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A Greek private agreement for selling a used car between individuals, written for the rule that applies now: the agreement does not transfer the car. Ownership passes with the digital transfer on gov.gr, the only route between private persons since 27 April 2026. So it binds the seller to start the transfer and the buyer to accept it by a set date and within 30 days of handover, before the seller's insurance lapses, and puts fines on the buyer from handover. It gives the price in words, the known defects and the two-year limitation period of art. 554 of the Greek Civil Code, and can be signed online on docs.gov.gr.

A private agreement for the sale of a used car or motorcycle between individuals in Cyprus: the vehicle, the price and payment, handover, condition and known defects. The agreement does not change the registered owner — that is done with form TOM 9Γ at the Road Transport Department or a citizen service centre (KEP), with insurance in the buyer's name. So it binds both to complete the transfer by a set date, records the vehicle's status as to manufacturer recalls, which the Department has checked since February 2025, and puts fines on the buyer from handover.

The contract for a private sale of a used car in Austria: the vehicle with its chassis number, Typenschein or data extract and next roadworthiness test under § 57a KFG (the Pickerl), price and payment, the seller's statements on mileage, accidents and known defects, the exclusion of warranty with its limits under Austria's Civil Code (ABGB), and an express choice on roadworthiness. With the date and hour of handover, deregistration under the Austrian Motor Vehicles Act (§ 43 Abs 4 KFG) and who answers a driver enquiry until then. Not for a dealer sale. In German, ready to print twice and sign.

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.

For a private person selling or buying a used car or motorbike in Italy: the contract between the two parties, in Italian, setting out the vehicle, price, payment, handover, mileage, known defects and the choice on the warranty against defects (arts. 1490–1495 of the Italian Civil Code). It does not replace the transfer of ownership: the seller has the signature on the declaration of sale authenticated at an STA (vehicle registration desk), a notary or, for an old paper certificate, the Comune, and the buyer has it entered in the PRA register within 60 days.

For selling or buying a used car or motorbike between private persons in France. The official steps stay free and compulsory: the transfer certificate (Cerfa no. 15776*02), the seller's online declaration on the France Titres (ANTS) site within fifteen days, the crossed-out registration certificate. This contract comes on top of them: vehicle, mileage, price and payment, date and hour of handover, known defects, the hidden-defects warranty kept or limited (articles 1641 and 1643 of the French Civil Code), each side's steps. Signed in two originals. In French.

A contract for selling a used car or motorcycle between private individuals in Germany, under the German Civil Code (BGB). The exclusion of liability for defects is worded the way German courts uphold it: it does not cover fraud or a guarantee (§ 444 BGB), nor the seller's statements on mileage, accident damage, previous keepers and known defects, which stand in a section of their own. It also records the check of the registration certificate Part II, the date and hour of handover, retention of title, re-registration and the notice of sale. In German, for both parties to print and sign.

Signatures on a contract for the sale of a registered vehicle are certified by a notary, and the notary draws up the contract on a form of their own — this text does not replace it. Its use is beforehand: to settle the price, the date and exactly what is handed over, and to see what the seller is declaring, before you sit down in front of the notary.

The record that seller and buyer fill in together when a sold car changes hands in Austria: date and exact hour, mileage, fuel or charge level, visible damage, whether the car is roadworthy, papers handed over — Typenschein or data extract, Zulassungsschein, the latest roadworthiness report under § 57a KFG (the Pickerl) — and keys, and whether the car is handed over deregistered or still registered. The hour matters: until deregistration the seller remains the registered keeper and receives every driver enquiry. Goes with the sale contract. In German, ready to print and sign by both.

A handover record for a car sold privately in Germany, the companion to the sale contract. It records the date and hour of handover, the mileage, the fuel or charge level, visible damage, the keys and papers handed over (registration certificate Parts I and II, roadworthiness test report) and the price paid. It matters because tax, insurance and the registration stay with the seller until the notice of sale reaches the registration office. In German, for seller and buyer to print and sign.

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.

A letter telling your motor insurer in Germany that you have sold the car, as § 97 of the German Insurance Contract Act (VVG) requires without delay: the vehicle, plate, policy number, date and hour of handover, and the buyer's name and address. The policy passes to the buyer with the car (§ 95 VVG); without the notice the insurer may be free from liability for later losses. It asks for a final account, the refund of any credit and confirmation of receipt. In German, to send by post or as a PDF by e-mail.

The record made when a car changes hands — on a sale, at the start of a rental, or on collection after a repair. The odometer reading and the description of the visible damage at that moment are the only things that later tell existing damage apart from damage caused since. The record also lists what was handed over: keys, registration document, insurance policies, tyres, jack, first-aid kit.

A power of attorney for one transaction or one kind of business in Austria: a visit to an authority, collecting a document, registering a car, handing over a flat, a single sale. Under § 1008 of the Austrian Civil Code (ABGB) it must name the business precisely — for a gift or accepting an inheritance, the single transaction. Before authorities it proves the agent’s authority in writing (§ 10 AVG, § 83 BAO). With an expiry date, restrictions and room for certification if it is used in the land register. In German, ready to print and sign.

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.

For a private sale of equipment, furniture, tools, instruments — anything handed over by hand. The contract describes the item, the price in words and in figures, and the seller's declaration that the item is theirs and is not pledged. Note that it will not do for a motor vehicle: there the law requires the signatures to be notarised.

For asking someone to do one specific thing in your place when you cannot be there: collect a document, sign a lease or a contract, sell or buy a vehicle, represent you at an appointment. You describe the act, and the power covers that act only, until the date you choose (articles 1987 and 1989 of the French Civil Code). A voting proxy is made free on maprocuration.gouv.fr, and, for an act before a notary, the notary provides the power of attorney required. Signed by the principal, with a copy of their ID.

A document by which a car's owner in Greece lets someone else drive it for a set period and in set countries — a trip abroad, a family member, a colleague. It states what the driver may do, what not (sell, hire out, hand the car to anyone else), and who bears fines, with a summary in English. The gov.gr e-authorisation is free: paste this text into its free-text box, or sign the PDF and have the signature certified on docs.gov.gr or at a citizens' service centre (KEP). For travel abroad, check what the destination country requires.

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 receipt by which a private individual in Cyprus confirms receiving money from another: the sum in figures and words, what it is for, the date and method of payment, and whether it settles the whole debt or is a payment on account, with the balance left. Useful for repaying a loan, returning a deposit, selling an item or any cash payment, which otherwise leaves no trace. It is signed by the person receiving the money, and since 2026 needs no stamp duty.

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.

For anyone who cannot attend and asks a trusted person to carry out one act in their name: signing a contract, collecting a sum, representing them at a condominium meeting or before an office. The Italian power describes the act, its limits and its end date. If the act needs a special form – selling a house or a car, an act to be registered – a notarial power or a notarised signature is required. For a simple errand a delegation (delega) is enough.

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.

The receipt in which someone in Greece who takes money from a private person confirms it: who paid and who received, the sum in figures and words, what it was for, the date and method of payment, and whether it settles the whole debt or is paid on account, with the balance. A debtor who pays is entitled to a written receipt and, on paying the whole debt, to the return of the debt document (art. 424 of the Greek Civil Code). It goes with the loan agreement, the acknowledgment of debt and the settlement.