Company charges and charges extracts

List the satisfied charges ASIC holds for an Australian company by ACN, with chargees and documents, and order an image-based ASIC charges extract.

Company charges

A charge is a security interest a company granted over its assets, such as a fixed and floating charge in favour of a bank. Until 30 January 2012 companies registered charges with ASIC; since then current security interests are registered on the Personal Property Securities Register (PPSR) and ASIC holds only the charges that were satisfied, or on foot and subsequently satisfied, under the old regime. This page covers two operations: listing a company's satisfied charges as structured records with their chargees and supporting documents, and ordering ASIC's image-based charges extract, a compiled PDF of the relevant pages of the charge documents. The charge list comes from a historical company extract you have already purchased with POST /v1/companies/{id}/extracts and is read back for free; the charges extract order is an asynchronous, billable order. Both tiers are explained in the purchasing guide.

GEThttps://api.asicapi.dev/v1/companies/{id}/charges

POSThttps://api.asicapi.dev/v1/companies/{id}/charges/extract-orders

List charges

Path parameters

Prop

Type

Query parameters

Prop

Type

Example request

Request

curl https://api.asicapi.dev/v1/companies/004085616/charges \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $ASICAPI_KEY"

Example response

Response

{
  "object": "list",
  "data": [
    {
      "object": "charge",
      "chargeNumber": "1234567",
      "company": {
        "acn": "004085616",
        "formatted": "004 085 616",
        "numberType": { "code": "ACN", "label": "Australian Company Number" },
        "name": "ACME WIDGETS PTY LTD",
        "type": { "code": "APTY", "label": "Australian Proprietary Company" },
        "status": { "code": "REGD", "label": "Registered" },
        "abn": "53004085616",
        "registeredCharity": false
      },
      "status": { "code": "SATF", "label": "Satisfied" },
      "type": { "code": "B", "label": "Both Fixed & Floating" },
      "registeredAt": "2005-03-14T02:15:00Z",
      "createdAt": "2005-03-10",
      "expiresAt": null,
      "satisfiedAt": "2011-08-01",
      "preAsicChargeNumber": null,
      "chargees": [
        {
          "party": {
            "type": "organisation",
            "person": null,
            "birth": null,
            "organisation": {
              "number": "000000019",
              "numberType": { "code": "ACN", "label": "Australian Company Number" },
              "name": "FIRST EXAMPLE BANK LIMITED",
              "abn": null
            }
          }
        }
      ],
      "documents": [
        {
          "object": "document",
          "documentNumber": "021234567",
          "formCode": "309",
          "formDescription": "Notification of details of a charge",
          "subForms": [],
          "receivedAt": "2005-03-11",
          "processedAt": "2005-03-14",
          "effectiveAt": null,
          "qualifier": null,
          "pageCount": 12,
          "imaged": true,
          "underRequisition": false,
          "xbrlAvailable": false,
          "xbrlDocumentNumber": null,
          "status": null,
          "priced": true
        },
        {
          "object": "document",
          "documentNumber": "0E7654321",
          "formCode": "312",
          "formDescription": "Notification of discharge or release of property from a charge",
          "subForms": [
            { "code": "312A", "description": "Charge fully satisfied" }
          ],
          "receivedAt": "2011-08-03",
          "processedAt": "2011-08-04",
          "effectiveAt": null,
          "qualifier": null,
          "pageCount": 2,
          "imaged": true,
          "underRequisition": false,
          "xbrlAvailable": false,
          "xbrlDocumentNumber": null,
          "status": null,
          "priced": true
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "object": "charge",
      "chargeNumber": "0456789",
      "company": {
        "acn": "004085616",
        "formatted": "004 085 616",
        "numberType": { "code": "ACN", "label": "Australian Company Number" },
        "name": "ACME WIDGETS PTY LTD",
        "type": { "code": "APTY", "label": "Australian Proprietary Company" },
        "status": { "code": "REGD", "label": "Registered" },
        "abn": "53004085616",
        "registeredCharity": false
      },
      "status": { "code": "SATF", "label": "Satisfied" },
      "type": { "code": "X", "label": "Fixed" },
      "registeredAt": "1996-06-20T00:00:00Z",
      "createdAt": "1996-06-14",
      "expiresAt": null,
      "satisfiedAt": "2001-02-28",
      "preAsicChargeNumber": "V88/01234",
      "chargees": [
        {
          "party": {
            "type": "person",
            "person": { "familyName": "WILLIAMS", "givenNames": ["MARGARET", "ANNE"], "formatted": "MARGARET ANNE WILLIAMS" },
            "birth": null,
            "organisation": null
          }
        },
        {
          "party": {
            "type": "person",
            "person": { "familyName": "WILLIAMS", "givenNames": ["PETER"], "formatted": "PETER WILLIAMS" },
            "birth": null,
            "organisation": null
          }
        }
      ],
      "documents": [
        {
          "object": "document",
          "documentNumber": "010203040",
          "formCode": "309",
          "formDescription": "Notification of details of a charge",
          "subForms": [],
          "receivedAt": "1996-06-18",
          "processedAt": "1996-06-20",
          "effectiveAt": null,
          "qualifier": null,
          "pageCount": 0,
          "imaged": false,
          "underRequisition": false,
          "xbrlAvailable": false,
          "xbrlDocumentNumber": null,
          "status": null,
          "priced": true
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "hasMore": false,
  "nextCursor": null,
  "totalCount": null,
  "extract": {
    "id": "ext_01J9AC5D8R3YN7",
    "type": "historical",
    "purchasedAt": "2026-09-04T03:13:30Z",
    "asOf": "2026-09-04T03:13:27Z"
  },
  "meta": { "billable": false, "product": null, "requestId": "req_01J8ZKB7C8D9E0F" }
}

