In Alaska when you buy, sell or transfer a vehicle a Bill of Sale form is recommended. This form serves as a legal contract between the buyer and the seller.
Also the Bill of Sale documents both the change in ownership and the purchase price of a vehicle.
But just only a Bill of Sale form is not enough to transfer the ownership. You need also an odometer reading and the vehicle’s title to transfer ownership if it’s available. Our form provides also an odometer reading section.
The following information should generally appear on the Alaska Bill of Sale Form:
- Vehicle description with Vehicle Identification Number (VIN)
- Odometer reading
- The purchase price or vehicle value
- Seller’s name and address
- Buyer’s name and address
- Seller’s Signature
- Date of sale
- Buyer’s signature
Alaska Bill of Sale Form
Below you can find and download the latest Bill of Sale Form for 2024:
Click here to download the Alaska Bill of Sale Form
How to complete the Alaska Bill of Sale Form
This generic Alaska Bill of Sale is composed of three sections. Below you’ll learn how to complete this optional but recommended form:
Section 1 of the Alaska Bill of Sale
The first section contains the vehicle information. Here you need to complete the Make, Model, Year, Body type or Style, Color, and VIN or Vehicle Identification Number. Also complete here the Odometer Reading at the time of transfer. Use only digits, no tenths for the reading. Then check if this is the Actual Mileage. Or please check if the Odometer is in excess of its mechanical limits. Or if it’s the case you can check if the odometer reading is not the actual mileage:
Section 2 of the Alaska Bill of Sale
In the second section you have to complete first the Seller information. Complete here first the full name of the seller. The name must be PRINTED. So this means to use only Capital Letters to write SELLER’S NAME. Then complete seller’s street address, seller’s city and state. Further you need to complete the Buyer information. So complete next the full name of the buyer. The buyer’s name must be PRINTED. Again, this means also to use only Capital Letters to write BUYER’S NAME. Then complete buyer’s street address, buyer’s city and state. After these details you have to write the sum of the transfer price of the vehicle or the word GIFT. Lastly indicate if this vehicle was a gift and indicate the relationship with the buyer (e.g. parent, spouse, friend) and the vehicle’s value:
Section 3 of the Alaska Bill of Sale
The last section represents the seller’s statement about the details contained in this Bill of Sale. Finally complete seller’s signature, date, and buyer’s signature:
Please note that you may complete this Bill of Sale form by hand as well. However don’t forget to use a pen with blue or black ink and not a pencil. If you complete this form on your device (phone, tablet, computer) this form is a fillable PDF that works best with Adobe Acrobat Reader.
More details about the transfer of ownership for a vehicle in Alaska
It is important to note that Federal and State law require that you furnish to the buyer a written odometer disclosure statement upon transfer of ownership. Failure to complete or providing a false statement may result in fines and/or imprisonment!
Both the seller and the buyer shall retain a legible copy of the odometer disclosure statement for not less than four years. If the vehicle is less than ten years old you need to certify the odometer reading.
To complete a written odometer disclosure statement use this official form: Alaska Odometer Disclosure Statement – Form V6
To submit the transfer of ownership for a vehicle online use this section: On-Line Sale Pending
View more details about the Alaska Division of Motor Vehicles
For more information go to State of Alaska – Department of Administration, Division of Motor Vehicles
DMV Alaska serves most of the Alaska population by testing and issuing licenses to qualified drivers ages 16+ statewide. They also issue state identification cards for all ages.
Alaska Division of Motor Vehicles provides proof of vehicle ownership by issuing titles for motor vehicles, manufactured homes, and trailers.
Also DMV Alaska registers motor vehicles, trailers, snow-machines, boats, and all-terrain vehicles.
In addition, DMV Alaska administers the state’s commercial driver licensing and driver improvement programs, carries out the safety responsibility law, collects motor vehicle registration taxes and maintains driver records.