What paperwork do I need to sell a property in the South Burnett?
To sell a property in the South Burnett you need a signed Form 2 seller disclosure statement, a current title search, a copy of the registered survey plan, and any other prescribed certificates that apply, such as a pool safety certificate. They must all be given to the buyer before the buyer signs the contract. This has been the law in Queensland since 1 August 2025, under the Property Law Act 2023, and it applies to houses, units, and vacant land.
Your solicitor or conveyancer does most of the work. What slows sellers down is missing local detail: the zoning, the water charges, a tenancy date, or an old notice nobody can find.
What is the Form 2 seller disclosure statement?
The Form 2 is the approved form under the seller disclosure scheme. It gathers the facts a buyer needs before they commit, in six parts, and you (or your authorised agent) must give it to the buyer before they sign, with proof of delivery. Email is fine, as long as you can show it was received.
If you don't give it, or the information is materially wrong or incomplete, the buyer may be able to end the contract at any time before settlement, even if the mistake was unintentional (qld.gov.au). So it pays to get the paperwork started well before the campaign.
What goes into the Form 2, and where does it come from locally?
Form 2 item | What it covers | Where it comes from in the South Burnett |
Part 1: seller and property | Your name, the address, and the lot on plan | Your rates notice or title search |
Part 2: title and encumbrances | Title search, survey plan, unregistered encumbrances such as informal easements, and tenancy details | Titles Queensland (through your solicitor); your own records for anything unregistered |
Part 2: tenancy | If the property was rented in the past 12 months, the date of the last rent increase | Your lease or your property manager |
Part 3: land use and environment | Zoning, transport or resumption notices, contaminated land listings, tree orders, and heritage | Zoning from the South Burnett Regional Council Planning Scheme 2017 (free on council's interactive mapping); registers searched by your solicitor |
Part 4: buildings and structures | Pools, and notices under the QBCC Act, Building Act, and Planning Act | Your own records, plus council and QBCC |
Part 5: rates and services | Rates, and the water services charge from the most recent notice (or an estimate) | Your latest SBRC rates notice, or an estimate if you're on tank or bore water with no council account |
Part 6: body corporate | Community management statement and body corporate certificate | Your body corporate manager (units and townhouses only) |
A small but useful point from the Queensland Law Society: zoning is written into the form, and you don't need to attach a zoning search (QLS Proctor, July 2025). Council's interactive mapping shows the zone free of charge.
Which certificates must I hand over?
The prescribed certificates are listed in section 5 of the Property Law Regulation 2024. Depending on the property, they can include:
a title search showing registered interests, and a copy of the registered survey plan (always)
notices under the Environmental Protection Act 1994, the QBCC Act 1991, the Building Act 1975, or the Planning Act 2016, if any were given to you
a tree application or order under the Neighbourhood Disputes (Dividing Fences and Trees) Act 2011
a pool safety certificate, if there's a regulated pool (or the QBCC Form 36 notice where there isn't a certificate)
for units, the community management statement and a body corporate certificate
From 1 July 2026, Titles Queensland's statutory fee is $25.71 for a current title search and $27.56 for an image of a survey plan. Your solicitor will charge their own fee on top for ordering and checking them.
What don't I have to disclose?
The Form 2 does not require you to report structural soundness, flooding history, or previous building or development approvals (qld.gov.au). Those things still matter. Buyers in the South Burnett still ask, and the form itself carries a warning telling buyers to check natural hazard overlays and flood information through the FloodCheck portal or council (warning statements in the Property Law Regulation 2024).
Don't guess on the form. If a buyer asks about flooding or condition, answer honestly, point them to the source, and let your solicitor guide what goes in writing.
What extra paperwork do acreage and rural sellers need?
Rural blocks around Kingaroy, Nanango, and Wondai often carry extra items:
Vegetation notices on title. An administrative advice marked "veg notice", or a property map of assessable vegetation (PMAV), stays with the land. A free vegetation management property report shows mapped vegetation and the rules that apply (qld.gov.au).
Water licences and allocations. These sit outside the Form 2. If water is supplied under a distribution operations licence, the Water Act 2000 requires a separate disclosure statement and acknowledgement before the contract is signed (Water Act 2000, section 155). Licences and allocations also need their own transfer steps.
Bores. If you know your bore's registration number, a bore report from the Queensland Government database helps buyers and costs you nothing to find.
Resource authorities. A lot-on-plan search shows whether any mining or petroleum authority sits over the land (Business Queensland).
