Free Northwest Territories General Bill of Sale
In the Northwest Territories a general bill of sale moves generators, sleds, quads, tools, and camp equipment between people who depend on them working. Nothing registers the transfer. What complicates the document here is not law but logistics: a machine sold in November may not physically move until the winter roads open, and the months between the handshake and the handover need an owner, an insurer, and a place to sit. Those are contract terms, and leaving them unwritten is the most common way an NWT deal goes wrong.
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Northwest Territories 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: Private individual-to-individual vehicle sales between non-GST-registrant parties are generally exempt from GST collection. Transfers between spouses or immediate family members are also typically exempt from any territorial fee adjustment.
Inspection Requirements
No inspection is required for general personal-property sales.
Northwest Territories General Sale — Step-by-Step Checklist
- Identify the item exactly: make, model, year, serial number, hours, condition, included accessories.
- Fix the delivery reality in writing: when the item will move, by what route, and whether it waits for winter-road or ferry season.
- Assign interim responsibility: who stores, insures, and maintains the item between sale and handover, and at whose cost.
- State the price, payment method, and when ownership actually passes — signature or delivery.
- Write an explicit as-is, where-is clause if that is the agreement.
- Record the service history and any cold-weather damage or repairs.
- Both parties sign and keep copies.
Common Pitfalls
- Selling "delivered" without naming a season: a machine that cannot move until the ice road opens is stranded, and someone is paying to store it.
- Leaving interim insurance and storage unassigned for the months between deal and delivery.
- Failing to say whether ownership passes on signature or on delivery — it matters enormously if the item is damaged in between.
- Omitting the serial number.
Pro Tip
The NWT sale is simple law and complicated logistics. Name the delivery season, assign interim care, and say exactly when ownership passes — then the ice road can take its time.