LLC Operating Agreement
An LLC operating agreement establishes the limited liability company’s ownership, management structure, member economics, voting rules, transfer restrictions, and dissolution process.
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Guide category
Business Formation & M&A
17 guides
Partnership Agreement
A partnership agreement establishes partners’ contributions, authority, voting, profit and loss sharing, duties, transfer limits, withdrawal rules, and winding-up priorities.
Asset Purchase Agreement
An asset purchase agreement transfers specified business assets from seller to buyer, identifies excluded assets and liabilities, and governs price, closing, representations, and post-closing claims.
Stock Purchase Agreement
A stock purchase agreement governs the sale of shares in a corporation, including the securities transferred, price, capitalization, closing conditions, representations, and indemnification.
Business Purchase Agreement
A business purchase agreement documents the acquisition of an operating business and specifies whether the deal transfers assets, equity, or another ownership structure, together with price and closing terms.
Membership Interest Purchase Agreement
A membership interest purchase agreement governs the sale of an ownership interest in an LLC, including title, percentage or units, price, company consents, admission rights, and closing risk allocation.
Merger Agreement
A merger agreement sets the statutory combination of entities, the surviving entity, conversion of ownership interests, consideration, approvals, closing conditions, and treatment of stakeholders.
Founder Agreement
A founder agreement records co-founders’ intended roles, initial ownership, vesting, decision process, intellectual-property commitments, expense treatment, and departure expectations before or alongside formation.
Shareholders Agreement
A shareholders agreement coordinates private-company owners’ voting commitments, board rights, information access, transfer restrictions, financing protections, and exit arrangements.
Buy-Sell Agreement
A buy-sell agreement creates a process for transferring an owner’s interest after death, disability, retirement, termination, deadlock, prohibited transfer, or another specified trigger.
Joint Venture Agreement
A joint venture agreement defines how independent parties collaborate on a limited enterprise, contribute resources, govern decisions, share economics, allocate risk, and unwind the venture.
Corporate Bylaws
Corporate bylaws set internal rules for stockholder and board meetings, notices, voting, officers, records, and amendments under the corporation's governing statute and charter.
Limited Partnership Agreement
A limited partnership agreement governs general and limited partners, contributions, distributions, management authority, transfers, admission, and dissolution.
Partnership Dissolution Agreement
A partnership dissolution agreement records the decision to wind up a partnership and allocates debts, assets, claims, records, tax filings, and final distributions.
LLC Membership Interest Assignment
An LLC membership interest assignment transfers specified economic rights or membership rights, subject to the operating agreement, required consents, and applicable LLC law.
Stock Subscription Agreement
A stock subscription agreement records an investor's commitment to purchase newly issued shares, including class, price, issuer acceptance, investor representations, and closing conditions.
Board Advisor Agreement
A board advisor agreement engages a non-director advisor to provide defined strategic input while setting confidentiality, compensation, conflicts, IP, and no-governance status.
Guide category
Commercial & Supply
32 guides
Non-Disclosure Agreement
A non-disclosure agreement identifies protected information, limits why the recipient may use it, and establishes safeguards, exclusions, and an end-of-disclosure process.
Bill of Sale
A bill of sale records a seller’s transfer of specifically identified personal property to a buyer for stated consideration and describes the item’s condition and title assurances.
Franchise Agreement
A franchise agreement licenses a business system and brand to a franchisee while establishing fees, territory, operating standards, support, quality control, reporting, renewal, and exit obligations.
Distribution Agreement
A distribution agreement authorizes an independent distributor to buy and resell products in a defined territory or channel and sets supply, pricing, targets, brand, inventory, and termination rules.
Dealer Agreement
A dealer agreement appoints an independent dealer to purchase, promote, resell, install, or service specified products under defined territory, facility, inventory, warranty, and brand standards.
Reseller Agreement
A reseller agreement authorizes a business to market and resell another company’s products or services and defines ordering, discounts, customer terms, brand use, support, reporting, and renewal rights.
Referral Agreement
A referral agreement defines how one party introduces prospects to another, when a lead is accepted, what transaction earns a fee, and how attribution, payment, compliance, and conflicts are handled.
Commission Agreement
A commission agreement sets the measurable sales events, credited accounts, calculation base, rates, adjustments, payment timing, records, and post-termination treatment for variable compensation.
Sales Representative Agreement
A sales representative agreement appoints an employee or independent representative to solicit orders in a defined market and controls authority, accounts, commissions, reporting, conduct, and termination.
Vendor Agreement
A vendor agreement governs a supplier’s provision of goods or routine services, including orders, pricing, delivery, acceptance, compliance, warranties, records, and continuity obligations.
Supply Agreement
A supply agreement establishes recurring product purchases, forecasts, capacity, ordering, price, delivery, quality, shortage allocation, warranties, recalls, and continuity planning.
Manufacturing Agreement
A manufacturing agreement governs production of goods to defined specifications and allocates process validation, materials, tooling, quality, yield, capacity, delivery, regulatory, warranty, and recall responsibility.
