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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.

Any contract can be modified before or after signing the agreement, but all parties must agree to the changes. If any party doesn't agree to the modification, the changes are invalid.

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.

A new agreement with an existing customer could be a modification of an existing contract even if the agreement is not structured as a modification to the terms and conditions of the existing contract. For example, a vendor may enter into a contract to provide services to a customer over a two-year period.

Under the UCC, additional consideration is not necessary to modify a written contract, as long as the modification is entered into in good faith. If the contract is not for the sale of goods to or by a merchant, then additional consideration is necessary to modify the terms of the contract.

The basic elements required for the agreement to be a legally enforceable contract are: mutual assent, expressed by a valid offer and acceptance; adequate consideration; capacity; and legality. In some states, elements of consideration can be satisfied by a valid substitute.

Good faith modification: A modified contract is a kind of new agreement, which changes parties' obligations and then requires new consideration. But contract modification made in good faith under UCC is enforceable even without consideration.