Bill of Sale

No transfer of title or interest in a registered vehicle passes until the transferor has properly endorsed and delivered the certificate of ownership and the transferee has delivered or mailed it to the department with…

An owner who sells or transfers a registered vehicle and delivers possession must notify the department within five calendar days of the date, the names and addresses of owner and transferee and the vehicle description,…

An affirmation of fact or promise, a description, or a sample or model that becomes part of the basis of the bargain creates an express warranty, without formal words, while a mere statement of value or opinion does…

An owner who has made a bona fide sale, delivered possession, and either properly endorsed and delivered the certificate of ownership or delivered or mailed the section 4456, 5900 or 5901 notice or the registration…

A transferee who receives a properly endorsed certificate of ownership must, within 10 days, forward it with the transfer fee to the department and apply for transfer of registration, furnishing the driver's license or…

Contract formation, interpretation and remedies text. Read the complete provision, including scope, definitions, exceptions and effective dates, before applying it to this agreement.

Definitions for Division 2: a sale is the passing of title from seller to buyer for a price, a present sale is one accomplished by making the contract, and the section also defines conforming goods, termination and…

A contract for the sale of goods for $500 or more is not enforceable unless there is a record sufficient to indicate a contract, signed by the party against whom enforcement is sought, with the merchant-confirmation…

Text on disclaimers: to exclude merchantability the language must mention merchantability and, if written, be conspicuous; fitness exclusions must be written and conspicuous;

Text requiring a tamper-resistant odometer on 1971 and later passenger vehicles and, in subsection (b), that the application for registration include the mileage reading at the time of registration, sale or transfer.

Connecticut title-transfer rule: an owner transferring an interest in a vehicle must, at delivery, execute an assignment and warranty of title to the transferee on the certificate of title (or as the commissioner…

Text on express warranties: an affirmation of fact or promise, a description of the goods, or a sample or model that becomes part of the basis of the bargain creates an express warranty of conformity, and no formal…

Prohibition on odometer tampering: no person may remove, turn back or change an odometer reading except in a repair by a licensed dealer or repairer, no device may be sold or installed to misregister mileage, and…

Text on 'as is' sales of used motor vehicles by dealers: a dealer may sell as is only if the cash price is under three thousand dollars or the vehicle is seven years old or older, and the disclaimer is enforceable only…

Connecticut's UCC statute of frauds for goods: a contract for the sale of goods priced at five hundred dollars or more is not enforceable unless there is a writing sufficient to indicate a contract, signed by the party…

Text on disclaiming warranties: to exclude merchantability the language must mention merchantability and, if written, be conspicuous; to exclude fitness the exclusion must be written and conspicuous;

Rules on passing of title: title cannot pass before identification of the goods, passes as the parties explicitly agree, and otherwise passes at the time and place the seller completes physical delivery, with a…

Text on the seller's power to transfer: a purchaser acquires all title the transferor had or had power to transfer, a person with voidable title can pass good title to a good faith purchaser for value, and entrusting…

Text on Connecticut tax on a casual sale: where a motor vehicle, snowmobile, vessel or aircraft is bought other than from a licensed dealer, the receipts are not in the sales tax measure but the purchaser pays a use tax…

The transferee of a Delaware registered vehicle must apply for a new certificate of title immediately and in no case more than 30 days after purchase, with a discretionary extension for good cause, and must comply with…

Delaware transfer rule: an owner may not sell or transfer a titled vehicle without a certificate of title, must endorse an assignment and warranty of title on the certificate with a certified statement of liens, and…

A Delaware certificate of title that includes the odometer disclosure information satisfies the disclosure requirements for licensed dealers, and a manufacturer's statement of origin satisfies them on an original…

Delaware odometer disclosure rule: each Delaware title carries the mileage disclosed at transfer and a space for future disclosures, reassignment documents carry the same space, and on transfer each transferor must…

Text on express warranties: an affirmation of fact or promise, a description of the goods, or a sample or model that becomes part of the basis of the bargain creates an express warranty of conformity, and no formal…