Private Label Agreement
A private label agreement governs products made or sourced by one party and sold under another party’s brand, with rules for specifications, labels, claims, quality, channel rights, recalls, and brand ownership.
Agency Agreement
An agency agreement authorizes an agent to act for a principal within defined limits and allocates authority, duties, compensation, records, conflicts, third-party dealings, liability, and termination.
Auto Purchase Agreement
An auto purchase agreement records the agreed sale of a specifically identified motor vehicle, including price and payment, title and lien clearance, condition and warranty terms, inspections and contingencies, trade-in treatment, required disclosures, and delivery obligations.
Consignment Agreement
A consignment agreement lets an owner place identified goods with a merchant for sale while defining retained ownership, sales authority, pricing, commission, custody, accounting, returns, creditor protection, and exit procedures.
Solar Power Purchase Agreement
A solar power purchase agreement lets a property owner or occupant host a provider-owned solar energy system and buy the electricity it produces at an agreed per-kilowatt-hour price over a long term, while allocating installation, operation, maintenance, utility, property-access, transfer, and end-of-term responsibilities.
Sale of Goods Agreement
A sale of goods agreement governs the purchase and transfer of identified movable products, including specifications, quantity, delivery, inspection, warranties, price, and remedies.
Purchase Order Terms and Conditions
Purchase order terms govern repeated goods orders through order acceptance, specifications, changes, delivery, inspection, invoices, and conflicts with supplier acknowledgments.
Wholesale Agreement
A wholesale agreement sets bulk resale purchasing terms between a supplier and merchant, including price tiers, minimum orders, delivery, returns, channel rules, and product compliance.
Affiliate Agreement
An affiliate agreement authorizes a publisher or creator to promote tracked offers for commissions while controlling claims, disclosures, traffic sources, attribution, reversals, and brand use.
Strategic Alliance Agreement
A strategic alliance agreement coordinates independent companies pursuing a shared market opportunity while defining contributions, governance, branding, leads, economics, data, and exit.
Collaboration Agreement
A collaboration agreement organizes a joint project between independent parties, including contributions, milestones, background IP, new results, publication, confidentiality, and project termination.
Brokerage Agreement
A brokerage agreement engages an intermediary to introduce or negotiate a defined commercial transaction and specifies authority, exclusivity, commission trigger, tail period, and licensing limits.
Exclusivity Agreement
An exclusivity agreement restricts a party from dealing with specified alternatives for a bounded product, territory, customer group, or negotiation period.
Logistics Services Agreement
A logistics services agreement coordinates transport planning, shipment booking, tracking, claims, returns, data exchange, service levels, and carrier or warehouse subcontracting.
Warehousing Agreement
A warehousing agreement governs storage and care of identified goods, receipts, inventory accuracy, access, liens, insurance, loss claims, and removal.
Fulfillment Services Agreement
A fulfillment services agreement governs inventory intake, order feeds, picking, packing, shipment, returns, stock accuracy, service levels, and fulfillment fees.
Freight Brokerage Agreement
A freight brokerage agreement authorizes a registered broker to arrange motor-carrier transportation while defining tender, rates, carrier selection, records, cargo claims, and payment.
Concession Agreement
A concession agreement grants a vendor limited rights to operate a specified retail or service activity at a host venue in return for fees or a revenue share.
Barter Agreement
A barter agreement exchanges specified goods or services without a conventional cash purchase price and records fair values, delivery, acceptance, tax, and failure remedies.
Vehicle Lease Agreement
A vehicle lease agreement grants temporary use of an identified vehicle for periodic payments while allocating mileage, maintenance, insurance, damage, end-of-term charges, and purchase options.
Guide category
Contract Administration
17 guides
Release of Liability
A release of liability records an informed agreement that specified claims against identified parties are relinquished in connection with an activity, event, payment, or resolved dispute.
Lease Amendment
A lease amendment changes identified provisions of an existing lease while confirming which original terms, guaranties, addenda, and prior amendments remain in effect.
Lease Assignment Agreement
A lease assignment agreement transfers a tenant’s leasehold rights and delegates lease duties to an assignee, usually subject to landlord consent and without releasing the original tenant unless expressly stated.
Waiver Agreement
A waiver agreement documents a knowing relinquishment of a specified right, condition, claim, or requirement and states its scope, consideration, duration, exceptions, and effect on future enforcement.
Indemnification Agreement
An indemnification agreement requires one party to reimburse, defend, or hold another harmless from defined claims, losses, liabilities, and expenses and sets notice, defense, settlement, exclusions, and limits.
Assignment and Assumption Agreement
An assignment and assumption agreement transfers identified contractual rights and delegates specified duties to an assignee, who accepts those duties, subject to consent, anti-assignment rules, and any release.
Contract Amendment
A contract amendment changes, deletes, or adds identified terms of an existing agreement and confirms the continuing force, priority, and interpretation of all unaffected terms and prior amendments.
Contract Addendum
A contract addendum supplements an existing agreement with additional terms, disclosures, schedules, or subject-specific requirements and states how those additions interact with the original text.
Termination Agreement
A termination agreement ends an identified contract or relationship by consent and resolves the effective date, final payment, work or property handoff, surviving duties, releases, claims, and transition.
