Va. Code § 8.2-202

Current with changes from the 2024 legislative session through ch. 845

Section 8.2-202 - [Effective 7/1/2025] 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 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 (§ 8.1-303A); 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.

Va. Code § 8.2-202

1964, c. 219; 2003, c. 353.

Amended by Acts 2024 c. 652,§ 1, eff. 7/1/2025.

Amended by Acts 2003, § c. 353.

Amended by Acts 1964, § c. 219.

This section is set out more than once due to postponed, multiple, or conflicting amendments.