<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" lang="en-US"><head><meta charset="UTF-8"><meta http-equiv='content-language' content='en-us'/><title>SDLRC - Codified Law 57A-2A-202 - Final expression--Parol or extrinsic evidence.</title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML"><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2594741a500b428baa451ccc91ecbc2eNormal { text-indent: 0.50in; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-top: 0; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; margin-bottom: .001pt; } span.s2594741a500b428baa451ccc91ecbc2eSENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2594741a500b428baa451ccc91ecbc2eCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2594741a500b428baa451ccc91ecbc2eStatute { text-indent: 0.50in; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-top: 0; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; margin-bottom: .001pt; } span.s2594741a500b428baa451ccc91ecbc2eDefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2594741a500b428baa451ccc91ecbc2eStatuteNumber2 { margin-left: 1.25in; text-indent: -0.50in; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-top: 0; margin-right: 0; margin-bottom: .001pt; } span.s2594741a500b428baa451ccc91ecbc2e000000 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2594741a500b428baa451ccc91ecbc2eNoIndent { text-indent: 0.00in; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-top: 0; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; margin-bottom: .001pt; } span.s2594741a500b428baa451ccc91ecbc2eDefaultParagraphFont-000001 { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2594741a500b428baa451ccc91ecbc2eSCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } body { text-decoration-skip-ink: none; } </style><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1"><meta name="twitter:card" content="summary"><meta property="og:title" content="SD 57A-2A-202 - Final expression--Parol or extrinsic evidence."><meta property="og:description" content="SDLRC Codified Law 57A-2A-202 - Final expression--Parol or extrinsic evidence."><meta property="og:type" content="website"><meta property="og:url" content="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/57A-2A-202"><meta property="og:image" content="https://lawmakerdocuments.blob.core.usgovcloudapi.net/photos/logoshape.webp"><meta property="og:site_name" content="South Dakota Legislature"></head><body><div><p dir="ltr" class="s2594741a500b428baa451ccc91ecbc2eNormal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=57A-2A-202" rel="noopener"><span class="s2594741a500b428baa451ccc91ecbc2eSENU">57A-2A-202</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2594741a500b428baa451ccc91ecbc2eSENU">. </span><span class="s2594741a500b428baa451ccc91ecbc2eCL">Final expression--Parol or extrinsic evidence.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2594741a500b428baa451ccc91ecbc2eStatute"><span class="s2594741a500b428baa451ccc91ecbc2eDefaultParagraphFont">Terms with respect to which the confirmatory memoranda of the parties agree or which 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:</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2594741a500b428baa451ccc91ecbc2eStatuteNumber2"><span class="s2594741a500b428baa451ccc91ecbc2eDefaultParagraphFont">(a)    By course of dealing or usage of trade or by course of performance; and</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2594741a500b428baa451ccc91ecbc2eStatuteNumber2"><span class="s2594741a500b428baa451ccc91ecbc2eDefaultParagraphFont">(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.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2594741a500b428baa451ccc91ecbc2eNormal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2594741a500b428baa451ccc91ecbc2e000000"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2594741a500b428baa451ccc91ecbc2eNoIndent"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2594741a500b428baa451ccc91ecbc2eDefaultParagraphFont-000001">Source: </span><span class="s2594741a500b428baa451ccc91ecbc2eSCL">SL 1989, ch 419, § 1; SL 2024, ch 198, § 17.</span></p></div></body></html>