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 gifted between qualifying family members (such as spouse, parent, child, sibling, grandparent or grandchild) are exempt from PST if Saskatchewan PST was already paid on the vehicle. The giver writes a letter stating the relationship and the gift. Transfers under a divorce or separation settlement 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.