Lease Termination Agreement
A lease termination agreement records a landlord’s and tenant’s mutual decision to end an existing lease, settle remaining financial and property obligations, return possession, and define which rights survive or are released.
Letter of Intent
A letter of intent records proposed deal terms and negotiation process before a definitive agreement, distinguishing nonbinding economics from any binding exclusivity, confidentiality, or expense terms.
Memorandum of Understanding
A memorandum of understanding records a shared project framework, roles, objectives, timeline, and intended next steps, with explicit treatment of any binding commitments.
Arbitration Agreement
An arbitration agreement requires defined disputes to be decided by an arbitrator under specified rules, seat, appointment, costs, and award procedures instead of ordinary court litigation.
Mediation Agreement
A mediation agreement sets a voluntary facilitated negotiation process, including mediator selection, confidentiality, fees, attendance authority, and how any settlement becomes binding.
Tolling Agreement
A tolling agreement suspends or extends specified limitation periods for identified claims during a defined negotiation or investigation window.
Mutual Rescission Agreement
A mutual rescission agreement unwinds an existing contract by consent, addressing return of payments and property, accrued performance, third-party rights, and surviving claims.
Contract Renewal Agreement
A contract renewal agreement extends an identified contract for a new term and updates any pricing, scope, service levels, notice, or termination provisions.
Guide category
Employment & Workforce
21 guides
Independent Contractor Agreement
An independent contractor agreement defines a nonemployee engagement’s services, fees, work-product rights, tax responsibilities, confidentiality duties, and termination process.
Employment Agreement
An employment agreement records an employee’s position, compensation, duties, benefits, workplace obligations, intellectual-property terms, and circumstances of separation.
Non-Compete Agreement
A non-compete agreement restricts defined competitive activity after or during a relationship, subject to rapidly changing state and federal rules on enforceability, notice, consideration, scope, and covered workers.
Non-Solicitation Agreement
A non-solicitation agreement restricts targeted solicitation of specified customers, employees, contractors, or business relationships for a stated period and subject to jurisdiction-specific limits.
Employee Confidentiality Agreement
An employee confidentiality agreement requires a worker to protect defined employer information and explains permitted access, security, reporting, return, exclusions, and legally protected disclosures.
Employee Handbook Acknowledgment
An employee handbook acknowledgment records that an employee received or accessed a dated handbook, understands how to ask questions, and recognizes stated policy, at-will, amendment, and reporting terms.
Severance Agreement
A severance agreement offers compensation or benefits at employment separation in exchange for defined releases and continuing obligations, subject to wage, discrimination, notice, tax, and review-period rules.
Offer Letter
An offer letter presents proposed employment terms such as title, start date, compensation, work location, contingencies, benefits eligibility, and at-will status or term.
Internship Agreement
An internship agreement describes a temporary learning and work arrangement, including duties, supervision, schedule, pay or academic credit, confidentiality, ownership, safety, and no promise of future employment.
Volunteer Agreement
A volunteer agreement records an unpaid service role’s mission, activities, schedule, supervision, expenses, safety, confidentiality, conduct, screening, and end-of-service terms without guaranteeing employment.
Bonus and Incentive Compensation Agreement
A bonus and incentive compensation agreement defines an employee's eligibility, performance period, metrics, calculation method, approval process, payment conditions, separation treatment, and correction or recovery rules for cash incentive compensation beyond base pay.
Employee Intellectual Property Assignment Agreement
An employee intellectual property assignment agreement allocates ownership of qualifying work product created in employment, documents work-made-for-hire and present-assignment treatment, preserves excluded prior and personal creations, and sets disclosure, confidentiality, and rights-protection procedures.
Employment Arbitration Agreement
An employment arbitration agreement defines which workplace disputes the employer and worker will resolve in binding arbitration rather than court, while preserving applicable statutory remedies, government-agency access, and claims that governing law excludes or allows a claimant to keep in court.
Remote Work Agreement
A remote work agreement records work location, schedule, equipment, expenses, security and return-to-office expectations within an employment relationship and defines administration, payment and exit terms.
Recruitment Agreement
A recruitment agreement records a multi-stage recruitment program with a hiring partner, candidate protections, fee controls and employer oversight within an employment relationship and defines administration, payment and exit terms.
Student Employment Agreement
A student employment agreement records a student's paid position, school-compatible hours, duties, pay and training within an employment relationship and defines administration, payment and exit terms.
Leave of Absence Agreement
A leave of absence agreement records approved absence dates, pay and benefits administration, contact rules and return-to-work steps within an employment relationship and defines administration, payment and exit terms.
Relocation Repayment Agreement
A relocation repayment agreement records employer-funded moving benefits and a limited repayment schedule if employment ends within an employment relationship and defines administration, payment and exit terms.
Tuition Reimbursement Agreement
A tuition reimbursement agreement records eligibility, covered study costs, payment timing and any lawful service-based repayment within an employment relationship and defines administration, payment and exit terms.
Executive Employment Agreement
An executive employment agreement records senior executive duties, authority, compensation, governance, restrictive covenants and separation within an employment relationship and defines administration, payment and exit terms.
