Freelance Service Agreement
For freelancers and consultants providing services to a client — covering payment terms, IP ownership, and liability, so the work you deliver is actually yours to be paid for.
- IP assignment tied to payment, with a clear provisional licence in the meantime
- MSMED 45-day payment cap note, if you're Udyam-registered
- Liability cap with carve-outs for IP breach, confidentiality, and fraud
- Force Majeure clause that protects payment for work already delivered
Freelancers & consultants
Providing design, development, writing, marketing, or consulting services to a client on a project or retainer basis.
Small agencies
Formalising client engagements where payment terms and IP ownership need to be unambiguous from day one.
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1. Update the jurisdiction. This template is drafted with placeholder city/state fields — replace them with your own business's actual location, not any example city shown in the document.
2. Print on valid stamp paper. This PDF is a drafting template, not an executable legal document on its own. Under the Indian Stamp Act, most agreements need to be printed on physical stamp paper (or e-stamped) of the correct value for your state before signing — an unstamped agreement may be inadmissible as evidence until the deficiency is paid. Confirm the correct stamp duty and process for your state before execution.