What other documents do I need besides the Form 2?
Three items sit outside the scheme:
Smoke alarm compliance. If the contract is signed after 31 December 2021, you must upgrade to interconnected photoelectric alarms before transfer and declare it on the Form 24 property information form (Queensland Fire Department).
ATO clearance certificate. Without one, the buyer must withhold 15% of the price at settlement (ATO). It's free, but it can take up to 28 days.
The appointment form for your agent. This sets out commission and marketing in writing before the campaign begins.
How long does all this take?
It comes down to the property, and how quickly you can find your documents. A town house with no pool, no tenant, and no old notices is usually the simplest. Acreage, tenanted properties, units, and anything with an old notice take longer, so ask your solicitor for a timeframe at the start. The one fixed number is the ATO's: allow up to 28 days for a clearance certificate.
The order I suggest:
Engage a solicitor or conveyancer as soon as you decide to sell.
Find your latest rates notice, any lease, pool certificate, and old council or QBCC letters.
Apply for your ATO clearance certificate.
Let your solicitor order the title search and survey plan and prepare the Form 2.
Check the draft carefully. You sign it, so it needs to be right.
Keep proof of delivery each time it goes to a buyer.
Key figures (as of 6 October 2026)
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Want help lining up your paperwork?
Your solicitor or conveyancer prepares the Form 2, and I'll give you a checklist for your property at the appraisal so nothing is missing when they start. Book a free appraisal on my Sell page. For what the paperwork costs, read How much does it cost to sell a house in Kingaroy?. The short version is on my FAQ.
General information only, not legal, financial, or tax advice. Figures are dated and sourced, and your situation may differ, so check with a qualified professional before you act.
Sources
qld.gov.au, Seller disclosure scheme, last updated 21 Jul 2025, checked 6 Oct 2026: https://www.qld.gov.au/housing/buying-owning-home/seller-disclosure-scheme
Queensland Government, Seller Disclosure Statement (Form 2) and Guide to the seller disclosure scheme: https://www.publications.qld.gov.au/ckan-publications-attachments-prod/resources/7a1be178-d2d5-4744-9147-9699c04ee8d8/seller-disclosure-statement-form-2.pdf and https://www.publications.qld.gov.au/ckan-publications-attachments-prod/resources/bef12c1b-2bd7-4b93-b6ae-538e86286cf8/guide-to-the-seller-disclosure-scheme.pdf
Property Law Regulation 2024 (SL 2024-0211), ss 5 and 8 and the prescribed warning statements, version 7 Jan 2026: https://www.legislation.qld.gov.au/view/whole/html/2026-01-07/sl-2024-0211
QLS Proctor, FAQs for seller disclosure forms, July 2025: https://www.qlsproctor.com.au/2025/07/faqs-for-seller-disclosure-forms/
Titles Queensland, Titles Registry Fees FY 2026 to 2027: https://www.titlesqld.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/Titles-Registry-Fees_FY-2026-to-2027.pdf
qld.gov.au, Vegetation management: Property checks, last updated 20 May 2026: https://www.qld.gov.au/environment/land/management/vegetation/property-checks
Water Act 2000 (Qld), s 155 (AustLII): https://austlii.edu.au/cgi-bin/viewdoc/au/legis/qld/consol_act/wa200083/s155.html
Business Queensland, Bore reports: https://www.business.qld.gov.au/industries/mining-energy-water/water/bores-drilling/bore-reports ; Buying a property that has a resource authority: https://www.business.qld.gov.au/industries/mining-energy-water/resources/landholders/buy-property-resource-authority
Queensland Fire Department, Smoke alarms, checked 6 Oct 2026: https://www.fire.qld.gov.au/prepare/fire/smoke-alarms
ATO, Australian residents and clearance certificates, checked 6 Oct 2026: https://www.ato.gov.au/individuals-and-families/investments-and-assets/capital-gains-tax/foreign-residents-and-capital-gains-tax/foreign-resident-capital-gains-withholding/australian-residents-and-clearance-certificates
South Burnett Regional Council, Planning Scheme 2017 and Online Maps: https://www.southburnett.qld.gov.au/Business/Building-and-development/Planning-and-development/Planning-Scheme-2017 ; https://www.southburnett.qld.gov.au/Business/Building-and-development/Online-maps
QBCC, Buy, sell or lease a property with a pool: https://www.qbcc.qld.gov.au/home-owner-hub/swimming-pools/buy-sell-lease-property-pool
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