Small Business Contracts

Services Agreement

A project or master services agreement with negotiated commercial terms.

What you get

  • An editable Word document, drafted from your answers and the state's official text.
  • A proof of sources: every citation in the draft with the words it quotes, the official source, the date the text was saved and its fingerprint.
  • Notes for counsel listing each point marked [VERIFY], each blank and each choice left for the client.

What the intake asks

Plain questions, in the order an attorney would take the facts. Anything left blank stays a marked blank in the draft; nothing is invented to fill it.

The parties

  • Your client's legal name
  • Your client's details
  • Other party's legal name
  • Other party's details
  • What kind of transaction is this
  • Where are the parties and the work located

The work and payment

  • Your client's role
  • One project or a master agreement
  • Effective date
  • Services, deliverables and exclusions
  • Term, milestones and dependencies
  • Fees and payment terms
  • Acceptance and changes to the work

Ownership and risk

  • Who owns the work product
  • Confidentiality and data handling
  • Warranties, indemnities and liability limits
  • How can the agreement end

Legal terms and signing

  • How should disputes be handled
  • Agreed dispute terms
  • How will the parties sign
  • Other agreed terms or instructions

Where it is offered

Every state Lawsmith has official sources for:

Official sources on file

The drafter works from the texts Lawsmith has saved for this document in the state you choose, plus federal law where it applies. Each is read from the official publisher and dated.

StateSources for this document
California76
Connecticut56
Delaware59
District of Columbia57
Florida53
Maryland60
Massachusetts57
New Jersey59
New York60
Ohio59
Pennsylvania57
Texas58
Virginia59

Among them, for New Jersey:

  • N.J.S.A. 2A:14-1: 6 years
  • N.J.S.A. 10:5-12.7 Certain waivers in employment contract deemed against public policy and unenforceable.
  • N.J.S.A. 10:5-12.8 Certain provisions in employment contract, settlement agreement deemed against public policy and unenforceable.
  • N.J.S.A. 12A:12-10. Rules applicable to changes, errors in electronic records
  • N.J.S.A. 12A:12-11. Notarized signatures or records

How the draft is checked

Before it writes, the drafter must quote the official text behind each citation. Lawsmith compares every quotation with the text on file, character for character; a citation with no checked quotation reaches you marked [VERIFY]. The draft still needs your review before it is signed, filed or sent. How citations are checked

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