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The new Court Data Australia database contains daily court list/attendance data collected from Australian court websites.  They are freely available on the actual date of publication but, in most cases they can't be accessed via the same websites after that date.

• Around 15,000 online records are added daily.
• In one month, approximately 100,000 unique names are added.
• The database has over 17.2 million criminal records and 2.4 million civil records

Scroll down for further information or click below to access the new CDA database, which shows both criminal and civil records with the one search.

​Create an account and conduct free searches to see whether a name is in the database.  

For a limited time, a 10% discount is being offered to anyone upgrading their account to paid access.  Just use the discount code   10off   during the checkout process.

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The ACCR database, which provided only criminal records, is currently being phased out.  If you still need to access it, you can do so via this link.

What information is available?

Different courts in each state provide different information, which is taken directly from their daily court list websites. 

Only court list/attendance records are available and no guilt/innocence should be attributed to any person listed.  The outcomes of any court proceedings are not available.  However, the information provided does more readily allow for additional inquiries to be made with the relevant court.

A detailed breakdown (including extensive screenshots) of what information is shown in each state court can be found at:  Our data > What information is available

Please be sure to also check our FAQ page for answers to any questions you might have.

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Who can benefit from using the ACCR Database? 

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Individuals

Check up on that new person on the internet dating scene or just look up work colleagues, neighbours or even a new or old boy/girl friend.

Federal, State & Local government

We have a number of Federal, State and local council account holders and imagine the ACCR database would mainly be used for HR or perhaps insurance/liability claim reasons.

Legal Firms

Legal firms will often make applications to courts for additional information about a particular matter. The ACCR database can provide specific information as to the particular court, the date of the appearance and often the case file number. This can assist in preventing a refusal on “fishing” grounds where too broad a request is made.

In addition, further information about a party involved in a litigated matter can be of potential assistance.

Private Investigators

Background checks: The ACCR database (along with the Civil Court Records & and Alias Names Australia databases) is an invaluable resource for any investigator providing background check services. This information simply cannot be obtained elsewhere.

Domestic Matters: It is also great in checking out not only the subject of an investigation, but also a domestic matter client. All states (except the ACT) identify domestic violence court matters.

Locations: Further assistance is provided by pin-pointing people at a particular location on a particular day. If you’ve been looking for someone in Queensland and find a person with the same name has appeared before the courts in another state, then a change of focus is worthwhile.

Additional information: As the ACCR & Civil Court Records databases contain official court listings, the spelling of the name is likely to be accurate. In addition, often additional middle names can be found to better target further searches.

Aliases: Access to the Alias Names Australia database is also available to help identify any alias, AKA or maiden names. Looking for Carl Reynolds? It would be handy to know he also uses the name, Carl Schwob. Further, those names are listed in relation to a NSW AV Application and thereby also identifies the name of the person lodging the AV Application.

Business Due Diligence

Looking at possibly going into a business relationship with another person or company? An ACCR search on that person or company directors should be part of any due diligence conducted.

Searches can also be conducted on company/business names.

The free Civil Court Records Australia (CCRA) database can be searched by not only a person's name, but also a business or company name.

Real Estate Agents / Accommodation providers

The ACCR database can be of potential assistance when evaluating persons for rental properties or short/long term boarding house situations.

The free Civil Court Records Australia (CCRA) database can also sometimes provide additional information on debt related matters.

Researchers / Media

The ACCR data is obtained from official daily law list websites and whilst we can provide no guarantee as to the correctness of that data, researchers or media personnel can make their own assessment in this regard.

See also the Media page under the "More" option in the main menu.

Placement Agencies

Placement agencies often require a person seeking employment to obtain a copy of their own police criminal history. This provides details of all convictions for that person. However, criminal court attendances are not shown. A person could have been before the courts on multiple occasions, but if they were never convicted, their police criminal history would be totally clean.

Employers

Generally, the more information you can have about a prospective employee, the better.

Skip Tracers

Click on the "Private Investigators section for information under the 'Locations', 'Additional information' and 'Aliases' headings.

​Identifying persons before the court for specific offence types

​All South Australia courts provide details of the offences for which the person was before the courts.  Tasmania, Western Australia and Northern Territory Magistrates Court records also include details of the specific offences.

Some other states, whilst not specifically listing actual offences, do provide information in their daily court lists to assist in identifying certain matters such as domestic violence related charges.  NSW and VIC records are examples of this.     

The ACCR Database can therefore assist in providing information on persons before the courts for specific offence types, such as:

• Sexual exploitation of children and other sex related offences
• Domestic violence and other violence related offences such as assaults
• Offences related to honesty
• Drug related matters

Please note:  the ACCR database only shows court list records (not outcomes) and no guilt or otherwise should necessarily be drawn from a person's attendance before a criminal court.

This is NOT a police criminal history search facility

A police criminal history only shows convictions.  In contrast, the ACCR Database contains records of someone's scheduled court appearances, whether they have been later convicted of that offence or otherwise. 

It is also important to note that any website offering Australian Police Criminal History searches is either a (mostly U.S. based) scam or will require you to obtain written permission plus ID from the person you are wanting to check - often that is not explained until after payment has been made.  Without having written permission, a court order or authorised access (e.g. police), obtaining someone's police criminal history is an offence.

Please also note the ACCR database can not assist with any type of Visa applications nor does it show the outcomes/results of any court matters.  It only shows court attendance records.  Also, not all states show the offences for which that person was before the courts - see Our Data for more information.  

Free Name Search

Click below to conduct a free search to see if a name is in the ACCR Database. 

No registration is required, but only the first 100 matching names are shown.

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​Register for paid access

Register and create a paid account to obtain full details of the database records.

Paid access is available from $17.50 for 24 hours with unlimited searches.

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Three additional (FREE) databases are now also available

​Civil Court Records

Whilst other databases show defaults/judgements and other finalised civil court matters, this is the only available search resource for civil court matters when they are first lodged before the courts.

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​Alias & AKA Names

Contains daily criminal and civil court data where persons involved in a matter are recorded as also having an alias, A.K.A. (also known as) or maiden (Nee) name/s.
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​Domestic Violence

Provides only records where the matter types/offences relate to domestic violence.

ACT & QLD records are not included.​

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New!  Sex Offender Court Records Australia

Sex Offender Court Records Australia contains only court list/attendance records where the matter types/offences relate to sex offences. Only VIC, TAS, SA, WA and NT data is included as only those states specifically identify relevant matter types/offences.  

A free name search is available to see whether a name is in the database.  For the price of a cup of coffee ($5.50) you then get full access to all of the record details for one year with unlimited searches. 

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​Please note: the Sex Offender Court Records Australia database does not contain any data not already in the ACCR database. ​

From our Blog

Business and company names search

​From Monday, 13 November 2017, company and business names commenced being added to the database.

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WA offences are now being added to the database

​As of 27 September 2017, WA records being added to the database for all courts will include full details of the offences.  

A new Alert option is now available

Alerts allow you to receive an email whenever a new record for a particular name/s are added to the database.  

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