Pennsylvania § 2202 Final expression: parol or extrinsic evidence

Pennsylvania Statutes

§ 2202 — Final expression: parol or extrinsic evidence

Pennsylvania § 2202

Title 13COMMERCIAL CODE

Ch. 22FORM, FORMATION AND READJUSTMENT

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Bluebook

13 Pa. Cons. Stat. § 2202 (2026).

Text

Terms with respect to which the confirmatory memoranda of the parties agree or which are otherwise set forth in a record intended by the parties as a final expression of their agreement with respect to such terms as are included therein may not be contradicted by evidence of any prior agreement or of a contemporaneous oral agreement but may be explained or supplemented:

(1)by course of performance, course of dealing or usage of trade (section 1303); and

(2)by evidence of consistent additional terms unless the court finds the record to have been intended also as a complete and exclusive statement of the terms of the agreement.

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Terms with respect to which the confirmatory memoranda of the parties agree or which are otherwise set forth in a record intended by the parties as a final expression of their agreement with respect to such terms as are included therein may not be contradicted by evidence of any prior agreement or of a contemporaneous oral agreement but may be explained or supplemented:

(1) by course of performance, course of dealing or usage of trade (section 1303); and

(2) by evidence of consistent additional terms unless the court finds the record to have been intended also as a complete and exclusive statement of the terms of the agreement.

Legislative History

(Apr. 16, 2008, P.L.57, No.13, eff. 60 days; July 1, 2024, P.L.450, No.41, eff. 60 days) 2024 Amendment.Act 41 amended the section heading, intro. par. and par. (2). See section 1 of Act 41 in the appendix to this title for special provisions relating to findings and declarations. Cross References.Section 2202 is referred to in sections 2316, 2326 of this title.