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A Polish agreement for the private sale of a used car: the parties, make and model, VIN, registration number, mileage, known defects, the price in figures and words, and handover with the documents and keys. It also sets out what each side must do afterwards: the seller tells the district office within 30 days and the insurer within 14, the buyer registers the car within 30 days and pays 2% tax on civil-law transactions within 14. No notary is needed.

A car owner's authorisation for another person to drive it for a set time and in a set territory — for a trip abroad, or when lending the car to family or an employee. It gives both people's details, the vehicle, the OC policy, what is authorised, and states plainly that selling or passing the car on is not. There is room below the signature for notarisation, which some non-EU countries require.

A Polish power of attorney for an act beyond ordinary management — selling a car, signing a particular contract, collecting money, handling a specific matter — setting out the act, its limits, how long it lasts, and whether the agent may appoint a substitute or contract with themselves. Where the act needs a special form, the power of attorney needs the same one — selling real estate requires a notarial deed, as the document warns.

A Polish power of attorney for acts of ordinary management — running the principal's day-to-day affairs and property: paying bills, collecting post, managing a let flat, dealing with offices. It must be in writing on pain of nullity (art. 99 § 2 of the Civil Code). The document also states what it does not cover — selling property, loans, gifts — since those need a power of attorney naming the type of act or the act itself.

A record of handing a car over to a buyer, hirer or other user in Poland, to go with the sale or rental agreement: the date and time of handover, the parties, the make, registration and VIN, the odometer and fuel level, the number of keys, the documents and equipment handed over, and visible damage. The handover time settles who answers for fines, charges and damage, and the description of condition heads off disputes about defects.

The receipt a payer can demand from whoever takes the money (art. 462 of the Polish Civil Code) — when repaying a loan, returning a deposit, or paying a price or instalment in cash: who pays and who receives, the amount in words, what it is for, the date and method of payment, and whether it settles the debt or leaves a balance. It is the basic proof of payment when money changes hands directly.

A final demand before going to court, for use between private individuals or by a consumer against a business: the amount and what it is for, when it fell due, statutory late-payment interest from a stated date, the payment deadline and account, and notice of a lawsuit. It is the attempt at amicable settlement a Polish court asks about (art. 187 § 1(3) of the Code of Civil Procedure). Invoices between businesses have a separate document.

The injured party's claim to the at-fault driver's insurer: the date and place, the at-fault driver, their vehicle and policy number, the injured party's vehicle, what happened, the damage, the evidence, the amount claimed and the account for payment, reserving the right to a replacement-car hire refund. It reminds the insurer that compensation is paid within 30 days of the claim, and filing the claim interrupts the limitation period.

A statement written at the scene of a minor collision in Poland where nobody was hurt: the date, time and place, the at-fault driver's details and licence, their vehicle and OC policy, the other driver and vehicle, what happened, visible damage, witnesses, room for a sketch, and the admission of fault. It is the main evidence for a claim against the at-fault driver's insurer when the parties do not call the police.

The seller's letter to the insurer that a car with OC motor insurance has been sold: the policy number, the vehicle, the date of sale and the buyer's details that art. 32 of the Compulsory Insurance Act requires. Since 10 September 2025 the deadline is 14 days, and until the insurer is told the seller is jointly liable for the premium with the buyer. It does not replace the notice to the district office.

An agreement for couples living together in Poland without marrying: how they share housing and living costs, what each keeps as personal property, how things bought together are co-owned, how they settle up if they separate, and who leaves the home. Poland has no registered partnerships — the closest-person status law did not take effect after the Sejm failed to override the presidential veto in September 2026 — so these matters are settled by a civil-law contract.

Notice ending a Polish residential tenancy with one month's notice to the end of a calendar month, on the grounds in art. 11(2) of the tenants' protection act: arrears after a written warning, use against the agreement despite a warning, subletting without consent. The letter states the reason, because without it the notice is void. An owner wanting to move in relies on a different ground with longer periods, and this is not that document.

A tenant's request in Poland for written consent to sublet the flat or part of it: to whom, for how long, for what rent and why, with confirmation that the tenant's obligations to the landlord stay with the tenant. There is room at the foot for the landlord's signature — a signed copy is the proof of consent, because subletting without it is one of the grounds on which the landlord may end the tenancy with a month's notice.