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Handbooks for Commissioners for Declarations and for Justices of the Peace (Qualified) were released in February 2001. They are ‘The Administrative Duties of Commissioners for Declarations’ and ‘The Duties of Justices of the Peace (Qualified)’. You can buy bound copies of these handbooks online or by postal order.

For your convenience, the following publications are available for download here, in PDF format.

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Log books
Justice of the Peace (Qualified) log book
Commissioner for Declarations log book

Technical Bulletins
10/09 New incident report form available to download
09/09 New land titles notice available to download
08/09 New security paper for registry issued certificates
07/09 Code of conduct for JPs and C.decs
06/09 Witnessing EPA and AHD documents
05/09 Witnessing statutory declarations for traffic infringement notices
04/09 Definition of 'Day' when considering Search Warrants
03/09 Mentoring Guidelines under the "JPs in the Community" Program
02/09 New Requirements to Qualify as a Justice of the Peace (Qualified)
01/09 Recording of private information into logbooks

JPs in the community newsletter
June 2009
October 2008
August 2008
June 2008
April 2008
February 2008
December 2007
October 2007

Justice Papers
Edition 12: July 2009
Edition 11: June 2007
Edition 10: June 2005
Edition 9: December 2003
Edition 8: July 2002
Edition 7: October 1999
Edition 6: April 1998
Edition 5: July 1997
Edition 4: December 1995
Edition 3: December 1994
Edition 2: December 1993
Edition 1: December 1992

Reports
Role of Justices of the Peace in Queensland (December 1999)

Translations
Justices of the Peace factsheet (Arabic translation)

Land registry forms
Notice of inability to witness titles registry form
Land registry forms: Witnessing obligations and requirements (card)
Witnessing land registry forms for individuals (brochure)

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