When selling or buying a used car, you should get / give an Auto Bill of Sale Form.

It is important to complete an auto bill of sale formactual mileage/odometer reading of the used car. A
when selling or buying a used car. For the seller, angeneric auto bill of sale form will not be accepted in
auto bill of sale form provides proof that title to thethese states. You will need to obtain a state specific
used car has been legally transferred. For the buyer,auto bill of sale form.
the auto bill of sale form documents the purchase ofTo register a used car in other states, all that's
the used car. The auto bill of sale form shouldrequired is that the title assignment section on the
contain: name and address of the buyer; name,title be completed and signed. Many of these states
address and signature of the seller; complete vehiclehave added to the title assignment section of the
description, including the Vehicle Identificationtitle the information that was previously collected
Number(VIN); description of trade-in, if any; purchasewith separate documents (i.e. odometer disclosure
price of the vehicle.statement, sales price/tax statements, etc.). In these
Auto bill of sale forms are required in many states tostates, an auto bill of sale form is not required to
register the newly purchased used car. These statesregister the used car and is used by the seller/buyer
usually require a state specific auto bill of sale formto document the initial sale/purchase of the
that documents specific information such as theautomobile.
purchase price for tax assessment or to obtain the