D.C. Code § 28:2A-202

Current through codified legislation effective September 18, 2024

Section 28:2A-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 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 dealing or usage of trade or by course of performance; 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.

D.C. Code § 28:2A-202

Amended by D.C. Law 25-158,§ 2, 71 DCR 002265, eff. 4/20/2024.

July 22, 1992, D.C. Law 9-128, § 2(b), 39 DCR 3830.