Delaware document fee: imposed on the sale, transfer or registration of any new or used motor vehicle, truck tractor, trailer or motorcycle, paid by the owner and collected by the Division of Motor Vehicles, with the…

Delaware's UCC statute of frauds for goods: a contract for the sale of goods priced at $500 or more is not enforceable unless there is a record sufficient to indicate a contract, signed by the party to be charged, with…

Text on disclaiming warranties: to exclude merchantability the language must mention merchantability and, if written, be conspicuous; to exclude fitness the exclusion must be written and conspicuous;

Rules on passing of title: title cannot pass before identification of the goods, passes as the parties explicitly agree, and otherwise passes at the time and place the seller completes physical delivery, with a…

Text on the seller's power to transfer: a purchaser acquires all title the transferor had or had power to transfer, a person with voidable title can pass good title to a good faith purchaser for value, and entrusting…

Definitions for the District of Columbia's certificate-of-title chapter, including certificate, owner, lien and the officials involved.

District of Columbia text: while a certificate of title is outstanding, a lien on the vehicle is not valid against persons without actual notice unless entered on the certificate, subject to the grandfather provisions…

District of Columbia text creating express warranties from affirmations of fact, promises, descriptions and samples that become part of the basis of the bargain, without formal words, and excluding mere statements of…

District of Columbia UCC statute of frauds for sales of goods: a contract for $500 or more is not enforceable without a record signed by the party to be charged, with the merchants' confirmation rule and the exceptions…

District of Columbia rules for disclaiming warranties: a merchantability disclaimer must mention merchantability and, if written, be conspicuous; a fitness disclaimer must be in a conspicuous writing;

District of Columbia rules on when title to goods passes: not before identification, otherwise as explicitly agreed, and by default on physical delivery, with any reservation of title limited to a security interest.

District of Columbia registration statute requiring any motor vehicle or trailer operated in the District to be registered by its owner, with registration periods and, further into this long section, the provisions on…

District of Columbia section whose heading covers, among other things, title fees and the motor vehicle excise tax;

District of Columbia text directing the Department to list the odometer reading on the title of all motor vehicles registered in the District at the time of registration or transfer of registration.

Florida text requiring each certificate of title to carry the odometer statement warning and a transfer form with an odometer disclosure in the federally required form, and going on to state who must complete the…

Florida text stating that a person acquiring a motor vehicle or mobile home from its owner does not acquire marketable title until a certificate of title is issued to that person, and going on to describe the assignment…

Florida text stating that an affirmation of fact or promise, a description, or a sample or model that becomes part of the basis of the bargain creates an express warranty, without formal words or a specific intent to…

Florida text on applying for a certificate of title on the department's form with the prescribed fee, accompanied by the previously issued certificate duly assigned, and the long section goes on to address vehicles from…

Florida text requiring each vessel operated, used or stored on Florida waters to be titled, with the owner applying for a certificate within 30 days after a transfer of ownership or Florida becoming the state of…

Florida text stating that a contract for the sale of goods for $500 or more is not enforceable unless there is a record sufficient to indicate a contract for sale, signed by the party against whom enforcement is sought,…

Florida text on excluding or modifying warranties: a merchantability disclaimer must mention merchantability and, in a writing, be conspicuous; a fitness disclaimer must be in a conspicuous writing;

Florida text on when title to goods passes: not before identification to the contract, and otherwise in any manner and on any conditions explicitly agreed, with a seller's reservation of title limited to a security…

Florida text implying a warranty of merchantability in a sale by a merchant with respect to goods of that kind, unless excluded or modified under section 672.316, and listing what merchantable goods must be.

Florida text implying a warranty of fitness for a particular purpose where the seller has reason to know the purpose and the buyer's reliance on the seller's skill or judgment, unless excluded or modified under section…

Maryland title-transfer rule: an owner transferring a vehicle must, at delivery, execute an assignment and warranty of title with a statement of each lien in the space on the certificate and deliver the certificate to…

Maryland text creating express warranties from affirmations of fact, promises, descriptions and samples that become part of the basis of the bargain, without formal words, and excluding mere statements of value or…

Consumer means an actual or prospective purchaser, lessee or recipient of consumer goods, services, realty or credit, and expressly includes a co-obligor or surety for a consumer.

