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: Transfers between immediate family members (spouse, child, parent, sibling) may qualify for an HST exemption with a sworn statutory declaration. 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.