Vehicle Bill of Sale in Maine

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 Maine law says

Selling a vehicle: bill of sale and title	When an owner transfers a titled vehicle, the owner must sign an assignment and warranty of title to the buyer at the time of delivery, in the space on the certificate of title or as the Secretary of State prescribes, including the odometer information required by 29-A M.R.S. §752, and deliver the title and assignment to the buyer or to the Secretary of State; any certificate of lien must be properly released. A buyer (other than a licensed dealer) must get a title in the buyer's own name before transferring the vehicle again (29-A M.R.S. §662). Vehicles more than 25 years old generally do not need a certificate of title (29-A M.R.S. §652(13)). The statutes read do not say whether a separate bill of sale must be notarized or set a buyer's deadline; check with the Bureau of Motor Vehicles. Source: 29-A M.R.S. §662; 29-A M.R.S. §652(13)

Selling a vehicle: bill of sale and title

When an owner transfers a titled vehicle, the owner must sign an assignment and warranty of title to the buyer at the time of delivery, in the space on the certificate of title or as the Secretary of State prescribes, including the odometer information required by 29-A M.R.S. §752, and deliver the title and assignment to the buyer or to the Secretary of State; any certificate of lien must be properly released. A buyer (other than a licensed dealer) must get a title in the buyer's own name before transferring the vehicle again (29-A M.R.S. §662). Vehicles more than 25 years old generally do not need a certificate of title (29-A M.R.S. §652(13)).

The statutes read do not say whether a separate bill of sale must be notarized or set a buyer's deadline; check with the Bureau of Motor Vehicles.

Source: 29-A M.R.S. §662; 29-A M.R.S. §652(13)

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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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