Checklist · Residential Conveyancing & Property
Contract for sale: prescribed documents and vendor disclosure checklist (NSW, with Vic and Qld notes)
Checklist that confirms a NSW residential contract has every prescribed attachment and that the prescribed warranties are covered before it issues or is exchanged, with the Victorian and Queensland equivalents.
- Kind
- Checklist. Steps or checks to work through and tick off.
- Where it applies
- New South Wales, Victoria, Queensland
- AI use
- Yellow AI can help in set ways. A lawyer checks specific points before use.
- Law stated as at
- 17 October 2026
- Status
- Maintained. Checked against the cited sources on 17 October 2026.
- Version
- 1
- Source
- Written for this library
When to use it
Use on the vendor side before the draft contract goes to the agent, and on the purchaser side before exchange. It does not replace reading the documents: tick an item only when the document is on file, current and matches the title.
How AI may be used
AI can compare the contract bundle with this checklist and list what is missing, but a lawyer or licensed conveyancer decides whether each document is the right one, current and correctly disclosed.
AI may
- Index the contract bundle and map each attachment to the matching Schedule 1 item, with page references.
- Flag items that appear missing, out of date or issued for a different lot, folio or plan.
- Extract dates from certificates so the lawyer can check currency.
AI must not
- Must not decide that an item is "not applicable" without a lawyer confirming the facts (for example, whether there is a pool or a registered building management statement).
- Must not copy text from the licensed standard-form contract into an AI tool whose terms allow reuse or training.
- Must not be relied on to identify adverse affectations that are not shown in the documents on file.
The lawyer checks
- Folio identifier, lot and plan numbers match on the contract, title search, plan and every certificate.
- The planning certificate relates to the land and is recent enough for the transaction.
- Every adverse affectation known to the vendor is disclosed in the contract.
- Each AI-flagged gap has been resolved or recorded before the contract issues.
Method: how the Green, Yellow and Red levels are decided. This is guidance for planning, not legal advice.
Official form
Open the official form. Always use the current version from the issuer.
Read the full text
The full text is for signed-in accounts. It is free. When you sign in you can:
- read the whole precedent, with its drafting notes beside it;
- copy it, or download it as a Word file or Markdown;
- add it to your firm’s knowledge base, so colleagues can find it;
- let the AI tools you connect read it from that knowledge base.
The summary, the law it rests on and the AI-use guidance above stay public. Privacy.
More in Residential Conveyancing & Property
- Victorian section 32 vendor statement (official guidance and completion guide)
- Queensland seller disclosure statement (Form 2) and prescribed certificates: completion guide
- Section 66W certificate (waiver or shortening of the cooling-off period) with explanatory note and file note (NSW)
- Letter of advice to a residential purchaser on the contract and searches before exchange (NSW)
- Verification of identity and payment-redirection (deepfake) fraud checklist for conveyancing
- Client notice: how we use AI in your conveyancing matter
All precedents for Residential Conveyancing & Property · Tasks and AI use in this area