    Sec. 1-106. Remedies to be liberally administered.
    (1) The remedies provided by this Act shall be liberally administered to the end that the aggrieved party may be put in as good a position as if the other party had fully performed but neither consequential or special nor penal damages may be had except as specifically provided in this Act or by other rule of law.
    (2) Any right or obligation declared by this Act is enforceable by action unless the provision declaring it specifies a different and limited effect.
(Source: Laws 1961, 1st SS., p. 7.)

    (810 ILCS 5/1-107) (from Ch. 26, par. 1-107)
    Sec. 1-107. Waiver or renunciation of claim or right after breach.
    Any claim or right arising out of an alleged breach can be discharged in whole or in part without consideration by a written waiver or renunciation signed and delivered by the aggrieved party.
(Source: Laws 1961, p. 2101.)

    (810 ILCS 5/1-108) (from Ch. 26, par. 1-108)
    Sec. 1-108. Severability.
    If any provision or clause of this Act or application thereof to any person or circumstances is held invalid, such invalidity shall not affect other provisions or applications of the Act which can be given effect without the invalid provision or application, and to this end the provisions of this Act are declared to be severable.
(Source: Laws 1961, p. 2101.)

    (810 ILCS 5/1-109) (from Ch. 26, par. 1-109)
    Sec. 1-109. Section captions. Section captions are parts of this Act.
(Source: Laws 1961, p. 2101.)