Independent Contractor Agreement template

Preamble and parties.In the creator you enter each party’s legal name, entity type, and address, pick whether you are the client or the contractor, and set the effective date. That choice swaps the labels so payment and IP duties sit on the right side. Names the agreement and each party as Client or Contractor. Choose your side in the creator.

Services.This is the scope of the engagement. In the creator you type the work—engineering, design, consulting—and guided drafting turns it into formal services language. Describes the work the contractor will do. You write this in plain English; the creator turns it into clause language.

Term and termination.You can end the engagement on a date or when the work is done, and you set how many days’ notice either side needs. Written contractor terms help document the relationship; they do not by themselves decide worker status under tax or employment law. Sets when the engagement ends and how much notice is needed. Choose both in the creator.

Compensation.In the creator you choose hourly, fixed, or another structure, enter the amount, and set invoice due timing. Expense reimbursement is an optional add-on. Sets how the contractor is paid, the amount, and when invoices are due. All three are chosen in the creator.

Independent contractor status. States that the contractor is not an employee and controls how the work is performed.

Intellectual property.Companies typically need an assignment of work product; contractors often reserve pre-existing tools. In the creator you pick whether the client owns what is created or the contractor keeps it and licenses it. Decides who owns work product. Choose client-owned or contractor-owned with a licence in the creator.

Confidentiality. Protects repos, designs, and customer lists the contractor sees, including after the engagement ends.

Warranties and indemnity.Indemnity is on by default so the client has a contractual path if the work infringes someone else’s rights. Insurance and non-solicitation are optional and off unless you turn them on. Covers contractor promises and, by default, an indemnity for third-party claims. Indemnity can be turned off.

Governing law.Governing law and venue decide which state’s rules apply and where a dispute must be filed, or whether it goes to arbitration instead. In the creator you pick a listed jurisdiction or enter another, then choose court or arbitration so the sample is not locked to a default state. Sets the state law that governs the contractor agreement and where disputes must be brought. Choose the jurisdiction in the creator.

General. Covers assignment limits, waiver rules, severability, entire agreement language, notices, and counterpart or electronic-signature execution language.

Signature blocks. Authorized signatory and title lines for each party, ready for wet-ink or e-signature fields.