The Florida Senate

672.210  Delegation of performance; assignment of rights.--

(1)  A party may perform her or his duty through a delegate unless otherwise agreed or unless the other party has a substantial interest in having her or his original promisor perform or control the acts required by the contract. No delegation of performance relieves the party delegating of any duty to perform or any liability for breach.

(2)  Unless otherwise agreed all rights of either seller or buyer can be assigned except where the assignment would materially change the duty of the other party, or increase materially the burden or risk imposed on her or him by her or his contract, or impair materially her or his chance of obtaining return performance. A right to damages for breach of the whole contract or a right arising out of the assignor's due performance of her or his entire obligation can be assigned despite agreement otherwise.

(3)  Unless the circumstances indicate the contrary a prohibition of assignment of "the contract" is to be construed as barring only the delegation to the assignee of the assignor's performance.

(4)  An assignment of "the contract" or of "all my rights under the contract" or an assignment in similar general terms is an assignment of rights and unless the language or the circumstances (as in an assignment for security) indicate the contrary, it is a delegation of performance of the duties of the assignor and its acceptance by the assignee constitutes a promise by her or him to perform those duties. This promise is enforceable by either the assignor or the other party to the original contract.

(5)  The other party may treat any assignment which delegates performance as creating reasonable grounds for insecurity and may without prejudice to her or his rights against the assignor demand assurances from the assignee (s. 672.609).

History.--s. 1, ch. 65-254; s. 558, ch. 97-102.

Note.--s. 2-210, U.C.C.