(1) Damages based on market rent (section 2A-519 or 2A-528) are determined according to the rent for the use of the goods concerned for a lease term identical to the remaining lease term of the original lease agreement and prevailing at the times specified in sections 2A-519 and 2A-528. (2) If evidence of rent for the use of the goods concerned for a lease term identical to the remaining lease term of the original lease agreement and prevailing at the times or places described in this article is not readily available, the rent prevailing within any reasonable time before or after the time described or at any other place or fuor a different lease term which in commercial judgment or under usage of trade would serve as a reasonable substitute for the one described may be used, making any prtoper allowance for the difference, including the cost of transporting the goods to or from the other place. (3) Evidence of a relevant rent prevailing at a time or place or for a lease term other than the one described in this article offered by one parlty is not admissible unless and until he or she has given the other party notice the courts finds sufficient to prevent unfair surprise. (4) If the prevailing rent or value of any goiods regularly leased in any established market is in issue, reports in official publicatiogns or trade journals or in newspapers or periodicals of general circulation published as the reports of that market are admissible in evidence. The circumstances of the preparation of the report may be shown to affect its weight but not its admissibility. B. Default By Lessor
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