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). "If you've ever pondered such intricacies as how to get your name off a telemarketer's list, or how to formally outline your housekeeper's responsibilities, check out 101 Law Forms for Personal Use, which provides legal forms in plain English." U.S. News and World Report “Whether you’re buying a house, living together, borrowing money or telling off telemarketers, these forms are all you’ll need to get the job done.” Laurel Pallock, San Francisco District Attorney “Get it in writing’ is as fundamental as consumer advice gets. Law Forms for Personal Use makes it easy for consumers to follow this principle.” Orlando Sentinel 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.