Commercial Code section 10217

Identification of goods as goods to which a lease contract refers may be made at any time and in any manner explicitly agreed to by the parties. In the absence of explicit agreement, identification occurs:

(1)

When the lease contract is made, if the lease contract is for a lease of goods that are existing and identified;

(2)

When the goods are shipped, marked, or otherwise designated by the lessor as goods to which the lease contract refers, if the lease contract is for a lease of goods that are not existing and identified; or

(3)

When the young are conceived, if the lease contract is for a lease of unborn young of animals.

Source: Section 10217, https://leginfo.­legislature.­ca.­gov/faces/codes_displaySection.­xhtml?lawCode=COM§ionNum=10217.­ (updated Jul. 15, 1991; accessed Nov. 17, 2025).

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