Official Code of Georgia Annotated

Title 11. COMMERCIAL CODE · Chapter 2A. · Article 2A. LEASES · Part 2. FORMATION AND CONSTRUCTION OF LEASE CONTRACT

11-2A-202. Final expression: Parole or extrinsic evidence.

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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 or by course of performance; 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.#

The notes below are printed with the section but are not enacted law (O.C.G.A. § 1-1-1(c)). They are shown apart from the text.

History

Code 1981, § 11-2A-202, enacted by Ga. L. 1993, p. 633, § 1; Ga. L. 2024, p. 817, § 5-14/HB 1240, effective July 1, 2024.

Amendments

The 2024 amendment, effective July 1, 2024, substituted “record” for “writing” in the introductory paragraph and in paragraph (b).

Editor's notes

Ga. L. 2024, p. 817, § 1-1/HB 1240, not codified by the General Assembly, provides: “This Act shall be known and may be cited as the ‘Uniform Commercial Code Modernization Act of 2024.’” Ga. L. 2024, p. 817, § 1-2/HB 1240, not codified by the General Assembly, provides: “Nothing in this Act shall be construed to support, endorse, create, or implement a national digital currency.”

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