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Modification before the Contract Is Signed Any change that occurs before the contract has been fully executed (signed) is not technically an amendment. You can change the terms of the contract before the parties sign it and it will be considered part of the initial contract.

A change of an agreement, or contract modification, occurs when one or both parties want or need to amend a legally binding agreement. Some agreements are modified during their creation or negotiation when a change of circumstances affects the stakeholders' goals.

You can modify a contract at any time as long as all parties involved in the agreement consent to the changes. Minor modifications may be handwritten on the original document and then signed by all parties. Major changes, however, need to involve a contract renegotiation, reprinting, and resigning.

If a contract has already been produced but has an error, one of the parties may hand write a change on the document. As long as all involved parties initial next to the handwritten change, it will be considered a legally binding modification.

This is called a post-signature amendment and requires a written agreement between the two parties. In order to alter the original agreement, you will have to sign a new contract that defines the necessary changes. This second contract remains valid for as much time as the initial document.

There are several ways to amend a contract: You can use a contract amendment letter to list the changes to the original document and have both parties sign. You can create a contract amendment created from a template or from a legal services provider.

A contract modification could change the scope of the contract, the price of the contract, or both. A contract modification exists when the parties to the contract approve the modification either in writing, orally, or based on the parties' customary business practices.