Title 8.2. Commercial Code — Sales
Part 2. Form, Formation and Readjustment of Contract
§ 8.2-202. (Effective until July 1, 2025) Final written expression; parol or extrinsic evidence. (2024 updated section)
Terms with respect to which the confirmatory memoranda of the parties agree or which are otherwise set forth in a writing 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 writing to have been intended also as a complete and exclusive statement of the terms of the agreement.
1964, c. 219; 2003, c. 353.
8.2-202. (Effective July 1, 2025) Final expression; parol or extrinsic evidence (2024 updated section)
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.
1964, c. 219; 2003, c. 353; 2024, c. 652.
The chapters of the acts of assembly referenced in the historical citation at the end of this section may not constitute a comprehensive list of such chapters and may exclude chapters whose provisions have expired.
