Commercial Code section 10206


(a)

Unless otherwise unambiguously indicated by the language or circumstances, an offer to make a lease contract must be construed as inviting acceptance in any manner and by any medium reasonable in the circumstances.

(b)

If 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.

Source: Section 10206, https://leginfo.­legislature.­ca.­gov/faces/codes_displaySection.­xhtml?lawCode=COM§ionNum=10206.­ (updated Jul. 15, 1991; accessed Jun. 25, 2025).

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