For contractors
When an owners corporation does not pay
If you supply services or building work to an owners corporation and an invoice is unpaid or disputed, you can record a short, sworn, dated notice. The owners corporation is told first and can reply. The record stays with the building, not with any person.
Cleaning, grounds, pool and building management
Most of these invoices are small and most of the disputes are long. A notice gives you a dated, sworn record that the invoice was raised and is unpaid or disputed, with your invoice or letter of demand as the supporting document. The owners corporation sees it before anyone else and can reply or mark it resolved.
Builders, plumbers, electricians and other building trades
For building work, Victoria has a security of payment process. A decision made there is between the parties and is not published anywhere. The register is a different thing: a public, dated record that a dispute exists, with the owners corporation's reply beside it. It does not recover money and does not take your side.
What a notice needs
A statutory declaration and one document tied to the dispute, such as the invoice, a letter of demand or a termination letter. The notice holds bare facts: the kind of dispute, the date it was lodged and its status as at a date. No dollar figures, no adjectives, no story. You remain legally responsible for it.
What it costs
During the Victorian launch period, lodging a notice is free. Searching is free. Replying is free. Removing or correcting your own notice is free. Any change to lodging fees will be announced on this page in advance.
Next step
Have a dispute with or about an owners corporation? Register your matter and a person will contact you within two business days. Want to know if a notice is lodged on a building? Watch it, free.