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Edmund Gale

Senior Lawyer, Victoria Legal Aid

Getting a copy of your credit report

Last updated

1 July 2021

An individual has the right to obtain one free copy of their credit report from any credit-reporting body every three months (s 20R PA 1988; CR Code).

The credit-reporting body is required to provide the person with their credit report within 10 days of the request (s 19 CR Code).

To obtain a free copy of their credit report, an individual needs to provide information to verify their identity to the particular credit-reporting body.

To get a free copy of your credit report from:

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