59.1-503.1 - Parol or extrinsic evidence. - Virginia Statutes

§ 59.1-503.1. Parol or extrinsic evidence.

Terms with respect to which confirmatory records of the parties agree orwhich are otherwise set forth in a record intended by the parties as a finalexpression of their agreement with respect to terms included therein may notbe contradicted by evidence of any previous agreement or of a contemporaneousoral agreement but may be explained or supplemented by:

(1) course of performance, course of dealing, or usage of trade; and

(2) evidence of consistent additional terms, unless the court finds therecord to have been intended as a complete and exclusive statement of theterms of the agreement.

(2000, cc. 101, 996.)