Uniform commercial code

UCC: The Rules of Commerce

The Uniform Commercial Code (UCC) is the backbone of modern commerce. It governs contracts, negotiable instruments, secured transactions, and the rules of presentment, acceptance, dishonor, and enforcement.

At ucc.tinkerr.com, we track how these rules apply in real life — and how corporate and government actors often default when held to them. This section breaks down the key UCC principles, the administrative process, and the remedies that follow dishonor.

Inside the UCC section:

• Uniform Commercial Code
  An overview of the UCC, the core sections, and why they matter. Includes references to Cornell Law for authoritative text.

• Administrative Process
  How notices, affidavits, and presentments work. The sequence: presentment → acceptance or dishonor → default → ledger.

• Enforcement
  What happens after dishonor: claims, liens, secured party rights, and commercial remedies.

• Remedies & Liabilities
  The consequences of default — damages, setoff, commercial liens, and how liability escalates.

• Table of Authorities
  A legal reference of the statutes and cases that govern commercial enforcement, including key UCC sections and landmark Supreme Court rulings such as Clearfield Trust Co. v. United States and Ex parte Milligan.

Commerce runs on contracts. Contracts run on the UCC. And dishonor is always enforceable.