ORS § 72.2020

Current through 2024 Regular Session legislation effective June 6, 2024

Section 72.2020 - 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 as provided in ORS 71.3030; 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.

ORS 72.2020

1961 c.726 § 72.2020; 2009 c. 181, § 26