Texas Business & Commerce Code - Section 2.202. Final Written Expression: Parol Or Extrinsic Evidence

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§ 2.202. 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
		(1)  by course of performance, course of dealing, or 
usage of trade (Section 1.303);  and
		(2)  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.

Acts 1967, 60th Leg., p. 2343, ch. 785, § 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1967.  
Amended by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 542, § 3, eff. Sept. 1, 
2003.

Last modified: August 10, 2007