Record the buyer, seller, exact car description, agreed price, payment and physical handover.
Compare serial numbers and the physical item with available ownership, registration, finance and inspection evidence before signing.
Complete the current NZTA registered-person notification, WoF, PPSR and any registration steps separately.
The registered person is not necessarily the legal owner.
Choose the item, record the facts and review one complete agreement together.
Start with a car, motorcycle, trailer, caravan, boat, moped or scooter, or collectible.
Record identities, item details, observed condition, disclosures, price, payment and included items.
Check every answer together, sign or download the PDF, and complete all New Zealand official steps separately.
It is a record of the parties, item, condition, price, payment and handover terms agreed in a private transaction.
No. Both parties must complete the current NZTA change-of-registered-person process separately. A registered person is not necessarily the legal owner.
Electronic signatures can generally evidence an ordinary private agreement when identity, intent, reliability and any applicable consent or formality requirements are satisfied. A prescribed government form can still require a different method.
Review the current Warrant of Fitness (WoF), any independent inspection and the parties’ own observations separately. An earlier inspection is not a guarantee of present condition.
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