Retention Bonus Agreement
A retention bonus agreement records a cash payment tied to remaining employed through a defined milestone or date within an employment relationship and defines administration, payment and exit terms.
Guide category
Family & Personal
18 guides
Custody Agreement
A custody agreement proposes parenting time, decision-making, exchanges, communication, travel, expenses, information access, and dispute procedures for children, subject to court approval and the child’s best interests.
Prenuptial Agreement
A prenuptial agreement sets prospective spouses’ agreed treatment of property, debts, income, business interests, support, estate rights, and financial responsibilities if marriage ends or a spouse dies.
Postnuptial Agreement
A postnuptial agreement sets spouses’ agreed treatment of property, debts, income, businesses, support, and estate rights after marriage, subject to heightened disclosure and enforceability requirements.
Separation Agreement
A separation agreement records spouses’ arrangements for property, debts, support, residence, insurance, taxes, children, and ongoing expenses while separated and may support a later court order.
Power of Attorney
A power of attorney authorizes an agent to act for a principal in specified financial, property, business, health, or other matters and states when authority begins, continues, and ends.
Caregiver Agreement
A caregiver agreement documents a private or family caregiving arrangement by defining the care recipient, responsible payer or household, caregiver, authorized services, schedule, compensation, expenses, housing, records, authority limits, and transition plan.
Child Support Agreement
A child support agreement records parents’ proposed allocation of periodic support, health coverage, uninsured medical costs, childcare, and other child-related expenses for submission to the court or authorized agency under the governing support guidelines.
Cohabitation Agreement
A cohabitation agreement records how unmarried partners will own property, share household costs, handle debts and joint purchases, and unwind their financial arrangements if they separate or one partner dies.
Divorce Settlement Agreement
A divorce settlement agreement records spouses’ negotiated resolution of property, debts, support, taxes, insurance, retirement benefits, parenting, and implementation duties for submission in a divorce case, subject to governing law and court review.
Domestic Partnership Agreement
A domestic partnership agreement records how partners will classify property and income, share expenses and debts, address partner support, coordinate beneficiary and estate planning, and unwind their financial arrangements if the relationship or registered status ends.
Egg Donor Agreement
An egg donor agreement records an egg donor's and intended parent or parents' pre-retrieval intentions concerning donation, parentage, compensation and expenses, medical-cost protection, information sharing, contact, and control of retrieved eggs and resulting embryos, subject to governing law and separate clinical consent.
Family Settlement Agreement
A family settlement agreement records a negotiated resolution among heirs, devisees, beneficiaries, and authorized estate representatives concerning disputed inheritance rights, estate property, administration, and distribution, subject to creditor, tax, fiduciary, and court requirements.
Pet Custody Agreement
A pet custody agreement records who owns an identified companion animal, who provides day-to-day care, how possession and expenses are shared, and what happens after a breakup, incapacity, or death, subject to animal-welfare law and jurisdiction-specific limits on enforcement.
Property Settlement Agreement
A property settlement agreement records spouses’ negotiated division of marital and separate assets, debts, tax attributes, and transfer duties during a divorce or legal separation, while reserving matters outside its stated scope.
Sperm Donor Agreement
A sperm donor agreement records a donor's and intended parent's or parents' preconception intent, the authorized donation and conception process, medical-information duties, expenses, privacy and contact expectations, and the intended allocation of parentage and support responsibilities.
Surrogacy Agreement
A surrogacy agreement records a prospective gestational carrier's and intended parent or parents' preconception arrangement, including eligibility, independent representation, expenses and compensation, insurance, medical autonomy, parentage steps, and responsibility for every resulting child, subject to the law of each connected state.
Spousal Support Agreement
A spousal support agreement records agreed alimony or maintenance amount, duration, payment, modification, and enforcement terms.
Donation Agreement
A donation agreement records a donor's gift of cash, property, or restricted funds and the recipient's use, acceptance, acknowledgment, and return terms.
Guide category
Finance, Debt & Settlement
18 guides
Loan Agreement
A loan agreement documents an advance of money and specifies principal, interest, repayment, borrower covenants, defaults, credit support, and lender remedies.
Settlement Agreement
A settlement agreement resolves identified disputes through stated payment or performance, releases defined claims, allocates costs and confidentiality, and provides dismissal, enforcement, and default mechanics.
Payment Plan Agreement
A payment plan agreement restructures when an acknowledged amount will be paid and sets installments, allocation, interest or fees, method, reporting, default, acceleration, and satisfaction.
Debt Settlement Agreement
A debt settlement agreement resolves a claimed debt for agreed payment or performance that may be less than the asserted balance and states release, reporting, collection, tax, and default consequences.
Promissory Note
A promissory note is a signed promise to pay a definite principal amount under stated interest, installment, maturity, prepayment, late-payment, default, and enforcement terms.
Security Agreement
A security agreement grants a creditor a security interest in described personal property and sets attachment, collateral covenants, default, remedies, proceeds, and perfection cooperation.
Personal Guaranty
A personal guaranty makes an individual responsible for another person’s or entity’s specified obligations and defines scope, limits, duration, waivers, notices, defenses, and release events.
