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Public Record Office Victoria holds thousands of record series which relate to cases heard in around 250 different court locations in Victoria. This page links to searches which cover large quantities of records, and also to other pages which will help you narrow your search by identifying the type of court case you’re looking for.
What do I need to know before I start?
Useful information to commence your search includes:
- whether the case was criminal (a person is accused of a crime), civil (a dispute between two or more people) or some other kind of case (for example, applying to the court for insolvency)
- the name of a party to a court case (in a criminal case, the accused or defendant; otherwise the plaintiff, the applicant or the respondent)
- in some cases, the location of the court or an approximate year when the case was heard.
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Look for the icons below to identify if records are viewable online (mouse over globe) or need to be ordered online and then viewed at our Reading Rooms (open book):
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