VEHICLE SALE RECEIPT AND DELIVERY NOTE
Receipt for the price paid and a record of the handing over of a motor vehicle
Date: __________, at __________
Received from: __________, __________, of __________, telephone __________ (called "the Buyer")
Received by: __________, __________, of __________, telephone __________ (called "the Seller")
- 1. Why this paper is signed. The Seller has sold the vehicle described below to the Buyer and has handed it over today. This paper is the Seller's receipt for the money and the record of what was handed over and in what state. It is signed at the time of handing over, by both of them.
- 2. The vehicle. The vehicle is a __________, make and model __________, colour __________, year of manufacture __________, fuel __________. Its registration number is __________, its chassis number is __________ and its engine number is __________. The Registration Certificate stands in the name of __________.
- 3. The price. The agreed price of the vehicle is __________. The Seller acknowledges that __________ has been received today by __________.
- 4. The position on payment. __________
- 5. Delivery. The Seller delivered the vehicle to the Buyer at __________ on __________ at about __________. From the moment of delivery the vehicle is in the Buyer's possession and use.
- 6. State of the vehicle at delivery. The odometer reads __________ kilometres. The Buyer has seen and tried the vehicle, and its state at delivery is this: __________
- 7. Defects the Seller has told the Buyer about. __________ The Buyer has accepted the vehicle with those defects.
- 8. Keys and accessories handed over. Number of keys or key fobs handed over: __________. Accessories and fittings handed over with the vehicle: __________
- 9. Papers handed over. The Seller handed over these original papers: __________ Papers the Seller has not handed over, and when they will be handed over, are: __________
- 10. The transfer forms. __________
- 11. Loan or hypothecation. __________
- 12. Taxes, challans and dues. The Seller states that the pending road tax, challans and other dues on the vehicle up to today are these: __________ The Seller will pay the dues up to today that are named in this paragraph, and the Buyer will pay any due that arises from the use of the vehicle after delivery.
- 13. Insurance. __________
- 14. Who looks after the transfer. __________ The registered owner of record stays answerable to the authorities until the new owner's name is entered at the Registering Authority, so both of them should see the transfer through without delay.
- 15. Use after delivery. From the time of delivery the Buyer is responsible for the vehicle, for its use, for any accident or offence arising from its use and for any challan issued for the period after delivery. The Seller is responsible for any challan or claim that arose from the use of the vehicle before delivery.
- 16. If a claim comes to the Seller after delivery. If the Seller receives a notice, challan or claim for a period after delivery, the Seller will send it to the Buyer within __________ days, and the Buyer will deal with it and keep the Seller free of it.
- 17. Another paper may exist. __________ If this paper and any other written agreement say different things about the same point, the parties will read them together, and the later one signed by both of them will decide the point.
- 18. Photographs. __________
- 19. Both sides confirm. The Buyer confirms that the Buyer has received the vehicle, the keys and the papers listed above and has paid the sum written in paragraph 3. The Seller confirms that the Seller has received that sum, has handed over the vehicle in the state described and has not kept back any paper named in paragraph 9 except as written there.
- 20. Proof of who signed. The Seller showed the Buyer the original Registration Certificate and a __________ number __________. The Buyer showed the Seller a __________ number __________. Neither of them has given the other a full Aadhaar number.
- 21. Copies. This paper is signed in two copies. Each of them keeps one copy, and each copy is as good as the other.
ANNEXURE: PAPERS AND THINGS HANDED OVER
Please tick off on the day, and attach a copy of each paper to the Buyer's copy of this note: the original Registration Certificate; the valid insurance policy; the pollution-under-control certificate; the service booklet; every key; the financier's no-objection letter and closed loan statement, if there was a loan; the signed Form 29 and Form 30, if they are signed today; the Seller's identity proof copy; and photographs of the vehicle taken at delivery.
HOW TO SEND OR FILE THIS PAPER
The Buyer keeps the original of this note with the Registration Certificate and the transfer papers. The note and a copy of the Seller's identity proof go with the transfer forms to the Registering Authority, which is the Sub-Divisional Motor Vehicle Officer or District Transport Officer of the district in Punjab, or the Registering Authority of the Union Territory in Chandigarh, where the transfer of ownership is reported under section 50 of the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 on Forms 29 and 30 of the Central Motor Vehicles Rules, 1989. The Seller keeps the other copy with a copy of the Registration Certificate and the proof that the transfer was reported.
LEGAL BASIS
Punjab: A sale of a vehicle is a sale of goods, and the ownership passes when the parties intend it to pass, which is shown by the sale and delivery, under the Sale of Goods Act, 1930. A receipt is evidence of the payment. Under section 50 of the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988, the change of ownership of a registered vehicle has to be reported to the Registering Authority, on Forms 29 and 30 of the Central Motor Vehicles Rules, 1989, by the Seller and the Buyer. A dispute about the payment or the state of the vehicle is decided by a civil court under section 9 of the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908, with an appeal to the District Judge or the Punjab and Haryana High Court.
Chandigarh: The Sale of Goods Act, 1930 and section 50 of the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 apply in the Union Territory in the same way. The transfer of the vehicle is reported to the Registering Authority of the Union Territory on Forms 29 and 30, and a dispute about the sale is decided by the civil court at Chandigarh under section 9 of the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908, with an appeal to the District Judge, Chandigarh, or the Punjab and Haryana High Court.
PERSONAL DATA NOTICE
This notice is given under the Digital Personal Data Protection Act, 2023.
The purpose of collecting the personal data in this receipt is to identify the Seller and the Buyer, record the payment and the handing over of the vehicle, and support the report of transfer to the Registering Authority.
The record will be held by __________ and may be shared with the Seller, the Buyer, the Registering Authority at the time of the transfer, the insurer and any financier, and a court or advocate if a dispute follows.
If the matter does not proceed, the personal data will be retained for 90 days and then erased. If the matter proceeds, the record will be retained for the transaction or authority matter plus 12 months, except where a statute requires a longer named retention period.
A person named in this document may request correction or erasure where the purpose has ended, withdraw consent for future consent-based processing, or raise a grievance by writing to __________. The record-holder should acknowledge and reply within 30 days.
Data minimisation: this document does not collect a full Aadhaar number, an Aadhaar-card copy, a password or bank credentials.
Personal-data instruction: __________.
SIGNATURE
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Signature
Seller: __________
Place: ____________________
Date: ____________________
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Signature
Buyer: __________
Place: ____________________
Date: ____________________
WITNESSES