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Changing the Terms of a Completed Agreement
Changing the Terms of a Completed Agreement
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Written by Mark Frantz
Updated over a week ago

There are a few ways in Common Paper to change the terms of an agreement after it has been signed.

Issue a New Order Form

If the agreement is a CSA or a Software License Agreement, you can issue a new order form. This is commonly used for renewals and upsells.

You can read more about how to do this here. Note that the in-app version of this feature is only available on our Growth plan.

Create an Amendment

You can also create an amendment (for any type of agreement) that specifically calls out changes to terms in the original contract.

We don't yet have an in-app workflow for that, but this template might be helpful. Once you've customized the amendment for the specific changes you need, you can upload it for signature into Common Paper.

Create a New Agreement

In addition to the above options, you always have the option to sign a new agreement with the customer that replaces the original. There's typically a line in the standard terms that clarifies that it replaces any previous agreements.

In the CSA for example, section 12.1 says "This Agreement is the only agreement between the parties about its subject and this Agreement supersedes all prior or contemporaneous statements (whether in writing or not) about its subject."

You can optionally add something to the Other Changes section if you want to make this more explicit.

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