Receipt for sale of car

[Jonboy_t]

Have just sold my car on eBay and the guy is coming down to collect it tonight. I've put together a rudimentary receipt to protect both of us, I just get the feeling that I'm going to forget to include something blatantly obvious and it'll come back on me (i have a history of this....) Is there anything else anyone thinks should be added to the below?

Reciept and agreement of sale between

John Townend

And

¬________________________________

in respect of vehicle registration LS02 XST.



This is to confirm receipt of £__.00 in payment for vehicle LS02 XST. This payment has been taken with the knowledge that this vehicle is no longer the registered property of John Townend.

As of _pm on 11/10/2009, the above vehicle becomes the legal property of
____________________ and any bills, charges, fees or penalties incurred after this time become the new owners’ liability. This list is indicative but not exhaustive.

There is no warranty either implied or offered with the sale of this car. The car is sold as seen and agreement of this is made after a satisfactory test drive by the above named persons.

The vehicle is sold with a tax expiry date of 31st October 2010 and the sum of £120.00 has been deducted from the final sale value of £__.00 in replacement of a further 6 months tax as advertised.

All known property associated with this vehicle has been passed from existing owner to the new owner. This property is to include main ignition key and spare key, alloy wheel locking nut tool, car stereo facia and coding, service booklet, V5 and associated DVLA forms.



Signed and dated:



(existing owner) ______________________ 11/10/2009




(new owner) ______________________ 11/10/2009

[hornetrider]

There's a good one you can download for free from one of the HPI websites.

[Deluded]

I usually put something along the lines of this :

Reg No
Make & Model

Sold as seen via (list website/whatever), item no. for a total of £xxxx on date xx/xx/xx. Deposit payed via paypal/cheque for total of £xxx on date xx/xx/xx. Remaining balance of £xxxx payed in cash on collection on date xx/xx/xx.

Seller - Deluded

Address - Deluded's house, The internets.

Buyer - Mr buyer

Address - Lots of money town, the moon.






Sorted.

[Bluebarge]

hornetrider said:

There's a good one you can download for free from one of the HPI websites.

There's also one on the AA website

[Jonboy_t]

Nice one, cheers guys, just found the HPI one so I'll use that.

[911Ads]

I always put the time on the receipt too....never know how the car will be driven once you hand over the keys (and still registered in your name) - Not sure if it covers you, but makes me feel happier.

[snotrag]

hornetrider said:

There's a good one you can download for free from one of the HPI websites.

Yup, ive used that one myself before, covers everything you need really, just make sure you get them to fill it in and sign it properly.

[Stitch]

Related to the topic - when a car is sold privately like this, what needs to be done with the V5/who does it?

I can imagine that the seller would be reluctant to leave it to cahnce that the buyer will fill in and send off the change of ownership slip but the buyer would want to know that the car has been re-registered in his won name as well.

[snotrag]

Both the buyer and seller fill in a part of the V5.

The buyer then takes away a small slip - this can be used in the event of any discrepancy in his direction.

Its upto the seller to return the V5 to the DVLA, who then post the NEW one out to the new owner.

Its also in the sellers interest to send it off ASAP.

[vescaegg]

Car Details


Make
........................................................................................................
Model
........................................................................................................
Registration Number
........................................................................................................
Mileage
........................................................................................................

Registration Document completed by buyer/seller Yes/No

Registration Document (V5) exchanged Yes/No

Additional Notes/Comments

........................................................................................................

........................................................................................................

........................................................................................................

The undersigned purchaser acknowledges receipt of the above vehicle in exchange for the cash sum of £.......... being the price agreed by the purchaser with the seller for the above named vehicle, receipt of which the vendor hereby acknowledges. It is understood the vehicle is sold as seen, tried and approved by the purchaser without any representations, warranties or conditions express or implied whatsoever.

Purchaser
........................................................................................................
Seller
........................................................................................................
Date
........................................................................................................


I've used this in the past, from the AA website.