California Code of Civil Procedure

§ 1856

CCP § 1856 Effective Jan 1, 2014Title 1 · Part 4

Statute text

(a)Terms set forth in a writing intended by the parties as a final expression of their agreement with respect to the terms included therein may not be contradicted by evidence of a prior agreement or of a contemporaneous oral agreement.

(b)The terms set forth in a writing described in subdivision (a) may be explained or supplemented by evidence of consistent additional terms unless the writing is intended also as a complete and exclusive statement of the terms of the agreement.

(c)The terms set forth in a writing described in subdivision (a) may be explained or supplemented by course of dealing or usage of trade or by course of performance.

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Legislative history

Amended by Stats. 2013, Ch. 81, Sec. 1. (AB 824) Effective January 1, 2014.