Contract templates

From employment contracts to rental agreements, contracts are essential in nearly every business. But drawing up contracts from scratch every time you need one can be time-consuming. That’s why we created a library of standard contract templates to help you save time and jumpstart your contract library.

Dog Breeding Contract Template

Dog Breeding Contract Template

If you’re considering breeding your dog, it’s best to ensure everything goes off without a hitch by using a dog breeding contract template outlining everything you’ll need.

AI Contract Template

AI Contract Template

Ensure a secure and clear AI partnership with our AI Contract template, tailored for easy customization and legal compliance in AI service agreements.

Travel Nurse Contract Template

Travel Nurse Contract Template

This easy-to-use travel nurse contract sample covers compensation, duties, facility policies, and employment terms for temporary nursing assignments.

Drywall Contract Template

Drywall Contract Template

Use this drywall contract template to create a secure agreement with the Client explaining the services, compensation, and terms of the job.

Wedding Cake Contract Template

Wedding Cake Contract Template

Download this wedding cake contract template for free and fill it out with all the required details to ensure all terms are clear to both parties.

Puppy Contract Template

Puppy Contract Template

Protect the breeder and buyer with a customizable puppy contract template covering pricing, health guarantees, and more in an easy-to-use agreement.

Home Remodel Contract Template

Home Remodel Contract Template

This comprehensive home remodel contract template is legally binding, and it clearly defines the scope, cost, and other key expectations for the remodeling project.

Pool Remodel Contract Template

Pool Remodel Contract Template

Utilize this pool remodel contract template to ensure your clients know the remodeling’s exact job scope, compensation, duration, and other terms and conditions.

Kitchen Remodel Contract Template

Kitchen Remodel Contract Template

Get your kitchen remodeling done without suffering the headaches of a mismanaged renovation by using our simple kitchen remodel contract template.

Construction Remodel Contract Template

Construction Remodel Contract Template

Create your success roadmap with a construction remodel contract template, designed as a helpful tool that establishes a clear understanding between the contractor and the client.

Lump Sum Construction Contract

Lump Sum Construction Contract

If you’re in the midst of a construction project and need to get a contractor on board at a set fee, then you need this lump sum construction contract.

Cost Plus Construction Contract

Cost Plus Construction Contract

This cost-plus construction contract covers crucial aspects of a construction project and ensures that involved parties will recover their costs after successful completion.

Fixed Price Construction Contract

Fixed Price Construction Contract

Use this free fixed price construction contract and customize it to fit your construction project and determine the responsibilities of you and your Client.

Builders Contract

Builders Contract

This builders contract template is perfect to begin any work you need to as it covers all the aspects and requirements of a construction project.

What is a contract template?

A contract template helps you streamline your workflow by standardizing your contract terms and associated legal documentation.

No matter whether you’re a freelancer, a real estate agent, or a large corporation, you need contracts in order to protect yourself from legal exposure while working with customers and business partners.

As a legally binding document, contracts can cover everything from the scope of work you perform to who ultimately owns the intellectual property rights of a specific work product.

Of course, things don’t have to get so complicated. Loan agreements and rental agreements are simple contracts that exchange money for something specific — such as a promise to repay a debt at a given interest rate or a place to live for the duration of the contract.

So where do contract templates come in?

By creating an effective template, business owners can save time and money when sending proposals, contracts, and agreements for review and consent from customers and partners.

Armed with a strong template, teams can spend less time worrying over the minutiae of the contract while having the peace of mind to know that the document they send has everything necessary for the business to continue operating smoothly.

What should my contract cover?

The contents of your contract will vary based on the type of contract you intended to create.

For example, a photography contract or a DJ contract might detail the deliverables and hours of coverage that a service provider will undertake for an event, as well as the period of time where specific goods will be reserved, licensed, or stored.

However, a construction contract or a painting contract may include a different set of stipulations. The same is true for very specific contracts like intellectual property sales agreements.

For your contract to accomplish its goal, you’ll first need to determine what your contract should do and then write the contract terms in a way that meets those needs and complies with local laws.

For this reason, it’s always best to seek legal advice to ensure that your contracts are considered to be binding legal documents.

What goes into a good contract template?

Transforming a standard contract into a basic contract template can be tricky, but you’ll find that most of the language you use when creating a normal contract should also be included in your template.

This will include:

As you can see, most of this information is well-suited to a contract template because it doesn’t change from document to document.

The marketing language that you use is likely to stay the same from one business proposal to the next.  Your payment and contact information probably won’t to change on a regular basis.

On the other hand, you’ll have some information that may change regularly, such as:

Information that changes frequently won’t be a good fit for your contract — but that doesn’t mean you should completely exclude it!

Outstanding contract templates use specialized features like custom variables, editable text fields, content libraries, and pricing tables to add these details in a fillable format.  This allows users to completely design and format their document while only adding the customizable information prior to sending out the document.

Using these tools, users can load a template and input all necessary information quickly before sending the template out to the appropriate parties.

Free business contract templates from PandaDoc

Whether you need an independent contractor agreement, a standard service contract, or a non-disclosure agreement, PandaDoc’s library of free business contracts has you covered.

Our contract templates are free as downloadable PDFs and are fully customizable when using the PandaDoc document editor.

Who keeps the original copy of a contract?

Both parties should keep a copy of any binding contract. PandaDoc makes this easy by helping you capture electronic signatures and by emailing copies of the signed documents to all parties.

Is a contract valid without a notary?

Yes. Contracts don’t need to be witnessed or notarized in order to gain effective legal status.

How can I create my own contract template?

The easiest way to create your own customized contract is to download one of the free contract templates from the PandaDoc template library and modify it inside your PandaDoc account.

Using all of the tools at your disposal, it’s easier than ever to create the legal contracts that you need and send them to customers at lightning speed.