Mutual Release Agreement
A mutual release agreement has each identified side relinquish defined claims against the other, often at the end of a dispute, contract, ownership relationship, or completed exchange.
Car Accident Settlement & Release Agreement
A car accident settlement and release agreement records payment or other consideration resolving specified collision-related claims and defines exactly who, what, and which losses are released or preserved.
Family Loan Agreement
A family loan agreement documents a genuine loan between relatives by recording the funded principal, interest, repayment schedule, permitted use, default process, any collateral, and the treatment of later changes, forgiveness, incapacity, or death.
Vehicle Installment Sale Agreement
A vehicle installment sale agreement records a seller-financed or dealer-arranged credit sale of a specifically identified vehicle, including the cash and credit price components, required credit disclosures, payment schedule, vehicle lien, add-ons, servicing, default, repossession, and payoff or title-release process.
SAFE Agreement
A SAFE agreement gives an investor a contractual right to future equity or specified payment upon defined financing, liquidity, or dissolution events, typically without interest or maturity.
Convertible Note Purchase Agreement
A convertible note purchase agreement documents an investor's purchase of debt that may convert into equity, with interest, maturity, discount or cap, and default terms.
Secured Promissory Note
A secured promissory note states a borrower's repayment promise and links it to identified collateral and separate perfection steps.
Loan Modification Agreement
A loan modification agreement changes stated terms of an existing debt, such as rate, maturity, payment schedule, covenant, or collateral, while preserving the remaining obligations.
Debt Assignment Agreement
A debt assignment agreement transfers a creditor's specified right to receive payment and any associated security or supporting rights to an assignee.
Subordination Agreement
A subordination agreement changes the priority of specified creditor claims or liens and sets payment, enforcement, turnover, and notice rules between creditors.
Escrow Agreement
An escrow agreement directs a neutral holder to receive money, documents, or property and release them only when specified conditions and evidence are met.
Guide category
Intellectual Property & Media
22 guides
Licensing Agreement
A licensing agreement gives another party defined permission to use specified intellectual property while the owner retains ownership and controls scope, restrictions, payments, quality, enforcement, and termination.
Content License Agreement
A content license agreement authorizes specified use of text, images, audio, video, data, or other media and defines platforms, edits, territory, term, exclusivity, attribution, fees, and takedown.
Trademark License Agreement
A trademark license agreement permits use of identified marks for specified goods, services, channels, and territories while requiring quality control, approved presentations, recordkeeping, and cessation at termination.
Patent License Agreement
A patent license agreement grants rights under specified patent claims for defined products, processes, fields, territories, and time periods and sets royalties, diligence, marking, enforcement, and challenge rules.
Copyright Assignment Agreement
A copyright assignment agreement transfers ownership of specified copyrights or exclusive rights in identified works and addresses consideration, representations, recordation, further assurances, and retained licenses.
Intellectual Property Assignment Agreement
An intellectual property assignment agreement transfers ownership of defined patents, copyrights, trademarks, domain names, designs, know-how, or related rights and documents the chain of title.
Invention Assignment Agreement
An invention assignment agreement requires a founder, employee, or contractor to assign defined work-related inventions and assist with protection while preserving properly excluded prior inventions and legally protected activity.
Work-for-Hire Agreement
A work-for-hire agreement commissions copyrightable work and states the parties’ intended ownership, with a backup assignment for rights that do not qualify as works made for hire.
Influencer Agreement
An influencer agreement defines sponsored content deliverables, platforms, timing, approvals, required advertising disclosures, content rights, exclusivity, metrics, fees, brand safety, and takedown.
Sponsorship Agreement
A sponsorship agreement exchanges money, products, or services for defined association, visibility, hospitality, content, naming, category rights, or promotional inventory tied to an event, person, team, or property.
Talent Release Agreement
A talent release agreement authorizes recording and defined use of a performer’s appearance, performance, name, image, voice, and biographical material and addresses compensation, edits, media, territory, and term.
Photo Release Agreement
A photo release agreement records consent to photograph a person or property and to use identified images for specified editorial, commercial, promotional, or internal purposes.
Model Release Agreement
A model release agreement authorizes defined commercial and promotional use of a model’s likeness, image, voice, and related biographical information created during a specified shoot.
Media Release Agreement
A media release agreement authorizes capture and publication of a person’s interview, appearance, name, image, voice, statements, or submitted material across defined communications channels.
Copyright License Agreement
A copyright license agreement lets a copyright owner authorize defined uses of identified works while retaining ownership, and specifies whether the grant is exclusive or nonexclusive, which rights and media it covers, its territory and term, derivative-work permissions, payment and accounting, credits, clearances, and end-of-license treatment.
Patent Assignment Agreement
A patent assignment agreement transfers specified patent applications, issued patents, or inventions from an assignor to an assignee.
Trademark Assignment Agreement
A trademark assignment agreement transfers identified marks, registrations, applications, related brand assets, and the associated business goodwill needed to preserve source-identifying rights.
Royalty Agreement
A royalty agreement sets usage-based payments for licensed intellectual property, creative works, or other defined rights.
