Free New Brunswick General Bill of Sale
New Brunswick is officially bilingual, and a general bill of sale is exactly the kind of document where that stops being a formality: it is a contract, and a contract a party cannot read is a contract waiting to be disputed. Beyond the language, the province's rules are the Atlantic standard — no registry records the transfer of general goods, the Sale of Goods Act supplies implied conditions unless excluded, and a Personal Property Registry search is the only way to know whether a financed machine carries a lender's interest.
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New Brunswick General Bill of Sale — What You Need to Know
Tax Details
GST/HST may apply if the seller is a GST-registered business. Private individual-to-individual sales of used personal property are typically exempt.
Exemption: Gifts between immediate family members (spouse, child, parent, sibling, grandparent, grandchild) may qualify for a PVT exemption with a Family Gift Affidavit signed by both people at SNB, if the giver already paid tax on the vehicle. Confirm current eligibility with Service NB.
Inspection Requirements
No inspection is required for general personal-property sales.
New Brunswick General Sale — Step-by-Step Checklist
- Write the document in the language both parties genuinely read — or bilingually.
- Identify the item exactly: make, model, year, serial number, condition, included accessories.
- Search the New Brunswick Personal Property Registry on anything financed — the security interest follows the goods.
- State the price, the payment method, and the date possession transferred.
- Exclude implied conditions explicitly if the item is sold as-is, where-is.
- Confirm the seller owns the item free of encumbrance.
- Both parties sign a document each can read, and keep copies.
Common Pitfalls
- Handing a unilingual contract to a party who reads the other official language.
- Relying on "used means as-is": implied conditions apply unless the contract clearly excludes them.
- Skipping the lien search on financed equipment.
- Describing the item without a serial number.
Pro Tip
New Brunswick wants two things from a bill of sale: a language both parties read, and an as-is clause that actually says as-is. Add the lien search and the serial number, and you are done.