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The record that goes with a vehicle sale contract in Romania and notes what was actually handed over: the date and hour, the odometer reading, the keys, the documents and the vehicle's condition, with the defects the buyer was told of. The hour matters: until the vehicle is registered in the buyer's name, fines reach the seller, and the record shows who was driving.

The authorisation by which a vehicle's owner in Romania lets someone else drive and use it for a set period and area — a trip abroad, a family member, an employee. It says what the authorised driver may do, what they may not — sell or hire out the vehicle — and who answers for fines. For leaving the country it is often required with a notarised signature.

The receipt by which a private person in Romania confirms receiving money from another: who received it and from whom, the sum in figures and words, what for, how it was paid and what remains to be paid. It is the written proof of a payment between private persons — a deposit, an instalment, a loan repaid — and matters most above 250 lei, the value above which a transaction can no longer be proved by witnesses.

The claim in which someone who suffered loss in a road accident in Romania asks for compensation directly from the RCA insurer of the vehicle at fault, without going through its driver (Law no. 132/2017): the date, place and course of the accident, the at-fault policy, the damaged vehicle and the loss, the documents attached and the account for payment.

The notice in which a seller tells their motor (RCA) insurer in Romania that the vehicle has been sold. A Romanian RCA policy does not pass to the buyer: the seller's contract ends on notification, and the premium for the remaining period is refunded if no compensation has been paid or is owed under the policy. The letter identifies the policy and the vehicle, gives the date of sale and the new owner, and asks for the refund to the account given.

The power of attorney for one specific act in Romania: collecting a document, representing someone at an office, signing a contract, receiving a payment. It describes the act exactly, the limits of the authority, whether the agent may deal with themselves or appoint a substitute, and until when it is valid. For acts that need notarial form — selling a home, for example — the power of attorney must be notarial too.

The agreement by which an author in Romania — a designer, a programmer, a photographer, a writer — assigns a company the economic rights in a work, with everything Law no. 8/1996 requires on pain of annulment: the rights assigned and, for each, the uses, the term and the extent of the assignment — territory included — and the pay; it also says whether the assignment is exclusive. Moral rights stay with the author, because the law does not let them be assigned.