Art Commission Agreement
An art commission agreement governs creation and delivery of a custom artwork, revisions, physical ownership, and copyright use.
Music Recording Agreement
A music recording agreement sets the duties and rights of artists, producers, and labels in creating and exploiting sound recordings.
Publishing Agreement
A publishing agreement licenses or assigns defined rights to publish, distribute, and sell a written or other creative work.
Endorsement Agreement
An endorsement agreement pays a person or organization to promote a product using approved claims, content, name, or likeness.
Guide category
Real Estate & Construction
32 guides
Residential Lease Agreement
A residential lease agreement grants a tenant the right to occupy a home for a stated term and allocates rent, deposits, maintenance, access, conduct, and move-out obligations.
Equipment Rental Agreement
An equipment rental agreement gives temporary possession of identified equipment and allocates rent, delivery, inspection, permitted operation, maintenance, loss, damage, insurance, return, and late charges.
Commercial Lease Agreement
A commercial lease agreement grants a business possession of premises and allocates base rent, operating expenses, build-out, use, repairs, compliance, insurance, assignment, default, and surrender.
Sublease Agreement
A sublease agreement gives a subtenant possession of all or part of leased premises while the original tenant remains bound to the landlord under the master lease.
Roommate Agreement
A roommate agreement records co-occupants’ practical arrangements for rent, deposits, utilities, rooms, guests, chores, shared property, noise, move-out, and replacement roommates.
Property Management Agreement
A property management agreement appoints a manager to operate specified real estate and defines leasing authority, rent collection, maintenance, vendor spending, records, compliance, fees, and termination transition.
Real Estate Purchase Agreement
A real estate purchase agreement commits a seller and buyer to transfer identified land and improvements on stated price, financing, title, inspection, disclosure, risk, and closing conditions.
Construction Agreement
A construction agreement defines project scope, contract documents, price, allowances, schedule, site conditions, changes, progress payments, safety, insurance, completion, warranties, and lien administration.
Home Improvement Contract
A home improvement contract governs renovation, repair, or alteration of an owner-occupied residence and states contractor identity, scope, price, schedule, changes, permits, consumer notices, lien rights, and cancellation rights.
Architectural Services Agreement
An architectural services agreement defines licensed design services by phase, owner criteria, consultant coordination, instruments of service, fees, approvals, construction administration, and responsibility for changes.
Contract for Deed
A contract for deed is a seller-financed real-estate sale in which the buyer pays the purchase price over time and the seller generally retains legal title until the buyer completes the contractual payment and performance requirements.
Family Member Lease Agreement
A family member lease agreement documents a residential landlord-tenant arrangement between relatives by defining the premises, rent, term, deposits, utilities, shared-space boundaries, household expectations, repairs, access, and move-out responsibilities.
Lease Buyout Agreement
A lease buyout agreement documents negotiated consideration for a tenant's early surrender of leased premises and settles the payment, possession, deposit, release, and surviving-obligation terms of that exit.
Mechanic's Lien Waiver / Lien Release Agreement
A mechanic's lien waiver or lien release records a construction claimant's limited relinquishment of lien, payment-bond, or related statutory claim rights for identified work, payment, and project periods, or releases a lien that has already been recorded.
Month-to-Month Rental Agreement
A month-to-month rental agreement creates a recurring residential tenancy that renews each rental period until lawfully terminated and defines rent, deposits, services, property rules, notices, and move-out responsibilities.
Real Estate Co-Ownership Agreement
A real estate co-ownership agreement records how two or more owners will hold, fund, use, maintain, and eventually transfer or sell jointly owned real property.
Real Estate Option to Purchase Agreement
A real estate option to purchase agreement gives an identified option holder the right, but not the obligation, to buy specified real property on defined terms before the option expires.
Rent-to-Own Agreement
A rent-to-own agreement combines a residential tenancy with terms under which the tenant may or must purchase the home later, defining occupancy, the purchase structure, price, credits, exercise requirements, and closing conditions.
Seller Financing Agreement
A seller financing agreement records the credit terms under which a real property seller accepts deferred payment of part of the purchase price, coordinating the sale contract, promissory note, mortgage or deed of trust, closing, servicing, and enforcement structure.
Short-Term Rental Agreement
A short-term rental agreement records the terms of a temporary guest stay, including the booked property, dates, occupants, total price, cancellation rules, deposits or damage claims, house rules, taxes, and booking-channel responsibilities.
Subcontractor Agreement
A subcontractor agreement governs the portion of a prime contract or higher-tier subcontract delegated to an independent subcontractor, connecting the defined work, schedule, price, changes, compliance duties, risk allocation, and closeout requirements to the upstream project.
Land Lease Agreement
A land lease agreement grants possession and defined use of unimproved or minimally improved land for rent.
Farm Lease Agreement
A farm lease agreement sets rights to cultivate, graze, or operate agricultural land and allocates crop, soil, conservation, and equipment duties.
Ground Lease Agreement
A ground lease is a long-term lease of land that permits a tenant to develop or own improvements during the lease term.
