2018 New Mexico Statutes
Chapter 55 - Uniform Commercial Code
Article 2A - Leases
Section 55-2A-202 - 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:
(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 writing to have been intended also as a complete and exclusive statement of the terms of the agreement.
History: 1978 Comp., § 55-2A-202, enacted by Laws 1992, ch. 114, § 18.
OFFICIAL COMMENTS
UCC Official Comments by ALI & the NCCUSL. Reproduced with permission of the PEB for the UCC. All rights reserved.
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].
Effective dates. — Laws 1992, ch. 114, § 238 made Laws 1992, ch. 114, § 18 effective July 1, 1992.
