The Uniform Commercial Code (UCC) is an attempt to harmonize the law of sales and other commercial transactions in all fifty states within the United States. The UCC was the first of the Uniform Acts to be proposed, and is the longest and most elaborate of such acts. It is a joint project of the National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws (NCCUSL) and the American Law Institute (ALI). The Code is not itself the law, but only has the force of law if enacted by states. The Code, in one or another of its several revisions, has been enacted in 49 of the 50 states. Louisiana, the sole holdout, has enacted most of the Code, but because that state's commercial law is based on civil law and the Napoleonic Code rather than on common law, it is difficult to harmonize procedure and terminology with the UCC.
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