Coworking Space Agreement
A coworking space agreement grants a member access to shared workspace and amenities under use, fee, access, and conduct rules.
Storage Space Rental Agreement
A storage space rental agreement grants access to a defined unit or space and governs stored goods, fees, security, and lien remedies.
Parking Space Lease Agreement
A parking space lease agreement grants use of an identified parking area and allocates access, vehicle, payment, and damage rules.
Billboard Lease Agreement
A billboard lease agreement grants use of a site or structure for outdoor advertising and covers permits, revenue, access, power, and removal.
Real Estate Brokerage Agreement
A real estate brokerage agreement engages a licensed broker to market, locate, negotiate, or arrange a property transaction for stated compensation.
Lease Renewal Agreement
A lease renewal agreement extends an existing tenancy for a new period and records changed rent or terms.
Easement Agreement
An easement agreement grants a defined nonpossessory right to use another parcel for access, utilities, drainage, or another stated purpose.
Construction Management Agreement
A construction management agreement engages a manager to coordinate design, procurement, schedule, cost, and site administration for a project.
Guide category
Services & Events
33 guides
Service Agreement
A service agreement defines the work a provider will perform, the customer’s payment duties, the delivery standards, and the rules for changing or ending the engagement.
Consulting Agreement
A consulting agreement governs professional advisory work by defining the mandate, deliverables, fees, access, conflicts, confidentiality, ownership, and limits on decision-making authority.
Master Services Agreement
A master services agreement supplies reusable legal and commercial terms for multiple projects that the parties authorize through separate statements of work or orders.
Statement of Work
A statement of work defines one project’s scope, deliverables, assumptions, personnel, schedule, milestones, acceptance criteria, fees, and change process under or alongside a services agreement.
Event Services Agreement
An event services agreement defines planning, production, staffing, equipment, vendors, venue coordination, schedule, fees, safety, cancellation, and deliverables for a particular event.
Venue Rental Agreement
A venue rental agreement grants temporary use of a defined event space and allocates dates, access, capacity, fees, setup, vendors, conduct, safety, insurance, damage, cancellation, and cleanup.
Design Services Agreement
A design services agreement governs creative or technical design work through briefs, concepts, revision rounds, approvals, source files, production specifications, fees, portfolio rights, and ownership.
Retainer Agreement
A retainer agreement governs an ongoing nonlegal professional-services relationship by defining the service scope, capacity reserved, request and scheduling process, fees paid in advance or earned for availability, replenishment, expenses, reporting, conflicts, and termination accounting.
Marketing Services Agreement
A marketing services agreement defines campaign strategy, creative production, channel execution and performance reporting, including scope, payment, operational responsibilities, risk allocation and exit.
Advertising Agency Agreement
An advertising agency agreement defines advertising strategy, creative approvals, media buying and agency compensation, including scope, payment, operational responsibilities, risk allocation and exit.
Social Media Management Agreement
A social media management agreement defines content calendars, account posting, community moderation and social analytics, including scope, payment, operational responsibilities, risk allocation and exit.
Photography Services Agreement
A photography services agreement defines a photo session, image selection, editing and licensed use, including scope, payment, operational responsibilities, risk allocation and exit.
Videography Services Agreement
A videography services agreement defines filming, editing, sound and delivery of defined video assets, including scope, payment, operational responsibilities, risk allocation and exit.
Catering Agreement
A catering agreement defines menu planning, food preparation, delivery and event service, including scope, payment, operational responsibilities, risk allocation and exit.
Event Planning Agreement
An event planning agreement defines event design, vendor coordination, timeline control and on-site planning, including scope, payment, operational responsibilities, risk allocation and exit.
DJ Services Agreement
A dj services agreement defines live DJ performance, equipment and event music coordination, including scope, payment, operational responsibilities, risk allocation and exit.
Speaking Engagement Agreement
A speaking engagement agreement defines a speaker's presentation, appearance, materials and permitted recording, including scope, payment, operational responsibilities, risk allocation and exit.
Coaching Agreement
A coaching agreement defines nonclinical coaching sessions, goals and client action plans, including scope, payment, operational responsibilities, risk allocation and exit.
Personal Training Agreement
A personal training agreement defines fitness sessions, exercise programming and progress tracking, including scope, payment, operational responsibilities, risk allocation and exit.
Landscaping Services Agreement
A landscaping services agreement defines grounds maintenance, planting, irrigation and seasonal landscape work, including scope, payment, operational responsibilities, risk allocation and exit.
Cleaning Services Agreement
A cleaning services agreement defines routine or deep cleaning of specified premises, including scope, payment, operational responsibilities, risk allocation and exit.
Moving Services Agreement
A moving services agreement defines packing, loading, transport and delivery of household goods, including scope, payment, operational responsibilities, risk allocation and exit.
Transportation Services Agreement
A transportation services agreement defines scheduled carriage of passengers or goods by a service provider, including scope, payment, operational responsibilities, risk allocation and exit.
Auto Repair Agreement
An auto repair agreement defines vehicle diagnosis, approved repairs, parts and warranty, including scope, payment, operational responsibilities, risk allocation and exit.
