How We Verify Our Legal Data

Our documents print real legal requirements: whether a bill of sale must be notarized, how many days a buyer has to transfer title, which agency processes the paperwork. A wrong value here ends up in a customer's signed document, so we hold this data to a primary-source standard. This page explains exactly how.

We use official primary sources only

Every per-state value comes from an official government source: the state statute itself, or the consumer-facing page of the agency that actually enforces the rule (the DMV, Department of Revenue, or Secretary of State). We read the live official page and record the exact non-search URL we loaded along with the verbatim sentence the value rests on.

We do not treat a Google or Bing result snippet as the final authority, even when it quotes an official site. Snippets truncate the exemptions, provisos, and effective dates that change what a rule actually means. We also do not rely on legal aggregator sites such as Justia, FindLaw, or Nolo as the source of truth. They are useful for finding a statute number, but the codified statute or the enforcing agency is always the final word.

The two-source rule for operational deadlines

For anything a real person has to act on (a title-transfer deadline, an agency to file with), a statute quote alone is not enough. We cross-check the statute against the agency's own consumer-facing page. When the two disagree, the rule the agency actually enforces wins, and we record both sources.

A concrete example from our 2026 audit: New York's Vehicle and Traffic Law reads as a 30-day window, but the New York DMV enforces a 180-day deadline tied to the effective date on your insurance card. We kept the value at 180 days, because that is what the agency in front of the customer enforces, and noted the divergence in our evidence log.

What our last review covered

In May 2026 we audited all 51 US jurisdictions (50 states plus the District of Columbia) across all eight document types. The review covered notarization requirements, title-transfer deadlines, odometer-disclosure rules, and agency names and links, with each value read from the official source and logged with its URL and verbatim text. Examples of corrections that came out of that review:

Maryland's title-transfer deadline corrected from 60 to 30 days, per Md. Transportation Code 13-112.
Montana's notarization requirement removed after House Bill 165 (2025) eliminated it effective October 1, 2025.
Indiana (45 days), South Dakota (45 days), Minnesota (20 days), and Pennsylvania (20 days) title deadlines corrected to the codified statutory windows.
Georgia's private-sale titling window confirmed at 7 days from the Department of Revenue's own casual-sale page.
Stale agency links refreshed where states migrated domains (for example South Carolina, Nevada, and Louisiana).

What we are not

Your Bill of Sale is a document-preparation service, not a law firm, and nothing here is legal advice. Laws change, and a rule can shift between our reviews. For a high-value transaction or a question specific to your situation, consult a licensed attorney in your state. The requirements we display reflect our most recent verified review, and we link the official agency on every state page so you can confirm the current rule yourself.

Found something wrong? Tell us

If you believe a value is out of date or incorrect, email [email protected] with the state, the field, and a link to the official source. We re-verify against the primary source and correct it promptly when warranted.

Your Bill of Sale is operated by 7H Ventures LLC, based in Georgia. Legal data last reviewed May 2026.