Response fields

Field	Type	Description
`object`	string	Always `list`.
`data[]`	charge[]	Charges in chronological order of registration.
`data[].object`	string	Always `charge`.
`data[].chargeNumber`	string	ASIC charge number, up to 9 digits. Use it with Get a charge.
`data[].company`	object	Summary of the company that granted the charge (the chargor).
`data[].status`	code	`SATF` satisfied or `DELT` deleted.
`data[].type`	code or null	`X` fixed, `F` floating, `B` both fixed and floating.
`data[].registeredAt`	timestamp or null	Date and time ASIC registered the charge. Time is `00:00:00` where ASIC recorded no time.
`data[].createdAt`	date or null	Date the charge was created (the date of the security instrument).
`data[].expiresAt`	date or null	Expiry date of the charge where one was recorded.
`data[].satisfiedAt`	date or null	Date the charge was satisfied.
`data[].preAsicChargeNumber`	string or null	Charge number allocated by a state corporate affairs office before 1991, where the charge was migrated.
`data[].chargees[]`	object[]	The party or parties the charge is in favour of. Two or more entries indicate a joint chargee.
`data[].chargees[].party`	party	A `person` (name only; ASIC does not record chargee birth details) or an `organisation` with `number`, `numberType`, `name` and `abn`.
`data[].documents[]`	document[]	Documents lodged in relation to the charge, typically Form 309 (notification of details of a charge), Form 350 (certification of compliance) and Form 312 (discharge). Same shape as the company documents list; `status` is `null` because ASIC does not supply form status in the charges section.
`hasMore`	boolean	Always `false`.
`nextCursor`	string or null	Always `null`.
`totalCount`	integer or null	`null`.
`extract`	object	The historical extract the data was read from: `id`, `type` (always `historical`), `purchasedAt` and `asOf`.
`meta.billable`	boolean	Always `false`. Reading an extract you hold is free.
`meta.product`	string or null	Always `null`.
`meta.requestId`	string	Request identifier.

