If you are selling a used car in Connecticut, you need to have a complete bill of sale ready. Connecticut provides a bill of sale in PDF format that you can fill out online and print. This form is referred to as the H-31 form.
Download the Connecticut Bill Of Sale AS IS
You can use the H-31 form for selling a motor vehicle, vessel, or other property privately. The DMV has provided instructions that the seller must complete, sign, and hand over to the buyer. The buyer must submit this form, along with other required forms, for vehicle registration. It also includes spaces for filling out the following information:
- Both buyer and seller’s detailed information: name, address, city, state, and zip code.
- Description of the vehicle or vessel. For a vehicle, it has spaces for make, year, colors, model name, odometer reading, and vehicle identification number (VIN). For a vessel, it requires the year built, hull ID, color, model, length, the state where it was last numbered, and its previous number.
- Selling price, the signature of the seller, and the date. It does not require the buyer to sign.
If you sell the vehicle as-is, you should not use this bill of sale form, as it does not include a statement indicating this. In this case, you can use the following bill of sale, which is specifically designed for selling used vehicles in the state of Connecticut. This bill of sale also includes additional disclosure and warranty statements to confirm that the mileage is accurate and the vehicle is sold AS-IS.
If you are selling other assets privately, such as equipment, a gun, or a mobile home, you can use the corresponding bill of sale form, e.g., an equipment bill of sale, a gun bill of sale, or a mobile home bill of sale. There is also a blank bill of sale designed to cover other assets that you want to sell but for which a specific bill of sale could not be found.