Maryland UCC statute of frauds for sales of goods: a contract for $500 or more is not enforceable without a writing signed by the party to be charged, with the merchants' confirmation rule and the exceptions in…

Maryland rules for disclaiming warranties: a merchantability disclaimer must mention merchantability and, if written, be conspicuous; a fitness disclaimer must be in a conspicuous writing;

Maryland rules on when title to goods passes: not before identification, otherwise as explicitly agreed, and by default on physical delivery, with any reservation of title limited to a security interest.

The enumerated practices include any false or misleading statement with the capacity, tendency or effect of deceiving consumers; failure to state a material fact if the failure deceives or tends to deceive;

Maryland implied warranty of merchantability, which arises where the seller is a merchant with respect to goods of that kind, with a Maryland addition defining seller to include manufacturers and middlemen and…

Maryland implied warranty of fitness for a particular purpose, arising where the seller has reason to know the buyer's purpose and reliance, with a Maryland subsection extending it to certain leases and bailments.

Every transfer of a motor vehicle or trailer registration is presumed to be for storage, use or consumption in the commonwealth, the registrar informs the commissioner of the transfer, and no registration certificate…

Massachusetts UCC text on express warranties: an affirmation of fact or promise relating to the goods, a description of the goods, or a sample or model that becomes part of the basis of the bargain creates an express…

Odometer tampering statute: selling or installing a device that misregisters mileage, resetting or altering an odometer with intent to change the reading, or operating with a known disconnected odometer to defraud,…

Massachusetts used-vehicle warranty statute: a dealer (anyone who sold more than three used vehicles in the preceding twelve months) may not sell a used motor vehicle to a consumer without an express written warranty…

Massachusetts UCC statute of frauds: a contract for the sale of goods for a price of five hundred dollars or more is not enforceable unless there is a writing sufficient to indicate a contract for sale, signed by the…

Massachusetts UCC text on excluding or modifying warranties: to exclude the implied warranty of merchantability the language must mention merchantability and, if written, be conspicuous;

Massachusetts limit on section 2-316: any language, oral or written, used by a seller or manufacturer of consumer goods and services that attempts to exclude or modify the implied warranties of merchantability and…

Massachusetts UCC text on passing of title: title cannot pass before the goods are identified to the contract, a seller's reservation of title after delivery is limited to a security interest, and otherwise title passes…

Massachusetts UCC text on the power to transfer: a purchaser acquires all title the transferor had or had power to transfer, a person with voidable title can pass good title to a good-faith purchaser for value even…

Sales tax collection rule: the tax is paid by the purchaser to the vendor, who adds it to the sales price, with paragraph (c) stating the separate rule for sales of motor vehicles and trailers.

Express warranties arise from any affirmation of fact or promise relating to the goods, any description of the goods, and any sample or model, in each case where it becomes part of the basis of the bargain.

A contract for the sale of goods for $500 or more is not enforceable unless there is a writing sufficient to indicate a contract, signed by the party against whom enforcement is sought, and a writing is not insufficient…

To exclude or modify the implied warranty of merchantability the language must mention merchantability and, if written, be conspicuous; an exclusion of fitness must be written and conspicuous;

Text on when title passes: not before the goods are identified to the contract, a seller's reservation of title operating only as a security interest, and otherwise in any manner and on any conditions the parties…

A purchaser acquires all title the transferor had or had power to transfer, a person with voidable title can pass good title to a good faith purchaser for value even where the transferor was deceived as to identity or…

A purchaser of a motor vehicle other than a licensed dealer must within 10 working days submit evidence of the purchase to the director, who records the transaction and issues a certificate of ownership on presentation…

