Car sale agreement between friends

• You are selling your car to a friend, coworker, neighbor or relative — no dealer involved.
• The buyer pays in one go (cash, Zelle, a bank transfer) and takes the car on a set date.
• You want the odometer reading and the “sold in its current condition” term in writing, signed by both of you, before the keys change hands.
• The buyer lives elsewhere: they can sign from their phone’s browser, without installing anything.

Maya is selling her 2016 Toyota Corolla to Daniel, a coworker. They settle on $8,400, paid by Zelle on the day of the sale, and Daniel picks the car up two days later after his insurance starts.

The app asks for 8 details in 2 short steps: “Who's involved?”, “Vehicle & payment”. The ones worth a moment’s thought:

Vehicle (Year, Make, Model, Color)

Year, make, model and color are what you will both recognize later. If you want the record tied to one specific car beyond doubt, add the VIN here too — it is printed on the title and on the driver’s side of the dashboard.

Common mistake: Writing just “the Corolla”. If either of you ever owns a second one, the record no longer says which car was sold.

Odometer Reading (miles)

Mileage is the number most likely to be disputed after the sale. For most cars, federal law also requires the seller to disclose it when ownership changes, usually on the title itself — writing it here as well means both of you signed the same figure.

Common mistake: Copying it from an old service receipt. Read it off the dashboard on the day you fill this in.

Agreed Sale Price

The full agreed price, not the deposit. If part of it was already paid, say so in the notes so nobody counts it twice.

Payment Method

Zelle and bank transfers cannot be pulled back the way a card payment can, which is why many sellers prefer them between friends. Cash works too; the signed record then doubles as the receipt.

Common mistake: Handing over the car before a check clears. Set the handover date after the money has actually arrived.

Vehicle Handover Date

The day the buyer takes the car — and, in practice, the day parking tickets, tolls and accidents stop being the seller’s problem. The app will not let it be earlier than the date of sale.

Before you can save, the app checks: Handover date must be on or after the sale date.

• It does not transfer ownership. In every state the title is what changes owners — the seller signs it over and the buyer registers the car with the state. Do both, and keep this record next to them. USA.gov — state motor vehicle services
• Some states publish their own bill of sale form, or want the bill of sale notarized for registration. If yours does, the DMV will expect that form; this record is your private copy of the deal.
• The car still has a loan on it. The lender holds the title until it is paid off, so the payoff has to come first — the record’s line that the car is “free of any known claims” would not be true yet.
• The buyer will pay over time. A sale paid in installments needs a payment schedule both of you sign; record the sale, then record the debt separately.

1. You fill in the template in the Agreely app and sign it first.
2. You send the other person one link — by text, WhatsApp, email, anything.
3. They read the same document in their browser, type or draw their signature, and both of you get the identical signed PDF.

Signatures are captured under the U.S. ESIGN Act and UETA, with a certificate page recording who signed, when, and from which device.

• Debt record between friends (IOU)

  If the buyer pays part of the price later, record the remaining balance and the repayment dates there.

• Furniture sale agreement

  The same kind of record for anything else you sell to someone you know — a couch, a bike, a laptop.