Free Saskatchewan General Bill of Sale
Saskatchewan's general bill of sale gets used more for machinery than for furniture. Combines, augers, grain carts, welders, quads, stock trailers — a great deal of value moves between farms here on a handshake and a cheque, none of it recorded by any registry. That absence is the whole point of the document: it is the only thing that proves who owns the swather. And because farm equipment is very often financed, the Saskatchewan Personal Property Registry search is the step that separates a good deal from an expensive surprise.
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Saskatchewan 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: Vehicles transferred as gifts between immediate family members (spouse, parent, child, sibling) are exempt from PST with a signed Statutory Declaration of Gift. Estate transfers to named beneficiaries are also exempt.
Inspection Requirements
No inspection is required for general personal-property sales.
Saskatchewan General Sale — Step-by-Step Checklist
- Identify the equipment exactly: make, model, year, SERIAL NUMBER, hours, condition, attachments included.
- Search the Saskatchewan Personal Property Registry before paying: a lender's registered interest in financed equipment survives the sale and follows the machine.
- List what is and is not included — headers, augers, buckets, spare parts. Ambiguity over attachments is the classic farm-equipment dispute.
- State the price, payment method, and the date possession changed.
- Write an explicit as-is, where-is clause if that is the deal.
- Confirm in the document that the seller owns the equipment free of encumbrance.
- Both parties sign and keep copies — no office records this transfer.
Common Pitfalls
- Buying financed equipment without a PPR search: the secured lender can enforce against the machine after you have paid for it.
- Leaving attachments and included parts unspecified — "the tractor" and "the tractor with the loader" are different sales.
- Identifying a machine without its serial number.
- Assuming a neighbourly deal needs no paperwork: the value moving is often six figures.
Pro Tip
In Saskatchewan the general bill of sale is a farm document. Serial number, hours, attachments, PPR search, as-is clause — get those five right and a six-figure machine changes hands cleanly.