§ 336.2A-202 — Final Expression; Parol or Extrinsic Evidence
Plain-Language Summary
A written lease intended as final cannot be contradicted by prior agreements. It can be supplemented by course of dealing, trade usage, and course of performance, and if not a complete integration, by consistent additional terms.
336.2A-202 FINAL EXPRESSION; PAROL OR EXTRINSIC EVIDENCE.
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 the included terms 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 dealing or usage of trade or by course of performance; 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.
History:
1989 c 232 art 1 s 2A-202; 2024 c 93 art 3 s 5
History: History: 1989 c 232 art 1 s 2A-202; 2024 c 93 art 3 s 5