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title: "Access to or release of a seized thing or sample (Coroners Court Form 34)"
url: "https://ailawframework.com/precedents/coronial-inquests/form-vic-coroner-34-seized-thing"
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area_id: "A61"
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task_ids: ["A61-OB20261022-2"]
law_stated_as_at: "2026-10-23"
---

# Access to or release of a seized thing or sample (Coroners Court Form 34)

> Link to Coroners Court Form 34, an application under section 114 for access to or release of a thing or sample seized, taken or received in the investigation.

Canonical page: https://ailawframework.com/precedents/coronial-inquests/form-vic-coroner-34-seized-thing  
Law stated as at: 2026-10-23

Site index for agents: https://ailawframework.com/llms.txt

## Key facts

- Kind: Form. A form to complete, or a guide to completing an official one.
- Practice area: [Coronial Inquests](https://ailawframework.com/precedents/coronial-inquests.md)
- Jurisdictions: Victoria
- AI level: Red. You write the text. The tool writes nothing into the document. Where permitted, it may check, clarify or collect data, and anything it checks or collects is verified.
- Law stated as at: 2026-10-23
- Status: Maintained. Checked on 2026-10-23 against the official form at coronerscourt.vic.gov.au and the 2 authorities it cites, for Victoria.

## When to use it

Use this when a family member or their lawyer asks the coroner for access to, or release of, a thing or sample the investigation holds. The forms page says it does not apply to tissue samples or other material removed from the body.

## Used for these tasks

- [Index the coroner's brief and list the records still to be obtained](https://ailawframework.com/practice/coronial-inquests.md#A61-OB20261022-2)

## How AI may be used

The tool indexes Form 34 and does not write the reasons or the confirmation that the information is true and correct.

**AI may:**

- Index the applicant, the legal representative and the deceased from the file.
- List the things or samples the family has already identified, without stating why release is sought.

**AI must not:**

- Do not write or sign the confirmation.
- Do not write the reasons for the application.
- Do not use this form for tissue or other material removed from the body. The forms page says it does not apply to that material.

**The lawyer checks:**

- The form cites rules 60(3) and 62(2) of the Coroners Court Rules 2019 and section 114 of the Coroners Act 2008.
- Mail is 65 Kavanagh Street, Southbank, VIC 3056, as printed on the form. Email is courtadmin@courts.vic.gov.au, or the team address if known. Phone 1300 309 519.
- If a legal representative is named, the form says the requested documents are released to that representative. Include the authority to act.
- The confirmation says the information is true and correct to the best of the applicant's knowledge. The applicant signs it.
- Health information stays in a firm-controlled tool. Check ASCR r 9, APP 11, and whether any disclosure would be a notifiable breach under the Privacy Act 1988 (Cth).

## Authorities

- [Coroners Court of Victoria, Form 34 (PDF, November 2022)](https://www.coronerscourt.vic.gov.au/sites/default/files/2022-11/Form%2034.pdf)
- [Coroners Court of Victoria, Find a form, Form 34](https://www.coronerscourt.vic.gov.au/forms-resources/find-a-form)

## Official form

[Official form](https://www.coronerscourt.vic.gov.au/sites/default/files/2022-11/Form%2034.pdf)

## Where this comes from

The official form is published by coronerscourt.vic.gov.au; this page is a completion guide. Last checked on 2026-10-23.

## Full text and drafting notes

The full text and the drafting notes are not part of this public page. Signed-in firm accounts can read them at https://ailawframework.com/precedents/coronial-inquests/form-vic-coroner-34-seized-thing and through the signed-in MCP connector https://ailawframework.com/mcp/firm.

*Practice guidance for planning and review. Confirm current primary sources and the requirements of the actual matter. This is general information, not legal advice.*