Discovery Notice - Outage

The Discovery environment will be unavailable on Wednesday 26 November 2025 from 9:00am to 5:00pm (Canberra time). 

This scheduled outage will allow for the deployment of the new PPSR code (R8.9.4).   

For information regarding the code release, please visit the PPSR release management page at https://www.ppsr.gov.au/ppsr-release-management. 

We apologise for any inconvenience.

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    Search by individual grantor

    Enter the name and date of birth of the individual grantor to search the PPS Register for any registrations over the grantor's personal property. It requires the exact spelling of an individual's name.

    The grantor details entered must be in accordance with the grantor identification rules in the PPS Regulations. Otherwise there is a risk that registrations against the grantor will not be found.

    This search option allows you to filter search results according to collateral class.

    Enter the given name(s) exactly as it appears on the relevant source document required under the grantor identification rules in the PPS Regulations up to a maximum of 80 characters. This field is case insensitive. The exact spelling of an individual's name is required.



    A value for given names is required

    Enter the family name exactly as it appears on the relevant source document required under the grantor identification rules in the PPS Regulations (for example, driver's licence, passport) up to a maximum number of 40 characters. This field is case insensitive. The exact spelling of an individual's name is required.



    A value for family name is required

    Enter the date of birth recorded on the relevant source document required under the grantor identification rules in the PPS Regulations.


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    A valid value must be entered for date of birth.
    The value for date of birth must be less than or equal to 19/11/2025.

    If you are searching for a registration previously recorded on a transitional register, the grantor details searched for should be the same as those recorded on the transitional register.

    Important: Enter the individual's name as shown on their driver's licence or as otherwise indicated in the grantor identification rules as specified in the PPS Regulations. Otherwise there is a risk that registrations against the grantor will not be found. The exact spelling of an individual's name is required.

     
    Required Search by collateral class:Required

    This search option allows you to filter your searches according to collateral class.




    The choices below are divided into 4 categories: "Tangible property", "General property", "Intangible property" and "Financial property".

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    Advanced search criteria

    PMSI criteria

    This allows you to filter registrations depending on whether it is for a purchase money security interest.





    Required Transitional registration criteriaRequired

    This allows you to filter registrations depending on whether it is for a transitional security interest or if it is for a migrated registration. For more information, please see Glossary - transitional registrations and migrated security interest.
    You must specify transition type
    Registration kind

    This allows you to filter registrations depending on the registration kind.


     

    Sorts the search result by registration number, in either ascending or descending order.

     
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    I declare that I have read and accepted the Personal Property Securities Register General Conditions of Use, and acknowledge that:
    1. knowingly providing false or misleading information or producing a false or misleading document to a person, including the Commonwealth, can amount to an offence under the Criminal Code (Cth).
    2. use of the Personal Property Securities Register and information from that Register otherwise than is authorised by the Personal Property Securities Act 2009 (Cth) could involve conduct that amounts to an offence and / or expose me to potential civil penalties and / or liability for damages and may involve interference with the privacy of an individual in breach of the Privacy Act 1988 (Cth).
    Please accept the declaration and acknowledgement

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    The Client billing reference is a maximum of 40 characters including spaces.


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