Vehicle Bill of Sale in Connecticut

A record of a private car, truck or motorcycle sale between a seller and a buyer. Many states transfer ownership through the signed title itself and use a bill of sale as proof of the price and date. Check your state's rules below: some require a specific DMV form or a notary.

What Connecticut law says

Selling a vehicle: bill of sale and title	The seller completes and signs the back of the certificate of title and gives it to the buyer with a bill of sale (DMV Form H-31, or a homemade bill of sale listing the buyer's and seller's names and addresses, the vehicle's make, model, year, color and VIN, the sale price, the date, and the seller's signature). The new owner must then register the vehicle and apply for a new title; for a non-titled vehicle, the last owner's registration plus a Form Q-1 or H-31 bill of sale is needed. The seller should cancel the registration with DMV. The DMV pages reviewed do not mention notarization or a buyer's deadline. Source: Connecticut DMV, Sell your vehicle; Get a vehicle bill of sale

Selling a vehicle: bill of sale and title

The seller completes and signs the back of the certificate of title and gives it to the buyer with a bill of sale (DMV Form H-31, or a homemade bill of sale listing the buyer's and seller's names and addresses, the vehicle's make, model, year, color and VIN, the sale price, the date, and the seller's signature). The new owner must then register the vehicle and apply for a new title; for a non-titled vehicle, the last owner's registration plus a Form Q-1 or H-31 bill of sale is needed. The seller should cancel the registration with DMV.

The DMV pages reviewed do not mention notarization or a buyer's deadline.

Source: Connecticut DMV, Sell your vehicle; Get a vehicle bill of sale

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VEHICLE BILL OF SALE

Seller: [seller name], [seller address] Buyer: [buyer name], [buyer address]

Vehicle: [year] [make] [model] Body type: [body type] Color: [color]

VIN: [vehicle identification number] Title number: [title number] Odometer reading: [miles] miles

Sale price: $[amount], paid by [cash / check / other] on [date of sale].

The seller states that the seller owns this vehicle and has the right to sell it, and that it is free of liens except: [none, or list liens].

The vehicle is sold [as is, with no warranty / with the following warranty: describe].

Seller signature: ____________________ Date: [date] Buyer signature: ____________________ Date: [date]

[Notary acknowledgment, only if your state requires one]

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