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

1. Download a statutory declaration form
2. A witness for a statutory declaration
3. Information a statutory declaration must include
4. Making a statutory declaration
5. Declaring a statutory declaration
6. Signing a statutory declaration
7. After a statutory declaration is made

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