What a PPSR amendment demand is and how to serve one
PPSR explained
- $2
- search to prepare it
- 5 business days
- to respond
- AFSA
- decides if disputed
- Court
- the urgent route
An amendment demand is the formal written notice that starts the removal of a PPSR registration. If a registration on a car you own is wrong or left over, this is the document that compels the secured party to deal with it.
It matters because it's the gateway to both escalation routes: whether you end up applying to the PPSR Registrar (AFSA) or to a court, you start the same way — by serving a valid amendment demand. Getting it right is what stops the process stalling at the first step.
Both the administrative and the court routes to removal begin with the same document: a valid amendment demand.
What an amendment demand must contain
A demand only works if it's complete. Missing details are a common reason one goes nowhere (ppsr.gov.au — how to dispute a registration).
- The registration number, and the GONI (Giving of Notice Identifier) if the registration shows one — both are on your search certificate.
- A clear demand to remove or correct the registration.
- Your name and contact details, so the secured party can respond.
- A copy of your PPSR search certificate.
- It must be sent to the secured party's “address for service” — also shown on the certificate.
How to serve it, step by step
Search the car and keep the certificate
A $2 PPSR search on the VIN gives you the registration details and the address for service. Keep the certificate — you attach it to the demand.
Write the demand with every required detail
Include the registration number and GONI, a clear demand to remove or correct, your contact details, and the attached certificate. Leaving one out is what lets a secured party set it aside.
Send it to the address for service
Serve it on the secured party at the address for service shown on the certificate. From there, they have at least five business days to remove the registration or explain why they shouldn't.
Escalate if they don't act
After five business days you can apply to the PPSR Registrar (AFSA), who asks the secured party to justify the registration and then decides whether to remove it — it isn't automatic. If it's urgent, you can apply to a court instead (ppsr.gov.au — how to dispute a registration).
When the secured party is hard to reach — or gone
If the party who lodged the registration has been deregistered, the demand goes to a different place — there's a specific route for a registration from a deregistered company. And the amendment demand sits inside the broader question of what to do when a registration on a car you own is incorrect.
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How Verexia is designed to assist
At launch, Verexia will prepare and serve the amendment demand for you, and see the escalation through: building it from a current search so every detail matches, serving it correctly, and taking it to the PPSR Registrar if the secured party doesn't act.
- Building the demand from a fresh search, so the registration number, GONI and address for service all match the register.
- Serving it correctly and tracking the five-business-day window, so nothing resets the clock.
- Running the AFSA escalation if needed, assembling the evidence a removal decision takes.
The first step will always be working out where you stand. Final outcomes depend on the secured party and the facts of the registration, and no service can promise otherwise. What Verexia will commit to is doing the work and being straight about what's achievable.
Verexia is preparing a service designed to assist with vehicle ownership, finance and PPSR matters. Services are not currently available. Register your interest and we will contact you when the relevant service launches.
Sources: Personal Property Securities Register (ppsr.gov.au) — how to dispute a registration and being asked to remove a registration. The PPSR is operated by the Australian Financial Security Authority (AFSA).