Transcripts and Court Records
A court record is anything which the court holds in relation to a matter. Court records include reports, videos, recordings, exhibits, documents, transcripts, letters.
The Children's Court Act lists the people who can make a request for a court record.
Application
Fill out a Request for Court Record form and submit it to the court where the matter was heard. If you do not know where the matter was heard you can send it to the Perth Children's Court.
Requests by media and government departments must be submitted to the Perth Children's Court.
You will need the name and date of the court case. If you only want a certain part of the transcript, you will need the start and finish times of the part you want.
You will need to give the reason you want the court record.
If a request is granted, you must follow all confidentiality requirements (Young Offenders Act 1994 and Children and Community Services Act 2004). You must keep it secure and cannot give it to anyone else, copy it or circulate it. The court may set extra conditions when providing a record.
You must fill in a Request for Court Record form to get permission to give a court record to someone else. You must state who you want to give it to and why they need it. The court will then decide if the court record can be given to them.
The court will contact you to tell you if your request has been approved. If a transcript has been approved, the court will contact you about the cost. The court will also let you know when the record is available.
Transcript fees
There is a standard fee for lodging the form and also a fee for each page transcribed.
The fee per page is different depending on how soon you want the transcript. The quicker you want it, the more it will cost per page. The options are:
- 1 day
- 2 days
- 4 days
- 7 days
- 14 days
- Running transcript - as the case is happening.
See the Fees webpage for the current fees. You can apply to waive the transcript fee.
At the time you give your form to the registry you will need to pay a deposit. The deposit is 75% of the estimated cost.
Last updated: 7 November 2024