The private sale contract: the eight lines that prevent a lawsuit
What a private car sale contract must include, and the three mistakes that repeat across the templates floating around the internet.
The sale contract fixes who sold what, to whom, when and for how much. It is the basis for the transfer tax, the ownership change and any future claim. And yet most are signed on a template downloaded in a hurry.
The essentials
Full identification of both parties (name, ID, address); full identification of the vehicle (make, model, plate and VIN); date and TIME of handover; price and payment method; mileage at the moment of sale; and the condition it is delivered in, including known faults.
The three usual mistakes
First: no time of day. Fines from that same afternoon are disputed with the handover time. Second: a fake price, which caps your claims and exposes you to the tax office. Third: “sold as seen” with no list of known defects — that clause doesn't erase liability for hidden defects, and without the list it just breeds disputes about who knew what.
Two copies, two signatures
Each party keeps an original signed by both, with IDs checked on the spot: a contract naming someone who doesn’t match the document is wet paper.
How Autamo solves it
The contract is generated from both parties' verified data and signed electronically with legal evidence. No dubious template, no hand-copied plate numbers: the contract and the case cannot contradict each other.