Form · Residential Conveyancing & Property
Victorian section 32 vendor statement (official guidance and completion guide)
Completion guide for the Victorian section 32 statement: what each statutory head needs, what to attach, and the rescission and offence risks of getting it wrong. Links to the official guidance.
- Kind
- Form. A form to complete, or a guide to completing an official one.
- Where it applies
- Victoria
- AI use
- Red Keep AI out of the decisive steps. A lawyer does the work.
- Law stated as at
- 17 October 2026
- Status
- Maintained. Checked against the cited sources on 17 October 2026.
- Version
- 1
- Source
- Link to the official form. Licence: Link only. The guidance page is published by Consumer Affairs Victoria. The statement content is prescribed by the Sale of Land Act 1962 (Vic), and Victorian legislation is published for personal use only, so neither is reproduced here.
Where this comes from
The official form is published by consumer.vic.gov.au; this page is a completion guide. Last checked on 2026-10-17.
When to use it
Use when preparing or checking a section 32 statement for a sale of land in Victoria. Use the firm's licensed vendor statement template or a statement built from the Act; this guide does not replace either.
How AI may be used
Lawyer-led. AI may assemble and cross-check source documents, but the vendor signs the statement and false or missing information gives the purchaser a rescission right and can be an offence.
AI may
- Build an index of the searches and certificates on file against each head in ss 32A to 32I, marking each as sourced, missing or out of date.
- Extract figures (rates, levies, charges) with the source document and page beside each figure.
- Compare a draft statement with the title search and planning certificate and list mismatches.
AI must not
- Must not write or complete any part of the statement the vendor will sign without a lawyer settling every entry.
- Must not infer that a matter is absent (for example, a notice or building permit) because it is not in the documents on file.
- Must not paste licensed vendor statement templates into a tool whose terms allow reuse or training.
The lawyer checks
- Every entry is sourced from a current search or a vendor instruction recorded on file.
- Owners corporation certificate and accompanying documents are current and complete.
- Statutory insurance particulars reflect the law in force since 1 July 2026.
- The vendor has signed the statement before the purchaser signs the contract.
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. Licence: Link only. The guidance page is published by Consumer Affairs Victoria. The statement content is prescribed by the Sale of Land Act 1962 (Vic), and Victorian legislation is published for personal use only, so neither is reproduced here..
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.
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