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§ 55-2A-202 NMSA 1978

Final expression; parol or extrinsic evidence

Known as the Uniform Commercial Code

The act spans §§ 55–55 (591 sections).

1978 Comp., § 55-2A-202, enacted by Laws 1992, ch. 114, § 18; 2023, ch. 142, § 16.

Terms with respect to which the confirmatory memoranda of the parties agree or that 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.

UCC Official Comments © by ALI & the NCCUSL. Reproduced with permission of the PEB for the UCC. All rights reserved.

Changes — In furtherance of medium neutrality, the references to a "writing" have been changed to refer to a "record."

Uniform Statutory Source. — Section 2-202 [ 55-2-202 NMSA 1978].

"Agreement". Section 1-201(3) [ 55-1-201 NMSA 1978].

"Course of dealing". Section 1-205 [ 55-1-205 NMSA 1978].

"Party". Section 1-201(29) [ 55-1-201 NMSA 1978].

"Term". Section 1-201(42) [ 55-1-201 NMSA 1978].

"Usage of trade". Section 1-205 [ 55-1-205 NMSA 1978].

"Writing". Section 1-201(46) [ 55-1-201 NMSA 1978].

Official source: NMOneSource (New Mexico Compilation Commission). Reproduced from public-domain New Mexico statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.