How do I lodge the Affidavit of Search?

1. Pull the latest Affidavit of Search into your practice management system. Your matter details (the parties, court file details, and your firm details) populate the form automatically, on your own machine. 2. Confirm the populated fields are correct and complete any office-use or matter-specific fields the catalogue does not fill. 3. Title-matched (score 1.00)

Is this the current Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia form?

The template is version-tracked. A change-monitoring pipeline watches the Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia source and refreshes the form when it changes, so you assemble against the version they expect.

What data does the form need?

The form maps to the published matter-field vocabulary - the parties, matter details, and your firm details fill automatically from your matter, on your own machine. Practice management systems can fetch and assemble it through the document assembly API.

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Affidavit of Search

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Court form Federal Circuit and Family Court of AustraliaFederal Circuit and Family Court of Australia (General Federal Law) Rules 2021

v851ba9cb Updated 6 July 2026

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How to lodge - See instructions

1
Assemble the form
Pull the latest Affidavit of Search into your practice management system. Your matter details (the parties, court file details, and your firm details) populate the form automatically, on your own machine.
2
Review and check
Confirm the populated fields are correct and complete any office-use or matter-specific fields the catalogue does not fill.
3
Lodge the form
Title-matched (score 1.00)

Lodgement notesTitle-matched (score 1.00)

This form maps to the published matter-field vocabulary, so your practice management system fills it from your matter data - on your own machine. Practice management systems can fetch and assemble it through the document assembly API.

View the official form on the Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia website

Affidavit of Search

Affidavit of Search

How to lodge - See instructions

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