Parol or extrinsic evidence

Va. Code Ann. § 59.1-503.1

in effect

Terms with respect to which confirmatory records 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 terms included therein may not be contradicted by evidence of any previous agreement or of a contemporaneous oral 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 the record to have been intended as a complete and exclusive statement of the terms of the agreement. 2000, cc. 101 , 996 .

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