{
  "licence": "CC BY 4.0, cite Payotte (https://payotte.com/australia/by-state) with a link",
  "topic": "vendor-disclosure",
  "extracted": "2026-10-14",
  "states": {
    "nsw": {
      "statement_required": "yes",
      "document": "Contract with attached documents",
      "contents": "property certificate (title search), registered plan and recorded dealings, drainage diagram, section 10.7 zoning certificate, statement of cooling-off rights, pool certificate where applicable",
      "answer": "In New South Wales, the seller must attach disclosure documents to the contract before exchange, such as a title search, drainage diagram and zoning certificate. If they are missing the buyer may withdraw within 14 days of exchange, unless settlement has occurred.",
      "note": null,
      "sources": [
        {
          "title": "Steps to selling a property (nsw.gov.au)",
          "url": "https://www.nsw.gov.au/housing-and-construction/buying-and-selling-property/selling-a-property/steps-to-selling-a-property"
        },
        {
          "title": "Selling a property (nsw.gov.au)",
          "url": "https://www.nsw.gov.au/housing-and-construction/buying-and-selling-property/selling-a-property"
        }
      ]
    },
    "vic": {
      "statement_required": "yes",
      "document": "Section 32 vendor's statement",
      "contents": "title, mortgages, covenants, easements, zoning, outgoings, bushfire-prone declaration, owners corporation certificate for lots; not the condition of buildings",
      "answer": "In Victoria, the seller must give the buyer a section 32 vendor's statement before the buyer signs. A contract is not binding on the buyer if it is missing, incomplete or inaccurate.",
      "note": "A reform on timing is passed but not yet in force (latest start 1 June 2027).",
      "sources": [
        {
          "title": "Conveyancing and contracts for sellers (Consumer Affairs Victoria)",
          "url": "https://www.consumer.vic.gov.au/housing/buying-and-selling-property/selling-property/conveyancing-and-contracts-for-sellers"
        },
        {
          "title": "Contracts and disclosure statements (Consumer Affairs Victoria)",
          "url": "https://www.consumer.vic.gov.au/licensing-and-registration/estate-agents/running-your-business/authorities-commissions-and-contracts/contracts"
        }
      ]
    },
    "qld": {
      "statement_required": "yes",
      "document": "Form 2 seller disclosure statement",
      "contents": "seller and property details, title and encumbrances, land use and planning, buildings and structures; prescribed certificates (title search, notices, pool safety, body corporate)",
      "answer": "In Queensland, since 1 August 2025 the seller must give a Form 2 disclosure statement and prescribed certificates before the buyer signs. The buyer may terminate up to settlement if documents are not given.",
      "note": null,
      "sources": [
        {
          "title": "Seller disclosure scheme (Queensland Government)",
          "url": "https://www.qld.gov.au/housing/buying-owning-home/seller-disclosure-scheme"
        },
        {
          "title": "Contract of sale for buying a home (Queensland Government)",
          "url": "https://www.qld.gov.au/housing/buying-owning-home/advice-buying-home/making-an-offer-on-a-home/contract-of-sale"
        }
      ]
    },
    "wa": {
      "statement_required": "partial",
      "document": "None mandatory (strata lots: pre-contractual disclosure statement)",
      "contents": null,
      "answer": "In Western Australia there is no mandatory seller disclosure statement for ordinary homes, though the agent must disclose relevant facts. For a strata lot, the seller must give a pre-contractual disclosure statement before the buyer signs.",
      "note": "Contents not listed in the guide.",
      "sources": [
        {
          "title": "Real estate contracts: sale by offer and acceptance (Consumer Protection WA)",
          "url": "https://www.consumerprotection.wa.gov.au/real-estate-contracts-sale-offer-and-acceptance"
        },
        {
          "title": "Resources for strata sellers (Landgate)",
          "url": "https://www.landgate.wa.gov.au/strata-and-community-titles/strata-titles/learn-about-strata/resources-for-strata-sellers/"
        }
      ]
    },
    "sa": {
      "statement_required": "yes",
      "document": "Form 1 vendor's statement",
      "contents": null,
      "answer": "In South Australia, the vendor must serve a Form 1 statement at least 10 days before settlement, with a fine of up to $10,000 for failing to serve a correct one. A defective Form 1 does not start cooling-off and the buyer may rescind until settlement.",
      "note": "Contents of the Form 1 not described in the guide; source predates the 2025 regulations.",
      "sources": [
        {
          "title": "Form 1 (SA Law Handbook)",
          "url": "https://www.lawhandbook.sa.gov.au/ch23s09s01.php"
        }
      ]
    },
    "tas": {
      "statement_required": "unknown",
      "document": null,
      "contents": null,
      "answer": "For Tasmania, the Conveyancing and Law of Property Act 1884 imposes no pre-contract disclosure statement in the parts the guide read, and no other vendor disclosure rule could be confirmed.",
      "note": "Not confirmed from an official source; ask CBOS or a conveyancer.",
      "sources": [
        {
          "title": "Conveyancing and Law of Property Act 1884 (Tasmanian Legislation)",
          "url": "https://www.legislation.tas.gov.au/view/whole/html/inforce/current/act-1884-019"
        }
      ]
    },
    "act": {
      "statement_required": "yes",
      "document": "Required documents under the Civil Law (Sale of Residential Property) Act 2003",
      "contents": "proposed contract, Crown lease, certified land titles extract, deposited plan, encumbrances, building conveyancing inquiry documents, energy efficiency rating statement, building and compliance inspection report, pest inspection report if occupied",
      "answer": "In the ACT, the seller must give the buyer a set of required documents before the contract, including an energy efficiency rating statement. A seller who omits the statement is liable to pay the buyer 0.5% of the price.",
      "note": null,
      "sources": [
        {
          "title": "Civil Law (Sale of Residential Property) Act 2003, republication 32, effective 1 November 2025 (ACT legislation)",
          "url": "https://www.legislation.act.gov.au/a/2003-40/current/pdf/2003-40.pdf"
        }
      ]
    },
    "nt": {
      "statement_required": "unknown",
      "document": "Particulars of title under the Law of Property Act 2000",
      "contents": null,
      "answer": "In the Northern Territory, the Law of Property Act 2000 entitles a purchaser of registered land to particulars of title at the vendor's cost, but the guide did not find a statutory disclosure statement.",
      "note": "No NT disclosure statement read; ask the NT Government or a conveyancer.",
      "sources": [
        {
          "title": "Law of Property Act 2000, as in force at 2 January 2024 (NT legislation)",
          "url": "https://legislation.nt.gov.au/api/sitecore/Act/PDF?id=11933"
        }
      ]
    }
  }
}