Receipts from a sale of a motor vehicle, aircraft, boat or other vessel are not subject to the retail sales tax even though the purchaser takes possession in New Jersey, provided the purchaser at delivery is a…

Unless excluded or modified under 12A:2-316, a warranty that the goods are merchantable is implied in a contract for their sale if the seller is a merchant with respect to goods of that kind, and merchantable goods must…

Official DMV disclosure form: the seller enters the odometer reading exactly as shown, states whether the odometer has five or six digits, certifies that the reading is the actual mileage, exceeds mechanical limits or…

The DMV application the buyer files to register and title a vehicle after a sale: it asks whether the vehicle is registered only for personal use, which sections to complete, the plate class, the sales-tax status and…

An affirmation of fact or promise relating to the goods, a description of the goods, or a sample or model that becomes part of the basis of the bargain creates an express warranty that the goods will conform;

Definitions for the certificate-of-title article: "owner" is a person other than a lienholder having the property in or title to a vehicle, "dealer" is a person registered under § 415 or § 2257, "security interest" is…

The application for a first certificate of title is made by the owner on the commissioner's form and must contain the owner's name, address and social security number, a description of the vehicle including make, year,…

Title-transfer text: an owner who transfers an interest in a vehicle, other than by creating a security interest, must at delivery execute an assignment and warranty of title to the transferee on the certificate or as…

Official form and instructions used at registration when sales tax was not collected at the time of purchase or the vehicle was a gift: the new owner must have a copy of the bill of sale signed by the seller unless the…

Odometer-statement text: on transfer of ownership of a motor vehicle the seller must enter on any transfer instrument, including the commissioner's form and any bill of sale, certificate or evidence of title, the…

Text whose subdivision (f) states that the commissioner of motor vehicles may not issue a registration certificate for a motor vehicle, snowmobile, vessel or all-terrain vehicle, other than a renewal by the same owner,…

A contract for the sale of goods for $500 or more is not enforceable unless there is a record sufficient to indicate a contract, signed by the party against whom enforcement is sought, and it is not enforceable beyond…

Ohio text stating that no transferor shall fail to provide the true and complete odometer disclosures required by section 4505.06, with a defense where the reading is wrong because of a prior owner's violation the…

Ohio text stating that an affirmation of fact or promise, a description of the goods, or a sample or model that becomes part of the basis of the bargain creates an express warranty, without formal words or a specific…

Ohio text stating that a contract for the sale of goods for five hundred dollars or more is not enforceable unless there is a writing sufficient to indicate a contract for sale, signed by the party against whom…

Ohio text on excluding or modifying warranties: a merchantability disclaimer must mention merchantability and, in a writing, be conspicuous; a fitness disclaimer must be in a conspicuous writing;

Ohio text on when title to goods passes: not before identification to the contract, and otherwise in any manner and on any conditions explicitly agreed by the parties, with a seller's reservation of title limited to a…

Ohio text on applying for a certificate of title for a watercraft or outboard motor: the application is on the chief's form, sworn before a notary or other officer, and filed with the clerk of a court of common pleas…

Ohio text stating that no person shall sell or dispose of a motor vehicle without delivering to the buyer a certificate of title with the assignment necessary to show title in the buyer, and that no person shall acquire…

Ohio text on applying for a certificate of title: the application is on the registrar's form, sworn before a notary or other officer, filed with the clerk of a court of common pleas, and accompanied by the prescribed…

Ohio text providing that terms in a writing intended as a final expression of the agreement may not be contradicted by evidence of a prior or contemporaneous oral agreement, but may be explained or supplemented by…

Ohio text implying a warranty of merchantability in a sale by a merchant with respect to goods of that kind, unless excluded or modified under section 1302.29, and listing what merchantable goods must be.

On a sale or transfer of a vehicle within the Commonwealth the owner must execute an assignment and warranty of title to the transferee in the space on the certificate or as the department prescribes, sworn before a…

Express warranties arise from any affirmation of fact or promise relating to the goods, any description of the goods, and any sample or model, in each case where it becomes part of the basis of the bargain.

