Iowa Code § 554.13202
Final written expression — parol or extrinsic evidence
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Current — January 1, 2026
As of January 1, 2012
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:
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:
1. by course of dealing or usage of trade or by course of performance; and
1. by course of dealing or usage of trade or by course of performance; 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.
2. 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.
94 Acts, ch 1052, §15
94 Acts, ch 1052, §15; 2024 Acts, ch 1023, §120
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