Spain: templates and forms

For two private individuals selling and buying a used car or motorbike in Spain: the contract with the vehicle's details, the price in words and figures, the date and time of handover, the roadworthiness test (ITV), known defects, charges and the steps with Spain's traffic authority (DGT). The buyer applies for the change of keeper within 30 days and pays the transfer tax (ITP) in their region; the seller notifies the DGT of the sale. Signed in duplicate, on every page, one copy each. In Spanish.

For the members of a Spanish limited company changing its director: Spanish minutes of the general meeting (all members present, or called by notice) recording any removal and the appointment, a certificate of the minutes by the person entitled to certify, and the acceptance of the post signed by the new director. The appointment is filed with the Registro Mercantil within ten days of acceptance (art. 215 of the Spanish Companies Act), with the signatures certified by a notary. In Spanish.

This step is free on your Spanish town hall's online office; you do not need DocMuse for it. For anyone who has paid or owes the Spanish municipal tax on the increase in land value (plusvalía, IIVTNU) after a sale, inheritance or gift from 10 November 2021 with no gain, or with a real gain lower than the one calculated: it asks for the self-assessment to be corrected or appeals the assessment, and for the overpayment back. Filed at a registry office, a post office or online; companies must file online. Navarre and the Basque Country have their own rules; the Canary Islands apply IGIC. In Spanish.

For anyone who has had a road accident in Spain with damage to their vehicle: the letter to their own insurer or to the other vehicle's insurer that reports the accident, describes the damage to property, claims the amount and invites a settlement before court, as Spanish Organic Law 1/2025 requires. The policyholder must report the accident within seven days (art. 16 of the Spanish Insurance Contract Act). Sent by burofax with certified content. Not for personal injury claims. In Spanish.

For an insured person or policyholder in Spain whose insurer refuses or delays paying a claim, pays less than it owes, overcharges or does not honour the policy. The letter files the complaint in writing with the insurer's customer service or customer ombudsman, a required step before the free complaints service of Spain's Directorate-General for Insurance and Pension Funds (DGSFP), and includes the invitation to negotiate that Spanish Organic Law 1/2025 requires before suing. Send it by burofax with certified content. In Spanish.

For the policyholder of an insurance policy in Spain (car, home, health, funeral or another kind, but not life insurance) who does not want it renewed: the letter tells the insurer that you oppose the renewal at least one month before the expiry date, as article 22 of the Spanish Insurance Contract Act requires, and asks that no premium be charged for the new period. Send it by burofax with certified content, which proves that the insurer received it in time. In Spanish.

This step is free on your Spanish town hall's online office; you do not need DocMuse for it. For anyone who has received a council fine in Spain for parking, for the regulated parking zone (ORA, blue zone) or for entering a low-emission zone, and disagrees: objections to the notice within 20 calendar days, or an appeal for reconsideration against the penalty within one month, with the ground and the evidence (arts. 95 and 96 of the Spanish Traffic Act). Paying with the 50 % discount closes the case. Filed at a registry office, a post office or the town hall's online office; companies must file online. In Spanish.

For couples who live together without being married and want to set out in writing how they share household costs, who owns what and what happens if they separate. The agreement names their autonomous community and refers to its rules on registered couples; in Aragón, the Balearic Islands, Catalonia, Galicia, Navarre and the Basque Country their own regional civil law also applies, according to each partner’s civil residence (vecindad civil). It does not register the couple: registration uses the regional registry’s own form, free to download online. Both sign two copies. In Spanish.

This step is free on the online office of Spain's traffic authority (DGT) and of many town halls; you do not need DocMuse for it. For the registered keeper of a vehicle who receives a fine for something another person did and a request to name the driver: the statement with the driver's details and licence, within 20 calendar days (art. 11.1.a of the Spanish Traffic Act). Not naming the driver is a very serious offence. Filed with the body that asks, at a registry office or a post office; companies file online. In Spanish.

This step is free on your Spanish town hall's online office; you do not need DocMuse for it. For anyone who disagrees with a bill or assessment for property tax (IBI), the waste-collection fee, road tax or another Spanish municipal tax: the appeal for reconsideration (recurso de reposición) to the town hall or the body that manages the tax, within one month (art. 14.2 of the Spanish Local Finance Act). Filed at a registry office, a post office or online; companies must file online. Navarre and the Basque Country have their own rules, and the Canary Islands apply IGIC. In Spanish.

For the registered keeper of a car or motorbike who lends it to someone else in Spain, for a few days or a set period: the authorisation signed by both, with the details of the vehicle, the insurance and the driver, the dates and the permitted use. It serves as proof with the police, the insurer or on a trip, and for naming the driver if a fine arrives (art. 11.1.a of the Spanish Traffic Act). No Spanish law requires this document to lend a vehicle. In Spanish.

For two businesses or professionals in Spain who will exchange confidential information before working together, investing, selling or developing a project: a Spanish reciprocal agreement with the purpose, what is and is not confidential, the duties, how long they last after the relationship ends, return of materials, trade secrets under Spain's Law 1/2019 and, if agreed, a penalty in words and figures. Signed in two copies. In Spanish.

A general power of attorney for a bank or the Land Registry is granted before a notary in Spain (article 1280.5 of the Spanish Civil Code), and DocMuse does not sell one. This private mandate is for someone who asks a relative or trusted person to run everyday errands with individuals, companies and offices that accept it: collecting documents, raising utility complaints, dealing with the building administrator. It lists the errands, sets how long it lasts and excludes selling or charging property. Both sign it with a copy of their ID. In Spanish.

For anyone who wants to set down their values and decisions about the treatments they accept or refuse, in case they cannot express them one day, and to name a representative to the healthcare team. Each Spanish autonomous community regulates this document and has its own registry and often a free model: if there is one, you may use it. It is sold blank and filled in by hand, because it holds health data. It is formalised before a notary, witnesses or the registry, as your community allows, and entered in the regional registry. In Spanish.

For an employee in Spain who needs a few days or weeks off without pay. The request asks the employer for unpaid leave on stated dates, under the collective agreement or as an agreement, because the Spanish Workers' Statute gives no general right to it, and asks for a written answer. It is handed over against a receipt, sent by certified letter or by burofax. In Spanish.