Statutory declarations
After a statutory declaration is made
Once you make your statutory declaration you can use it how you wish. If you file it in a court or tribunal, it is recommended that you keep a copy of it for your own records.
How you make your statutory declaration may impact how you should lodge the document or retain it for records. For example:
- If you lodge or deposit the statutory declaration with the land registry, you may need to provide the original physical document.
- You may have made your statutory declaration using counterparts (that is, where you and your witness signed a different copy of the document). All counterparts must be lodged or deposited together. For example, if you are lodging it with the land registry or water allocations register or a court or tribunal.
- If you electronically file a statutory declaration in a court or tribunal, you must keep the original document for at least 7 years after you file it.
In this guide:
- Download a statutory declaration form
- A witness for a statutory declaration
- Information a statutory declaration must include
- Making a statutory declaration
- Declaring a statutory declaration
- Signing a statutory declaration
- After a statutory declaration is made
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