Record intended as final expression of parties' agreement; parol or extrinsic evidence
Ind. Code § 26-1-2-202
in effectSec. 202. 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:
(a) by course of dealing or usage of trade (IC 26-1-1-205) or by course of performance (IC 26-1-1-205); 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.
Formerly: Acts 1963, c.317, s.2-202. As amended by P.L.152-1986, SEC.126; P.L.143-2007, SEC.9; P.L.199-2023, SEC.6.
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