Before or with any ownership transfer document, each transferor must furnish the transferee a signed statement giving the odometer reading at transfer, the date, both parties' names and addresses, the vehicle's make,…

A contract for the sale of goods for $500 or more is not enforceable unless there is a record sufficient to indicate a contract, signed by the party against whom enforcement is sought, and a record is not insufficient…

To exclude or modify the implied warranty of merchantability the language must mention merchantability and, if written, be conspicuous; an exclusion of fitness must be written and conspicuous;

Text on when title passes: not before the goods are identified to the contract, a seller's reservation of title operating only as a security interest, and otherwise in any manner and on any conditions the parties…

A purchaser acquires all title the transferor had or had power to transfer, a person with voidable title can pass good title to a good faith purchaser for value even where the transferor was deceived as to identity,…

On receipt of a properly assigned certificate of title with an application for a new certificate, the required fee and other required documents, the department issues a new certificate in the transferee's name and mails…

The General Assembly finds that purchasers rely on the odometer reading as an index of a vehicle's condition and value and are entitled to rely on it as accurate, and the section defines "dealer," "odometer,"…

Texas text stating that a motor vehicle may not be the subject of a subsequent sale unless the owner designated on the title submits a transfer of ownership in the manner the department prescribes, certifying the…

Texas text requiring the transferor of a motor vehicle to provide the transferee a disclosure of the odometer reading in compliance with 49 U.S.C.

Texas text stating that an affirmation of fact or promise, a description, or a sample or model that becomes part of the basis of the bargain creates an express warranty, without formal words or a specific intent to…

Texas text stating that a contract for the sale of goods for $500 or more is not enforceable unless there is a writing sufficient to indicate a contract for sale, signed by the party against whom enforcement is sought,…

Texas text on excluding or modifying warranties: a merchantability disclaimer must mention merchantability and, in a writing, be conspicuous; a fitness disclaimer must be in a conspicuous writing;

Texas text on when title to goods passes: not before identification to the contract, and otherwise in any manner and on any conditions explicitly agreed, with a seller's reservation of title limited to a security…

Texas text requiring the recorded owner of a vessel numbered in Texas to notify the department within 20 days after a transfer of any interest by sale, gift or otherwise, or the destruction, disposal or removal of the…

Texas text implying a warranty of merchantability in a sale by a merchant with respect to goods of that kind, unless excluded or modified under section 2.316, and listing what merchantable goods must be.

Texas text implying a warranty of fitness for a particular purpose where the seller has reason to know the purpose and the buyer's reliance on the seller's skill or judgment, unless excluded or modified under section…

Texas text imposing a tax on every retail sale of a motor vehicle in Texas, payable by the purchaser, at 6-1/4 percent of the total consideration.

Virginia odometer rule: every transferor, including a dealer, must record the odometer reading (plus any known additional distance) on the certificate of title and any title application at the time of transfer, or…

Virginia text requiring the transferee to write his name and address in ink on the certificate and, within thirty days, forward it to the Department with an application for registration and a new certificate of title,…

Virginia text creating express warranties from affirmations of fact, promises, descriptions and samples that become part of the basis of the bargain, without formal words, and excluding mere statements of value or…

Virginia motor vehicle title-transfer rule: an owner transferring a vehicle, trailer or semitrailer must fully and correctly endorse the assignment and warranty of title on the certificate, state all security interests,…

Virginia UCC statute of frauds for sales of goods: a contract for $500 or more is not enforceable without a record signed by the party to be charged, with the merchants' confirmation rule and the exceptions for…

Virginia rules for disclaiming warranties: a merchantability disclaimer must mention merchantability and, if written, be conspicuous; a fitness disclaimer must be in a conspicuous writing;

Virginia rules on when title to goods passes: not before identification to the contract, otherwise as the parties explicitly agree, and by default on physical delivery, with any reservation of title by the seller…

Consumer protection exclusions text. Read the complete provision, including scope, definitions, exceptions and effective dates, before applying it to this agreement.