US Legal & Business Forms

Which document do you actually need?

Most people land here with a situation, not a form name. Match yours:

• Selling a car, boat, or anything used to a private buyer → a bill of sale. It's the receipt that proves the sale happened, when, and for how much; the DMV title transfer is a separate step.
• Renting out a home → first a rental application to screen, then a residential lease. If rent stops coming, a late rent notice, and only then an eviction notice with your state's notice period.
• Someone owes you money → a dated demand letter before suing; our small claims guide shows your state's dollar limit, court, and fee.
• Lending money to a friend or family member → a promissory note; if the borrower needs more time later, a loan extension agreement.
• Letting someone act for you (a parent, an aging relative, a deployment) → a power of attorney; witness and notary rules vary by state.
• Moving property between family members or into a trust → a quitclaim deed. It transfers whatever interest you have, without title warranties — fine between people who trust each other, wrong for an arm's-length purchase.
• Starting or running a business → an LLC operating agreement for the owners; an independent contractor agreement or service agreement when hiring; an NDA before sharing something confidential; an invoice to get paid.
• Sharing a place → a roommate agreement (between roommates; the lease with the landlord is separate).

Why "by state" matters

Contract law is mostly state law. The same lease is legal everywhere, but what it may say about the deposit, how many days' notice ends a tenancy, whether a deed needs witnesses, or whether a power of attorney must be notarized is decided by each legislature — and the answers differ more than most people expect. That's why the documents marked "by state" open with a state picker: the template's framing and the rules quoted next to it change with your selection, and every figure links to the statute it came from. Documents without a state picker (invoices, NDAs, service agreements) work the same way in all 50 states, with only the governing-law line to fill in.

How the forms work

Every form runs in your browser: you type, the document preview updates live, and "Download / Print PDF" uses your browser's own print engine — nothing is uploaded, there is no account, and your entries are kept only in your browser's local storage so you can come back to them. Most documents also export to Word (.docx) if you need to edit the wording. Signatures can be typed, drawn, or left as lines to sign on paper.