A gift affidavit is a legal document that is used to verify that a certain item was given to a person as a gift. It includes a sworn statement from the donor about giving a gift to another person, the donee, without any payment expected in return. The gift affidavit helps a person receiving a gift make sure they don’t have to pay anything in exchange for the item they get. Our free gift affidavit form is ready to fill in online, print and sign.
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A gift affidavit can be used for all gifts that involve expensive items. It is quite common to use this affidavit form for costly presents such as motor vehicles, art objects, jewelry, etc. This document is especially relevant for cars as a gift as the gift affidavit will be further required in the process of transferring the title to a vehicle.
This type of legal document is typically used in situations where:
As a result, a gift affidavit enables both the donor and donee to prove that a gift was not given as a loan or financial transaction. It is mostly relevant for assets that have high value or that are not typical to give in a form of a present. Documents such as gift affidavits help prove there is no financial component in the relations between the person making a gift and the recipient.
It doesn’t mean that you will need a gift affidavit on each of your birthdays when you get any valuable things from your family or friends. But you will need the affidavit if you were lucky enough to get an early work of Rembrandt or a car.
It might be especially necessary for tax purposes as certain categories of gifts are exempt from taxes, but it should be proved with the use of a gift affidavit.
A gift affidavit is also one of the useful legal documents when a couple who gets divorced needs to share their jointly owned property. If one of them got a valuable item as a gift, a gift affidavit will let a person owing the gift not share it with their former spouse.
Gifts of property come in many kinds, from a vehicle to jewelry to a piece of art. In each case, the affidavit puts the transfer in writing, with the donor, the recipient and the item named in one place. That written record of the property transfer can be shared with a dealer, a bank or a family member who asks about the circumstances of the gift.
Our template is easy to fill in and download in ODT, DOC and PDF formats.
The FormsPal gift affidavit template fits on one page. It opens with the state and county, names the person making the gift, describes the asset, gives the date and the recipient, and ends with a signature line. These are the parts you will fill in:
Together these parts give a short, legal record of the gift, including the property involved and the people on each side of the transfer. Because the template fits on one page, you can keep it with the supporting documentation for the gift, such as a receipt, an appraisal or photos of the item.
Tip: Write the names of the donor and the donee the same way everywhere they appear, and check them against each person’s ID before you print.
Download our free gift affidavit as a PDF, DOC or ODT file, or build it online with the Create My Document button. The steps below follow the FormsPal template and its three parts in the order they appear on the page. Keep the FormsPal template open next to this guide while you type.
The screenshots under each step show the FormsPal Gift Affidavit template filled with sample entries in blue, so you can see where each answer goes. The names, addresses, dates and amounts are examples only.
Under the AFFIDAVIT OF GIFT heading, enter the state where you are signing in the STATE OF blank.
Enter the county in the COUNTY OF blank and write your name in the first sentence. The sentences about your age, sound mind and personal knowledge are already printed on the template.
In the blank after “I was the owner of,” describe the asset you gave away and include its value. Then enter the date of the gift and the name of the person receiving it in the sentence that begins with the date.
What you might write in the document is: “On [Date of making a gift] for the love and affection I bear for [name of the donee] and other good and valuable consideration, I gave to him/her, as his/her sole property, the aforementioned asset.”
The closing sentence about your intent to make a gift is already printed. Enter the date in the Dated blank, sign on the signature line and print your name beneath it. Keep a copy of the signed page with your records.
A few habits make the finished affidavit easier to read and easier to use later. Gather the details before you open the template, and review every blank once you are done.
A gift affidavit is a sworn written statement by the person who gave a gift. It names the donor, the recipient and the item, and says the item was given as a gift.
The donor, the person who gave the gift, fills in the template with details about the asset and the recipient. The donor then dates the affidavit, signs it and prints their name.
Have these details ready before you open the template:
Yes. Use the Create My Document button to answer a few questions and build the affidavit online. You can also download the PDF, DOC or ODT file and fill it in on your device.
Yes. The FormsPal template has one blank for the asset, so you can describe a car, a piece of art, jewelry or another item. For a vehicle, add the make, model, year and VIN to the description, which keeps the transfer of the vehicle clearly identified.
A gift affidavit is a legal document in the sense that it is a sworn written statement. The FormsPal template helps you organize the legal details of a gift in writing, and a qualified lawyer can answer questions about your own circumstances.
You can list a vehicle, jewelry, art, equipment or other personal property. Describe the item and its value in the single asset blank on the template.
Keep the original in a safe place with your other records about the gift. Make copies for anyone who asks to see the affidavit.
General information, not legal or tax advice.
