Registering a certificate of conviction or order

You will need to complete a Form 45 - Registration or Filing of (Certificate of) Judgment/Order.

You can complete this form:

• in writing
• online via the NSW Online Registry.

For more information about how to complete this form online, see the video NSW Online Registry - How to register a Certificate of Judgment or Order in the NSW Courts.

You can get a blank copy of this form from:

• your nearest Local Court
• the Uniform Civil Procedure Rules (UCPR) website.

You need to include:

• the amount that the offender was ordered to pay by the court
• the total amount that the offender has paid at the date of the certificate of conviction or certificate of order
• your filing fee
• the total amount to be enforced – the unpaid amount of the order and your filing fee.

You need to make sure the details you put into your form exactly match the details in your certificate of conviction or certificate of order.

You need to attach a copy of the certificate of conviction or certificate of order to your completed form.

Your signature doesn’t need to be witnessed by an authorised witness.

If you complete a written from, you can file it at any local court.

You must pay a filing fee. To find out the current fee, see Fees on the Local Court of NSW Website.

If you can’t afford to pay the filing fee, you can apply to have the fee waived or postponed.

You need to complete an Application to postpone, remit or waive payment of a court fee.

You can get a blank copy of this form:

• from your nearest court registry
• on the Forms page on the Local Court of NSW website.

Your form won’t be submitted to the court until you have paid the filing fee or you have successfully waived or postponed it.

If you complete the online form, you will receive an email confirming your form has been submitted once you have paid the filing fee.

Once the certificate is registered, it will become a judgment of the Local Court. You can then enforce the judgment.

There are several different ways that you can enforce a judgment, such as garnishing the offender’s wages or bank accounts. You should think about which option will be best in your situation.

Before you start enforcement action, you should consider whether the offender has any income or assets to help them pay the ordered amount. You will have to pay fees for some types of enforcement action. These fees will be added to what the offender owes you. If the offender does not have any way of paying you, you may end up wasting your money.

For more information, see Enforcement in the My money topic.