GA Code § 11-2-202 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 11 - Commercial Code|Article 2 - Sales|Part 2 - Form, Formation, and Readjustment of Contract|§ 11-2-202. 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:    By course of performance, course of dealing, or usage of trade (Code Section 11-1-303); and   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.    (Code 1933, § 109A-2 - 202, enacted by Ga. L. 1962, p. 156, § 1; Ga. L. 2015, p. 996, § 3B-2/SB 65.)    The 2015 amendment,  effective January 1, 2016, substituted the present provisions of paragraph (a) for the former provisions, which read: "By course of dealing or usage of trade (Code Section 11-1-205) or by course of performance (Code Section 11-2-208); and".   Editor's notes.   - Ga. L. 2015, p. 996, § 1-1/SB 65, not codified by the General Assembly, provides: "(a) This Act shall be known and may be cited as the 'Debtor-Creditor Uniform Law Modernization Act of 2015.'   "(b) To promote consistency among the states, it is the intent of the General Assembly to modernize certain existing uniform laws promulgated by the Uniform Law Commission affecting debtor and creditor rights, responsibilities, and relationships and other federally recognized laws affecting such rights, responsibilities, and relationships."   Law reviews.   - For article, "Consumer Protection Against Sellers Misrepresentations," see 20 Mercer L. Rev. 414 (1969). For article, "Impracticability As Risk Allocation: The Effect of Changed Circumstances upon Contract Obligations for the Sale of Goods," see 22 Ga. L. Rev. 503 (1988).   JUDICIAL DECISIONS   ANALYSIS    General Consideration   Legislative Intent   Construction and Application   Usage of Trade, Course of Dealing, and Course of Performance   Complete and Exclusive Agreements   Fraud   Procedure    RESEARCH REFERENCES   Am. Jur. 2d.   - 15A Am. Jur. 2d, Commercial Code, § 69. 29A Am. Jur. 2d, Evidence, § 1095. 67 Am. Jur. 2d, Sales, §§ 317-347. 68A Am. Jur. 2d, Secured Transactions, § 164. 72 Am. Jur. 2d, Statute of Frauds, §§ 216, 260.   C.J.S.   - 32A C.J.S., Evidence, §§ 1168 et seq., 1183.   U.L.A.   - Uniform Commercial Code (U.L.A.) § 2-202.   ALR.    - Admissibility of parol evidence to show that a bill or note was conditional, or given for a special purpose, 20 A.L.R. 421; 54 A.L.R. 702; 75 A.L.R. 1519; 105 A.L.R. 1346.    Oral agreement between joint obligors as to extent of liability inter se, 65 A.L.R. 822.    Parol-evidence rule: evidence of agreements as to manner or medium of payment of bill or note, or as to credit, setoff, or counterclaim with respect to the same, 71 A.L.R. 548.    Effect of statute of frauds upon the right to modify by subsequent parol agreement, a written contract required by the statute to be in writing, 80 A.L.R. 539; 118 A.L.R. 1511.    Parol evidence rule as affecting extrinsic evidence to show or to negative usury, 104 A.L.R. 1261.    Requirement of written contract as condition of mechanic's lien as affected by an oral modification, or a modification partly oral and partly written, of a written contract, or a subsequent modification in writing not registered or filed as required by statute, 108 A.L.R. 434.    Provision in sale contract to effect that only conditions incorporated therein shall be binding, 133 A.L.R. 1360.   Conflict of laws as to usage and custom, with respect to interpretation or performance of a contract, 60 A.L.R.2d 467.   Admissibility of oral evidence to show that a writing was a sham agreement not intended to create legal relations, 71 A.L.R.2d 382.   Application of parol evidence rule of UCC § 2-202 where fraud or misrepresentation is claimed in sale of goods, 71 A.L.R.3d 1059.   Modern status of rules governing legal effect of failure to object to admission of extrinsic evidence violative of parol evidence rule, 81 A.L.R.3d 249.   Affirmations or representations made after the sale is closed as basis of warranty under UCC § 2-313(1)(a), 47 A.L.R.4th 189.   Applicability of UCC Article 2 to mixed contracts for sale of consumer goods and services, 1 A.L.R.7th 3.   Applicability of UCC Article 2 to mixed contracts for sale of goods and services: distributorship, franchise, and similar business contracts, 8 A.L.R.7th 4.   Applicability of UCC Article 2 to mixed contracts for sale of business goods and services: manufacturing, construction, and similar contracts, 15 A.L.R.7th 7.