# Sold car, what do I need to do?
**URL:** https://forums.speedlife.net/t/sold-car-what-do-i-need-to-do/273898
**Category:** NYSpeed Automotive
**Created:** [May 7, 2016, 12:05pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/sold-car-what-do-i-need-to-do/273898 "2016-05-07T12:05:57Z")
**Posts on this page:** 14
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### Author:  [@reval](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/reval)
#### Post date: [May 7, 2016, 12:05pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/sold-car-what-do-i-need-to-do/273898/1 "2016-05-07T12:05:57Z")
First time selling a car to a private buyer. He put down a small deposit and will pay the balance next week in cash. What do I need to do besides sign the title over, create a bill a sale, and draft up an sold-as-is contract? Any paper work I need to file with the DMV? Going to research this as well but figured I would ask on here. Thanks guys.
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### Author:  [@Beck](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Beck)
#### Post date: [May 7, 2016, 12:14pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/sold-car-what-do-i-need-to-do/273898/2 "2016-05-07T12:14:25Z")
Nope.
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### Author:  [@travisn](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/travisn)
#### Post date: [May 7, 2016, 12:21pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/sold-car-what-do-i-need-to-do/273898/3 "2016-05-07T12:21:39Z")
I’ve been using this bill of sale for more than 10 years.
> **[Vehicle Bill of Sale](http://freewordtemplates.net/bill-of-sale/vehicle-bill-of-sale.html)**
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> This is a standard vehicle bill of sale template that you can use as a legal document to legalize a vehicle transaction between the seller and the buyer. For the seller, a bill of sale provides proof that title to the vehicle has been legally...
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### Author:  [@reval](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/reval)
#### Post date: [May 7, 2016, 12:23pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/sold-car-what-do-i-need-to-do/273898/4 "2016-05-07T12:23:33Z")
> [@travisn](#):
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> I’ve been using this bill of sale for more than 10 years.
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> [Vehicle Bill of Sale](http://freewordtemplates.net/bill-of-sale/vehicle-bill-of-sale.html)
Thanks, man. Going to use that one.
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### Author:  [@Wahoo](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Wahoo)
#### Post date: [May 7, 2016, 12:52pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/sold-car-what-do-i-need-to-do/273898/5 "2016-05-07T12:52:38Z")
Just write two copys. One for your records and one they keep.
I \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ sold my 1988 pos car vin#\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ as is to \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ with no warranty for $1,899.00.
Date and sign
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### Author:  [@reval](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/reval)
#### Post date: [May 7, 2016, 1:23pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/sold-car-what-do-i-need-to-do/273898/6 "2016-05-07T13:23:11Z")
Good deal. I thought this would be a big process to sell. Not bad at all.
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### Author:  [@travisn](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/travisn)
#### Post date: [May 7, 2016, 4:45pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/sold-car-what-do-i-need-to-do/273898/7 "2016-05-07T16:45:21Z")
I usually do 3, the third one being a lower price to give to the DMV
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### Author:  [@livin4hockey](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/livin4hockey)
#### Post date: [May 7, 2016, 4:54pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/sold-car-what-do-i-need-to-do/273898/8 "2016-05-07T16:54:00Z")
> [@travisn](#):
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> I usually do 3, the third one being a lower price to give to the DMV
Same here
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### Author:  [@RedGoober4Life](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/RedGoober4Life)
#### Post date: [May 7, 2016, 5:06pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/sold-car-what-do-i-need-to-do/273898/9 "2016-05-07T17:06:30Z")
Make out with him. Duh.
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### Author:  [@tpgsr](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/tpgsr)
#### Post date: [May 7, 2016, 5:58pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/sold-car-what-do-i-need-to-do/273898/10 "2016-05-07T17:58:14Z")
> [@travisn](#):
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> I usually do 3, the third one being a lower price to give to the DMV
I never sign that one. I make them forge my signature so I have plausible deniability.
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### Author:  [@livin4hockey](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/livin4hockey)
#### Post date: [May 7, 2016, 7:07pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/sold-car-what-do-i-need-to-do/273898/11 "2016-05-07T19:07:04Z")
To the OP, did you write up a receipt for the deposit as non refundable? I took a deposit once and then the buyer backed out and wanted their money back. After that, I started writing up receipts and having buyers sign them when giving deposits so they would know it was non refundable.
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### Author:  [@Wahoo](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Wahoo)
#### Post date: [May 8, 2016, 6:47am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/sold-car-what-do-i-need-to-do/273898/12 "2016-05-08T06:47:25Z")
When they go to tegister the car they need to bring in the bill of sale anyways, i think they copy it or at least read it.
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### Author:  [@LZ1](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/LZ1)
#### Post date: [May 8, 2016, 6:52am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/sold-car-what-do-i-need-to-do/273898/13 "2016-05-08T06:52:09Z")
You can actually do it all on one form from the DMV without a bill of sale now.
Obviously the form acts as a bill of sale but its a DMV document
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### Author:  [@Matt\_Danger](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Matt_Danger)
#### Post date: [May 8, 2016, 12:59pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/sold-car-what-do-i-need-to-do/273898/14 "2016-05-08T12:59:51Z")
> [@LZ](#):
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> You can actually do it all on one form from the DMV without a bill of sale now.
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> Obviously the form acts as a bill of sale but its a DMV document
This. You don’t need a bill of sale anymore. The sales tax form acts as a BOS