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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>378019</law_id><section_number>8.2A-202</section_number><catch_line>Final expression: parol or extrinsic evidence</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2026/" slug="2026" current="TRUE" last_updated="2026-08-02">2026</edition><referred_to_by><reference>8.2A-214</reference></referred_to_by><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="17" identifier="8.2A">Commercial Code &#x2014; Leases</unit><unit label="part" level="2" order_by="2" identifier="2">Formation and Construction of Lease Contract</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>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 <span class="dictionary">evidence</span> of any prior agreement or of a contemporaneous oral agreement but may be explained or supplemented:</p></section>
						<section id="a"><p><span class="prefix-number">a.</span> by course of dealing or usage of trade or by course of performance; and <a id="paragraph-1410085" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/8.2A-202/#a"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="b"><p><span class="prefix-number">b.</span> by <span class="dictionary">evidence</span> of consistent additional terms unless the <span class="dictionary">court</span> finds the record to have been intended also as a complete and exclusive statement of the terms of the agreement. <a id="paragraph-1410086" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/8.2A-202/#b"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>1991, c. 536; 2024, c. 652.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