Childcare Services Agreement
A childcare services agreement defines care of a child during defined hours at a home or facility, including scope, payment, operational responsibilities, risk allocation and exit.
Pet Care Agreement
A pet care agreement defines feeding, walking, boarding or supervision of identified pets, including scope, payment, operational responsibilities, risk allocation and exit.
Tutoring Agreement
A tutoring agreement defines subject-specific instruction, session scheduling and progress reporting, including scope, payment, operational responsibilities, risk allocation and exit.
Accounting Services Agreement
An accounting services agreement defines accounting analysis, financial statement preparation or agreed advisory work, including scope, payment, operational responsibilities, risk allocation and exit.
Bookkeeping Services Agreement
A bookkeeping services agreement defines transaction entry, reconciliations and routine books maintenance, including scope, payment, operational responsibilities, risk allocation and exit.
Legal Services Engagement Agreement
A legal services engagement agreement defines an attorney-client matter's scope, fees, communications and termination, including scope, payment, operational responsibilities, risk allocation and exit.
Recruiting Services Agreement
A recruiting services agreement defines candidate search, screening, presentation and placement fees for an employer, including scope, payment, operational responsibilities, risk allocation and exit.
Virtual Assistant Agreement
A virtual assistant agreement defines remote administrative support, delegated tasks and system access, including scope, payment, operational responsibilities, risk allocation and exit.
Project Management Agreement
A project management agreement defines project planning, coordination, reporting and controlled escalation, including scope, payment, operational responsibilities, risk allocation and exit.
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Website Terms & Conditions
Website terms and conditions establish the rules for accessing a site, creating accounts, submitting content, making purchases, using intellectual property, and resolving misuse or disputes.
Business Associate Agreement
A business associate agreement allocates HIPAA duties when a covered entity or business associate gives another business associate access to protected health information for permitted services.
Software License Agreement
A software license agreement grants defined installation or use rights in software and sets user, device, environment, copying, security, maintenance, warranty, audit, and termination rules.
SaaS Agreement
A SaaS agreement governs hosted software access, subscriptions, authorized users, service levels, customer data, security, support, acceptable use, renewals, and data return at exit.
Software Development Agreement
A software development agreement governs design and coding work through requirements, milestones, acceptance tests, change control, staffing, repositories, security, ownership, deployment, and warranty support.
Maintenance Agreement
A maintenance agreement defines preventive and corrective upkeep for software, equipment, or systems, including covered items, service windows, updates, parts, response targets, exclusions, and fees.
Support Services Agreement
A support services agreement sets the channels, hours, eligibility, severity levels, response and restoration targets, escalation, customer duties, fees, and remedies for product or system assistance.
Data Processing Agreement
A data processing agreement defines how a service provider processes personal data on documented instructions and allocates security, subprocessor, rights-request, transfer, incident, audit, deletion, and assistance duties.
Data Sharing Agreement
A data sharing agreement governs a defined exchange of data between parties and specifies lawful purpose, permitted users, quality, security, onward disclosure, linkage, retention, publication, and deletion.
Privacy Policy
A privacy policy tells people what personal information an organization collects, why and under what authority it uses it, whom it shares it with, how long it keeps it, and how rights are exercised.
Acceptable Use Policy
An acceptable use policy identifies prohibited conduct and content on a network, platform, or service and explains monitoring, reporting, investigation, suspension, appeal, and enforcement consequences.
End User License Agreement
An end user license agreement grants an individual or organization limited rights to install or use software and sets account, device, copying, reverse-engineering, update, content, warranty, and termination terms.
Website Development Agreement
A website development agreement governs the design, build, testing, launch, ownership, and handoff of a custom website.
Website Maintenance Agreement
A website maintenance agreement sets recurring duties for updates, backups, monitoring, fixes, and support after launch.
Cloud Services Agreement
A cloud services agreement defines access to provider-hosted computing, storage, platforms, or applications and allocates security, availability, data, and exit obligations.
API License Agreement
An API license agreement grants defined rights to connect software to an interface and governs credentials, calls, data use, changes, and termination.
API Terms of Use
API terms of use set standard access conditions for developers using a published interface, including authentication, permitted applications, usage limits, data handling, version changes, suspension, and termination.
Data License Agreement
A data license agreement permits specified use of a dataset while preserving boundaries for provenance, privacy, redistribution, updates, and derivative outputs.
Information Security Addendum
An information security addendum attaches operational controls, verification, incident response, and subcontractor duties to a main agreement.
AI Services Agreement
An AI services agreement governs hosted or managed AI functionality, inputs, outputs, model behavior, data use, evaluation, and human oversight.
AI Model License Agreement
An AI model license agreement permits defined use, deployment, fine-tuning, and distribution of model files or weights.
Beta Testing Agreement
A beta testing agreement gives selected testers limited access to unfinished software and sets feedback, data, confidentiality, and shutdown rules.
Source Code Escrow Agreement
A source code escrow agreement requires a developer to deposit usable source materials with an independent escrow agent for release upon defined events.
Hosting Agreement
A hosting agreement covers server or managed hosting capacity, uptime, support, content responsibilities, and migration.