Bill of sale · bicycle & e-bike

Bicycle & E-Bike Bill of Sale

Bikes vanish fast and paperwork brings them back. Frame serial, sizes — or class, wattage, and battery for an e-bike — with photos, in a fillable AS-IS PDF.

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Add photos, then download and fill out PDF.

What are you selling?Frame serial, sizes, and color.

How do you want to build it?

Add up to two photos of the bike — drag to reposition, zoom to crop — and they are embedded right in the document. Fill in the seller, buyer, and bike details directly in the downloaded PDF, or write them by hand. No paid Acrobat needed.

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Photo 2 (optional)

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Not legal adviceThis template is a general-purpose starting point only. Specific DMV and state requirements vary — I understand it is my responsibility to verify local requirements before finalizing a transfer.

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Sample

Photos appear exactly where they will print. The blank lines are fillable text fields in the downloaded PDF.

Selling in a specific state?

Bill of sale requirements by state

See which states have an official DMV form, which require a notary, and where this free builder is a suitable alternative — all 50 states + DC.

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Serials & stolen bikes

The frame serial is the whole ballgame.

Bikes are the most-stolen and least-documented thing people own — which makes a bill of sale with the frame serial number (stamped under the bottom bracket, where the pedals meet the frame) surprisingly valuable. It proves the seller owned it, gives the buyer a theft-recovery record, and is what registries like Bike Index key on. Photos of the bike and the serial itself complete the record.

For an e-bike, two more things matter: the class (1 pedal-assist, 2 throttle, 3 speed pedal-assist to 28 mph) and the battery— its voltage, amp-hours, and honest charge health are most of a used e-bike’s value. A few states treat class 3 or over-750W machines more like mopeds, so note any modifications.

Curbside checklist

Two minutes before the bike rides away.

Flip the bike and photograph the serial under the bottom bracket — that photo plus this form is the whole ownership record.
Selling an e-bike? Use the toggle above so class, wattage, and battery fields are on the document.
Batteries are the value: note charge cycles or range honestly in the additional terms.
Locks, lights, racks, and chargers included? Write them down.
Update the registration on Bike Index or your local registry to the buyer.

Not legal advice. class-3 and higher-wattage e-bikes cross into moped territory in some states.