Order a charges extract

ASIC's charges extract is an image-based product: a PDF assembled from the relevant pages of the documents for every charge held against the company. It is fulfilled through ASIC's document imaging system and delivered asynchronously, so it is an order rather than an extract. The order is accepted with HTTP 202 in status pending, billed at that moment as product charges_extract, and tracked as an order of type charges_extract. Poll GET /v1/orders/{orderId} or wait for the order.ready webhook, then download the PDF from GET /v1/orders/{orderId}/download. The fee depends on satisfiedChargesExtractSize on the company record: small for fewer than 10 pages, large for 10 or more.

Request body

Prop

Type

Example request

Request

curl https://api.asicapi.dev/v1/companies/004085616/charges/extract-orders \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $ASICAPI_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -H "Idempotency-Key: 9c2e7b10-charges-004085616" \
  -d '{ "delivery": { "method": "web" } }'

Example response

The order is acknowledged with HTTP 202. The PDF does not exist yet.

Response

{
  "object": "order",
  "id": "ord_01J8ZKC4D5E6F7G",
  "type": "charges_extract",
  "status": "pending",
  "company": {
    "acn": "004085616",
    "formatted": "004 085 616",
    "numberType": { "code": "ACN", "label": "Australian Company Number" },
    "name": "ACME WIDGETS PTY LTD",
    "type": { "code": "APTY", "label": "Australian Proprietary Company" },
    "status": { "code": "REGD", "label": "Registered" },
    "abn": "53004085616",
    "registeredCharity": false
  },
  "documents": [
    { "documentNumber": "021234567", "formCode": "309", "pageCount": 12 },
    { "documentNumber": "0E7654321", "formCode": "312", "pageCount": 2 },
    { "documentNumber": "010203040", "formCode": "309", "pageCount": 0 }
  ],
  "delivery": {
    "method": "web",
    "email": null,
    "contactName": "Jane Smith",
    "contactPhone": "03 9000 0000",
    "recipient": null,
    "address": null
  },
  "downloadUrl": null,
  "asicRequestIds": ["55123", "55124"],
  "notices": [
    "IMAGE NOT AVAILABLE FOR DOCUMENT 010203040"
  ],
  "extractSize": "large",
  "createdAt": "2026-09-04T03:20:11Z",
  "readyAt": null,
  "meta": { "billable": true, "product": "charges_extract", "requestId": "req_01J8ZKC4D5E6F7H" }
}

Response fields

Field	Type	Description
`object`	string	Always `order`.
`id`	string	Order identifier, prefixed `ord_`. Poll it with `GET /v1/orders/{orderId}`.
`type`	string	Always `charges_extract`.
`status`	string	`pending` on the 202 response, then `processing`, `ready`, `delivered` or `failed`.
`company`	object	Summary of the company the extract relates to.
`documents[]`	object[]	The charge documents ASIC will compile, each with `documentNumber`, `formCode` and `pageCount`.
`delivery`	object	The normalised delivery instructions: `method`, `email`, `contactName`, `contactPhone`, `recipient`, `address`.
`downloadUrl`	string or null	For web delivery, the PDF download URL once `status` is `ready`. Expires 7 days after it becomes available.
`asicRequestIds[]`	string[]	ASIC's document image request identifiers. Each covers up to 10 documents. Quote them to ASIC if the images are not received.
`notices[]`	string[]	Informational messages ASIC returned with the order, for example that an image is not available for a document that forms part of the extract.
`extractSize`	string	`small` (fewer than 10 pages) or `large`, which determines the ASIC fee.
`createdAt`	timestamp	When the order was placed.
`readyAt`	timestamp or null	When the PDF became available or was dispatched.
`meta.billable`	boolean	`true`. ASIC bills the extract when the order is accepted, not when you download it.
`meta.product`	string	`charges_extract`.
`meta.requestId`	string	Request identifier.

An order.ready or order.failed webhook fires when the status changes.

