554.2202  Final written 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 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 dealing or usage of trade (section 554.1205) or by course of performance (section 554.2208); 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.

Section History: Early form

  [C66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, § 554.2202]

Internal References

  Referred to in § 554.2316, 554.2326, 715B.2


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