Handy, reliable forms for everyday transactions and legal matters

At one time or another, we all need to get an agreement with someone in writing or organize key information. But where to begin? Law Forms for Personal Use makes it easy, with plain-English instructions to help you:

Plan your estate: Make a simple will and use worksheets to track beneficiaries and assets.

Delegate authority: Create temporary guardianship of a child, pet care agreements, limited powers of attorney, and other essential documents.

Rent out a place to live: Use the rental application, move-in letter, checklist, notice of needed repairs, and other forms.

Buy a house: Run the numbers with a financial statement, and then use the house comparison worksheet, moving checklist, and other forms.

Borrow or lend money: Prepare a solid legal contract (promissory note). Included are five forms―one for every common borrowing/lending situation.

Sell personal property: All the agreements you need to sell a motor vehicle, boat, or other valuable property.

Law Forms for Personal Use can also help you:

settle legal disputes

handle personal finances

hire household help

deal with spammers and telemarketers

and much more.

The book includes downloadable forms, letting you save and customize all of the agreements, checklists, and other forms in the book (details inside).

Author Biography

Editors of Nolo

Nolo’s editorial
department includes more than a dozen legal editors and a full-time legal
researcher, who collectively have more than 100 years’ experience turning legal
jargon into plain English. Most of our editors gave up careers as practicing
lawyers in favor of furthering Nolo’s mission: Getting legal information into
the hands of the people who really need it.

All Nolo legal editors
specialize in certain areas of the law, and many are recognized as national
experts in their field. They write books, edit books by outside authors, and in
their spare time write online articles and blogs, develop legal forms, and
create the legal content of Nolo software.

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