bill of sale
noun phrase
: a formal instrument for the conveyance or transfer of title to goods and chattels
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The state sold older vehicles at auctions but didn’t bother to get a bill of sale signed by the buyers, the audit said.
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Steve Bousquet, Sun Sentinel, 7 Mar. 2025
Buyers should also run a title check before signing a bill of sale to confirm a used car’s odometer reading and service history and to determine whether it’s been in a serious wreck or flood and has been rebuilt and offered with a salvaged title.
—Jim Gorzelany, Forbes, 26 Feb. 2025
Look for a direct paper trail that starts with the automaker and ends with the current owner, and ideally includes the original window sticker, sales contract, the owner’s manual and other paperwork that came with the car, along with copies of titles and bills of sale.
—Jim Gorzelany, Forbes, 9 Dec. 2024
Brenton also asked about a bill of sale, signed by Hill, to purchase all of the woman’s personal and tangible property.
—Annie Martin, Orlando Sentinel, 24 July 2024
Holman, 66 and African American, had spent much of his life collecting loose threads — stories passed down through the generations, birth and death certificates, centuries-old bills of sale, Census Bureau records, and DNA matches.
—Tara Bahrampour, Washington Post, 13 July 2024
Shared Collections Eastern Kentucky University American Slavery Collection Sixteen documents, including slave bills of sale, tell the cruel story of the enslaved lives that were listed in ledgers.
—JSTOR Daily, 24 June 2024
Shoppers looking for a new car should keep their eyes open for an $800 dealer processing charge on their bill of sale — a fee that was previously capped at $500.
—Katie Shepherd, Washington Post, 9 Apr. 2024
What is the validity of a bill of sale, the novel poses, when any white con man can claim the nearest Black person as his own?
—Lauren Michele Jackson, The New Yorker, 26 Mar. 2024
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Steve Bousquet, Sun Sentinel, 7 Mar. 2025
Buyers should also run a title check before signing a bill of sale to confirm a used car’s odometer reading and service history and to determine whether it’s been in a serious wreck or flood and has been rebuilt and offered with a salvaged title.
—Jim Gorzelany, Forbes, 26 Feb. 2025
Look for a direct paper trail that starts with the automaker and ends with the current owner, and ideally includes the original window sticker, sales contract, the owner’s manual and other paperwork that came with the car, along with copies of titles and bills of sale.
—Jim Gorzelany, Forbes, 9 Dec. 2024
Brenton also asked about a bill of sale, signed by Hill, to purchase all of the woman’s personal and tangible property.
—Annie Martin, Orlando Sentinel, 24 July 2024
Holman, 66 and African American, had spent much of his life collecting loose threads — stories passed down through the generations, birth and death certificates, centuries-old bills of sale, Census Bureau records, and DNA matches.
—Tara Bahrampour, Washington Post, 13 July 2024
Shared Collections Eastern Kentucky University American Slavery Collection Sixteen documents, including slave bills of sale, tell the cruel story of the enslaved lives that were listed in ledgers.
—JSTOR Daily, 24 June 2024
Shoppers looking for a new car should keep their eyes open for an $800 dealer processing charge on their bill of sale — a fee that was previously capped at $500.
—Katie Shepherd, Washington Post, 9 Apr. 2024
What is the validity of a bill of sale, the novel poses, when any white con man can claim the nearest Black person as his own?
—Lauren Michele Jackson, The New Yorker, 26 Mar. 2024
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