Errors

Code	HTTP	Applies to	When it occurs
`extract_required`	402	list	You hold no unexpired historical extract for this company. Charges are never part of a current extract, so holding only a current extract also returns this error, with `error.details.purchase.body` set to `{ "type": "historical" }`.
`extract_not_found`	404	list	The `extract` id does not exist on your account.
`extract_expired`	410	list	The `extract` id refers to an extract older than 12 months.
`extract_owner_mismatch`	403	list	The `extract` id belongs to a different account, or is not an extract of this company.
`acn_invalid`	400	both	The number fails the ASIC check digit test.
`company_not_found`	404	both	No organisation with this identifier.
`abn_invalid`	400	both	The ABN fails its check digit test.
`abn_not_acn_based`	400	both	The ABN does not embed an ACN.
`abn_not_found`	404	both	No company matches the ACN embedded in the ABN.
`extract_unavailable_for_type`	422	both	Charges are only available for organisation types `APUB`, `APTY`, `RACN` and `FNOS`.
`no_charges`	404	order	ASIC holds no charges for this company, so there is nothing to compile.
`delivery_invalid`	400	order	`method` is not `web`, `email` or `post`; email delivery lacks a valid `email`; or postal delivery lacks `contactName`, `contactPhone`, `recipient`, `address` or postcode.
`document_too_large_for_delivery`	422	order	The extract exceeds 50 pages for email or 500 pages for web. Over 500 pages must be posted. The error `message` states the page count.
`validation_error`	422	list	Unknown `status` value.
`idempotency_conflict`	409	order	The `Idempotency-Key` was reused with a different body.
`unauthorized`	401	both	Missing or invalid API key.
`rate_limited`	429	both	Rate limit exceeded.
`asic_unavailable`	503	both	The ASIC register or imaging system is offline.

Notes from the ASIC register

Personal Property Securities Register. From the registration commencement time under the Personal Property Securities Act 2009 (30 January 2012), details of current charges are only available from the PPS Register at www.ppsr.gov.au. ASIC holds the details of charges satisfied as at that time and charges satisfied since. A company with no charges listed here may still have current security interests on the PPSR.
Historical only. ASIC never includes charges in a current company extract. The list operation therefore needs a historical extract; a current extract, however recent, does not contain the section. An empty data array from a historical extract means ASIC holds no satisfied charges for the company.
Snapshot. The list reflects the register at extract.asOf. Because new charges can no longer be registered with ASIC, a historical extract's charge list rarely goes stale, but a charge satisfied after asOf will only appear in a newly purchased extract.
Ordering. Charges are returned in chronological order. Within a charge, documents are listed with the notification of the charge first and the discharge last.
Chargees. A charge may be in favour of one chargee or several joint chargees. Each is a person or an organisation; for organisations the ACN is given where the chargee is an Australian company.
Extract contents. The charges extract is a collection of images of sections of the relevant documents rather than typed data. It is delivered from ASIC's document imaging system, and ASIC confirms the request has been forwarded and provides billing details immediately, which is why the order is accepted and billed before the PDF exists.
Delivery limits. Extracts over 50 pages may not be emailed, and extracts over 500 pages may not be delivered via the web facility and must be posted. Fax delivery is no longer offered.
Image availability. Where an image is not available for a document that forms part of the extract, ASIC returns an informational message which appears in notices. Images of pre-1991 state documents are typically unavailable.
Extract size and fees. ASIC prices a satisfied charges extract by size: small for fewer than 10 pages and large for 10 or more. Check satisfiedChargesExtractSize on the free company record before ordering.

Company charges and charges extracts

Company charges

List charges

Path parameters

Query parameters

Example request

Example response

Response fields

Order a charges extract

Request body

Example request

Example response

Response fields

Errors

Notes from the ASIC register

Purchase a company extract

Purchasing

Charges and the PPSR

Get a charge

Orders

Order a document image

Get a company

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