Virginia § 8.2-202 Final expression; parol or extrinsic evidence

Virginia Statutes

§ 8.2-202 — Final expression; parol or extrinsic evidence

Virginia § 8.2-202

Title 8.2Commercial Code — Sales

Part 2Form, Formation and Readjustment of Contract

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Va. Code Ann. § 8.2-202 (2026).

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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:

(a)by course of performance, course of dealing or usage of trade (§ 8.1A-303); and

(b)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:

(a) by course of performance, course of dealing or usage of trade (§ 8.1A-303); and

(b) 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.