Create a digital Commonwealth statutory declaration through myGov

You can create and download a digital Commonwealth statutory declaration in English using the myGov website or the myGov app.

We use Digital ID to verify your identity and ensure your declaration is legally binding. This means you don’t need a person to witness your statutory declaration.

If you write something in a statutory declaration and you know it’s not true, you can be charged with a criminal offence. Find out more about what happens if you make a false statement in your declaration on the Attorney-General’s Department website.

Before you start

There are a few things you need to do before you create a digital Commonwealth statutory declaration through myGov:

1. Create a myGov account if you don’t have one.
2. Set up a Digital ID, if you don’t have one, and connect it to your myGov account. You’ll need to set up your Digital ID to at least a Standard identity strength.
3. Check your Digital ID name is correct. myGov will use the name in your Digital ID to create the statutory declaration. You can’t enter another name, and you can’t create a declaration on behalf of someone else.
4. Make sure you have somewhere secure on your device to save the statutory declaration. myGov won’t save the declaration or any details in it. You’ll need to download the PDF. If you’re using a shared or public device, protect your privacy by deleting documents once you’re finished.

Create your digital Commonwealth statutory declaration

1. Sign in to myGov using your Digital ID. Select Continue with Digital Identity.
2. Select myID as your Identity Provider. Enter your myID email address, then select Login.
3. A 4-digit code will appear on the login screen. Log in to your myID app using your 10-character password, fingerprint or face recognition, and enter or accept the 4-digit code in the app.
4. Select Get started in myGov.
5. Complete all fields. Number each paragraph and write in first person, using I, me and my.
6. Select Next then review the information. If any information is missing or incorrect, select Back at top of page, and update the information.
7. Select Next then Sign document. You can draw, type or upload a photo of your signature, then select Done.
8. Read the information about creating a false declaration. If you agree, select the check box.
9. Select Create declaration.
10. Select Download PDF and save to your device. You can now print or electronically share your statutory declaration.

More information

If you need to create another declaration, you’ll need to verify with your Digital ID again.

Your myGov account history will log the date you created a declaration and a document ID. Find out how to view your account history.

QR codes

The digital Commonwealth statutory declaration contains a QR code on each page.

When a third party scans the QR code, using the QR code scanner in the myGov app, they can see all the information in the statutory declaration.

Scanning the QR code lets third parties verify the declaration is genuine and unaltered.

Find out more about using QR codes in the myGov app.