• The parties

  Up to three indemnitees and three indemnifiers, each an individual or an organization.

• The terms you choose

  Liability insurance, criminal-proceeding costs, confidentiality and a limit on the amount, each marked for review.

• A description in your words

  Say what the service, activity or transaction is and how each party is involved.

• Your own clauses

  Add terms in your own words, written exactly as you type them.

• Signing

  A signing date or a blank, and a space for a witness if you choose one.

• A lawyer reviews it before it is used

  Your answers are prepared into a draft and reviewed by a qualified lawyer, rather than handed back to you as a finished form.

A hold-harmless, or indemnity, agreement is one in which a person (the indemnifier) agrees to protect another (the indemnitee) from claims, losses or costs connected with something they do together: a service, an activity or a transaction such as a rental or a sale.

This builder asks where the activity will occur, which terms to include (liability insurance, protection against the costs of a criminal proceeding, confidentiality, a limit on the amount of protection), whether it is for a service, an activity or a transaction, who the indemnitees and indemnifiers are (up to three of each), and a description of what the parties are doing. You can add your own clauses and say whether witnesses will sign.

The draft does not say what such a protection covers or whether it is enforceable, and what your state allows, for example in construction contracts, is a question for a lawyer. Every amount is one you give.

Not sure? Talk to an attorney about your situation first.

These are separate documents, for different jobs.

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• Activity Waiver FormHave participants acknowledge the risks of an activity.View document
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• Activity Waiver FormHave participants acknowledge the risks of an activity.View document
• Cease & Desist LetterDemand that someone stop a specific activity.View document
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