Colorado § 4-2-208 - Course of performance or practical construction.
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§ 4-2-208. Course of performance or practical construction.
(1) Where the contract for sale involves repeated occasions for performance by either party with knowledge of the nature of the performance and opportunity for objection to it by the other, any course of performance accepted or acquiesced in without objection shall be relevant to determine the meaning of the agreement.
(2) The express terms of the agreement and any such course of performance, as well as any course of dealing and usage of trade, shall be construed whenever reasonable as consistent with each other; but when such construction is unreasonable, express terms shall control course of performance and course of performance shall control both course of dealing and usage of trade (section 4-1-303).
(3) Subject to the provisions of section 4-2-209 on modification and waiver, such course of performance shall be relevant to show a waiver or modification of any term inconsistent with such course of performance.
Source: L. 65: p. 1304, § 1. C.R.S. 1963: § 155-2-208. L. 2006: (2) amended, p. 490, § 6, effective September 1.
ANNOTATION
Law reviews. For article, "Buyer-Secured Party Conflicts Under Section 9-307(1) of the Uniform Commercial Code", see 46 U. Colo. L. Rev. 333 (1974-75).
When evidence admissible. Evidence of course of dealing and course of performance is admissible if it does not directly contradict the terms of a written agreement, but merely explains or supplements it. Great W. Sugar Co. v. N. Natural Gas Co., 661 P.2d 684 (Colo. App. 1982), aff'd sub nom. KN Energy, Inc. v. Great W. Sugar Co., 698 P.2d 769 (Colo. 1985).
It is the policy of the UCC to consider the previous course of dealing in determining the meaning of contract provisions. Great W. Sugar Co. v. N. Natural Gas Co., 661 P.2d 684 (Colo. App. 1982), aff'd sub nom. KN Energy, Inc. v. Great W. Sugar Co., 698 P.2d 769 (Colo. 1985).
Applied in U.S., Trans-Colorado Concrete v. Midwest Const. Co., 653 F. Supp. 903 (D. Colo. 1987).
Source: official Colorado text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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