Before sharing product roadmaps, customer lists, or pricing, California startups and small businesses often sign a mutual nondisclosure agreement (NDA). This template walks both sides through a balanced confidentiality sample. It is pending attorney review, is not legal advice, and does not guarantee enforceability in every dispute.
Who it is for. Founders talking to vendors or potential partners, agencies exchanging client materials with contractors, and small companies exploring a collaboration where both sides disclose information. It is a mutual (two-way) form. One-way NDAs, employee proprietary-information agreements, and investor-specific NDAs may need different structures.
California themes in general terms. California strongly favors employee mobility and limits certain noncompete arrangements; NDAs should not be used to mimic an unlawful restraint of trade. Trade secrets are protected under California trade-secret law when information meets secrecy and value requirements. Contracts often define confidential information, list exclusions (public info, independently developed info, required disclosures), set a term for confidentiality obligations, address residuals or residual knowledge, and describe return or destruction of materials. Remedies language and governing-law clauses choosing California are common in CA-centric deals. Overbroad NDAs can face pushback. This page does not assess whether your information qualifies as a trade secret.
What is included. Party details, purpose/definition of confidential information, exclusions, term, permitted disclosures, care standard, residuals option, trade-secret survival themes, return/destruction, and signature blocks. Guided EN/ES questionnaire with printable/PDF/DOCX output; English controls if both versions exist.
How to use it. Complete the wizard, preview, pay $14 one-time, and have counsel review before sharing highly sensitive IP or personal data subject to privacy statutes.
Define the business purpose narrowly so confidential information is tied to a real conversation, not an open-ended fishing expedition. Mark sensitive documents when you can, and avoid pasting secrets into the NDA itself. If you need employee confidentiality, invention assignment, or investor NDAs, use forms tailored to those relationships after legal review. This page is general information only.
Pricing is $14 one-time with no subscription. Preview the filled sample before you pay. CaliFormas is not a law firm and this NDA sample is pending attorney review.
CaliFormas is not a law firm. This page provides general information only.
Before you start
- Legal names of both parties (and signatory titles if entities)
- What information should be treated as confidential (high level)
- Purpose of the disclosure / business discussion
- How long confidentiality should last (your preferred term)
- Governing law preference (California-focused sample)
What you get
- Filled sample document you can preview before paying
- Download as PDF and Microsoft Word (DOCX)
- Bilingual English / Spanish questionnaire and document options
- Short instructions cover with the sample (pending attorney review)
- One-time Stripe checkout — no subscription