The need to determine the contract number may arise in various situations. In particular, the number is required to find a document in the database or to indicate it in other documents.
Instructions
Step 1
Only one of its parties, or special authorized state bodies, can find out the number of the contract on the basis of an appropriate request. Although there is no mystery about this, especially when the contract is public.
It is necessary to distinguish between the serial number of the contract, when the numbering is carried out by the organization concluding the contract, and the registration number of the contract.
The easiest way to find out the contract number is to view the contract itself or a copy of it. Copies of the agreement must be kept by all parties that have entered into it.
Step 2
If you have lost the contract or you did not have a copy of it initially, which, of course, is your omission, then you can find out the contract number in three ways:
- contact the other party to the agreement (parties) and ask to tell you its number (sometimes it is enough just to call);
- look at the agreement number in other documents, where it may appear, for example, the agreement number may be indicated on payment receipts, on payment orders, the agreement number may even coincide with the number of your personal account, which serves to pay for services under the agreement, etc..d.;
- contact the organizations through which the contract passed, or where you provided copies of it;
- if you entered into an agreement on the Internet, through any website, then the number of the agreement and your other details should be in your personal account (for example, everyone who has ever used the Sberbank online service knows that all the details are available in the personal cabinet);
- if the contract was registered, then all its details, including the number, remain in the database of the registering authority, so you can find out the number by requesting information from this authority (in most cases, you will have to pay a state fee).
Step 3
If you were not a party to the contract, but you need to know its number, you can use the same methods, but no one will give guarantees that you will be provided with such a number. In most cases, you will have to issue a written request and provide good reasons.
