How old can you sign a contract, and how old can you sign a contract

You can sign a contract if you are over 16 years old.

According to Article 11 of the General Principles of the Civil Law, a citizen over the age of 18 is an adult with full capacity for civil conduct, can independently carry out civil activities, and is a person with full capacity for civil conduct.

Citizens over the age of 16 but under the age of 18 who rely on their own labor income as their main livelihood shall be regarded as persons with full capacity for civil conduct.

A minor under the age of 10 is a person with no capacity for civil conduct, and his legal **person** civil activities.

According to the above provisions, the age of 18 can sign a contract, but if a citizen who is over 16 years old and over 16 years old but is under the age of 18, and whose main livelihood is his own labor income, he can also sign a contract.

Generally at least 18 years old;

But there are people who sign at the age of 16, but there is no social security or other protection.

At the age of sixteen, he entered the yarn factory, and the contract of the Labor Bureau in 92 was still at home, but unfortunately the factory closed down in Jiangsu.

There should be no restrictions, and the labor contract can only be used as an adult, and the rest will not be clear.

Legal analysis: 1. Citizens over the age of 16 but under the age of 18 who take their own labor as their main livelihood, are regarded as persons with full capacity for civil conduct. At this time, the minor has the right to conclude a contract in accordance with the principle of freedom of contract, and it is not illegal to sign a contract with another person, as long as the contract is not otherwise defective, the contract is valid.

2. Adults over the age of 10 are persons with limited capacity for civil conduct, and may carry out civil activities appropriate to their age and intelligence. At this time, the minor can enter into a contract for pure benefits, such as a gift contract as a donee. After other contracts are recognized by the statutory person, the contract is valid, and if the legal person refuses to recognize, the contract is invalid.

3. Minors under the age of 10 are persons with no capacity for civil conduct, and can only be legally prescribed by **person** civil activities. In principle, there is no right to conclude a contract, but if the contract concluded is recognized by its legal person, the contract is valid. The counterpart may urge the statutory ** person to make a retrospective recognition within one month.

If the statutory ** person does not make an expression, it shall be deemed to be a refusal to recognize. Before the contract is recognized, the bona fide counterparty has the right to revoke, that is, at the time of signing the contract, it is better to know that the other party is a person with limited capacity or a person with no capacity for civil conduct. The revocation shall be made by way of notification.

Legal basis: Civil Code of the People's Republic of China

Article 119:Contracts established in accordance with law are binding on the parties.

Article 215:Unless otherwise provided by law or otherwise agreed by the parties, a contract concluded between the parties concerning the creation, modification, transfer or extinction of real estate rights shall take effect upon the conclusion of the contract; If the property right is not registered, the validity of the contract shall not be affected.

Contracts signed by persons over the age of 18 are valid. If a citizen over the age of 16 but under the age of 18 lives on his or her own labor income, the labor contract signed by him is valid. A contract signed by a minor over the age of eight is valid after it is retroactively recognized by the statutory ** person.

As for the question of how old to sign a contract is valid, I will answer it for you in detail below.

1. At what age is the contract valid

1. The contract signed by the excavator over the age of 18 is valid. If a citizen over the age of 16 but under the age of 18 lives on his or her own labor income, the labor contract signed by him is valid. A contract signed by a minor over the age of eight is valid after it is retroactively recognized by the statutory ** person.

2. Legal basis: Article 502 of the Civil Code of the People's Republic of China, a contract established in accordance with the law shall take effect from the time of establishment, unless otherwise provided by law or otherwise agreed by the parties.

In accordance with the provisions of laws and administrative regulations, if the contract shall go through formalities such as approval, follow those provisions. If the failure to go through the approval and other formalities affects the effectiveness of the contract, it does not affect the validity of the obligations and related clauses in the contract. If a party who should go through formalities such as applying for approval fails to perform its obligations, the other party may request that it bear responsibility for violating such obligations.

Where, in accordance with the provisions of laws and administrative regulations, the modification, transfer, or termination of a contract shall go through formalities such as approval, the provisions of the preceding paragraph shall apply.

2. Children aged 16 can sign labor contracts, and whether the signed labor contracts are valid

For minors who have reached the age of 16 but are not yet 18 years old, the employer may sign a formal employee labor contract with them. A person who has reached the age of 16 but is under the age of 18 and can obtain income through his own labor and can maintain the living standard of the local general population can be regarded as a person with full capacity for civil conduct, and the civil acts carried out are valid, so they can sign a formal labor contract.

If you are 16 years old and live mainly on your own labor income, the contract is valid. Minors over the age of 16 who rely on their own labor income as their main livelihood** are regarded as persons with full capacity for civil conduct and are legally binding on both parties to the contract.

1. Classification of contracts, theoretically contracts are divided into general, narrow, and narrowest senses.

1. A contract in a broad sense refers to an agreement in which all legal departments determine the relationship between rights and obligations.

Such as civil contracts in civil law, administrative contracts in administrative law, labor contracts in labor law, international contracts in international law, etc.

2. Narrow contracts refer to all civil contracts, including property contracts and identity contracts.

3. The contract in the narrowest sense only refers to the creditor's rights contract in the civil contract.

2. The legal characteristics of the contract.

1. A contract is an agreement in which two or more parties with equal legal status express the same intention.

2. The purpose of the contract is to create, modify or terminate the creditor's rights and debts.

3. A contract is a civil legal act.

3. The relationship between contract and agreement.

1. Not all contracts or their contents are agreed upon.

2. Not all agreements can be used as contracts.

Legal basis

Civil Code of the People's Republic of China

Article 464.

A contract is an agreement between civil subjects to establish, modify, or terminate a civil legal relationship. Marriage, adoption, guardianship, and other agreements related to status relationships shall be governed by the laws and regulations on such status relationships; Where there are no provisions, the provisions of this Part may be applied by reference according to their nature.

Article 469:The parties may conclude a contract in written, oral or other forms.

Article 467:For contracts that are not expressly provided for in this Part or other laws, the provisions of the General Provisions of this Part shall apply, and the provisions of the most similar contracts in this Part or other laws may be applied by reference. The laws of the People's Republic of China shall apply to Sino-foreign joint venture contracts, Sino-foreign cooperative joint venture contracts, and Sino-foreign cooperative exploration and development contracts for natural resources performed within the territory of the People's Republic of China.

The contract is valid when signed at the age of 18. Possession of civil capacity is a prerequisite for signing a contract with Hu Songbu. Civil capacity refers to the qualification of a natural person to carry out civil juristic acts, exercise rights, perform obligations, and bear civil liabilities on his own.

Everyone's civil capacity, because of the different conditions such as age and intelligence, the law divides the civil capacity of natural persons into full civil capacity, limited civil capacity and no civil capacity. According to the latest provisions of the Civil Code, the limit of persons with limited capacity for civil conduct has been changed from the previous 10 years old to 8 years old. In other words, minors under the age of eight are incapacitated for civil conduct and cannot independently carry out civil juristic acts, let alone sign contracts independently.

Minors over the age of eight are persons with limited capacity for civil conduct, and may carry out civil juristic acts that are appropriate to their age, intelligence, and mental health: such as contracts for the purchase of small amounts of stationery, or accepting gifts from others and entering into gift contracts with others without any conditions. Citizens who have reached the age of 18 are persons with full capacity for civil conduct and may independently carry out civil juristic acts.