Final written expression; parol or extrinsic evidence

NMSA 1978, § 55-2-202, under Article 2.

NMSA 1978, § 55-2-202

Terms with respect to which the confirmatory memoranda of the parties agree or that 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 (Section 55-1-303 NMSA 1978); 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. History: 1953 Comp., § 50A-2-202, enacted by Laws 1961, ch. 96, § 2-202; 1978 Comp., § 55-2-202; 2005, ch. 144, § 27; 2023, ch. 142, § 8.