List documents lodged in relation to a person

List the ASIC forms lodged that name a person as a director, secretary, liquidator or member, with document numbers, form codes, dates and page counts.

Whenever a company appoints or removes an officer, changes a director's details or reports its members, it lodges a form with ASIC, and ASIC records the document against each person the form names. The person document list returns those lodgements: the ASIC document number, form code and title, the dates received, processed and effective, and whether a PDF image can be ordered. It gives you the paper trail behind a person's roles, and the document numbers you need for image orders. The endpoint reads from the most recent person extract you hold for the person and is free; the extract is purchased once with POST /v1/people/extracts, as explained in the purchasing guide.

GEThttps://api.asicapi.dev/v1/people/{personId}/documents

curl "https://api.asicapi.dev/v1/people/prs_8f3k2m9q/documents" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $ASICAPI_KEY"

Example response

Response

{
  "object": "list",
  "extract": {
    "id": "ext_01J9AG8K1L4M7N2P",
    "type": "historical",
    "purchasedAt": "2026-09-04T03:12:44Z",
    "asOf": "2026-09-04T03:12:41Z"
  },
  "person": {
    "id": "prs_8f3k2m9q",
    "asicIdentifier": "012345678",
    "name": {
      "familyName": "SMITH",
      "givenNames": ["JANE", "LOUISE"],
      "formatted": "JANE LOUISE SMITH"
    },
    "birth": {
      "date": "1975-04-03",
      "locality": "MELBOURNE",
      "stateOrCountry": "VIC"
    },
    "formerName": null
  },
  "data": [
    {
      "object": "document",
      "documentNumber": "4E6677889",
      "formCode": "388",
      "formDescription": "Copy of financial statements and reports",
      "subForms": [
        { "code": "388", "description": "Copy of financial statements and reports" }
      ],
      "receivedAt": "2025-10-28",
      "processedAt": "2025-10-29",
      "effectiveAt": "2025-06-30",
      "qualifier": "FR 2025",
      "pageCount": 42,
      "imaged": true,
      "underRequisition": false,
      "xbrlAvailable": true,
      "xbrlDocumentNumber": "4E6677890",
      "status": null,
      "priced": null
    },
    {
      "object": "document",
      "documentNumber": "1E9876543",
      "formCode": "505",
      "formDescription": "Notification of appointment or cessation of an external administrator",
      "subForms": [],
      "receivedAt": "2023-03-22",
      "processedAt": "2023-03-23",
      "effectiveAt": "2023-03-20",
      "qualifier": null,
      "pageCount": 3,
      "imaged": true,
      "underRequisition": false,
      "xbrlAvailable": false,
      "xbrlDocumentNumber": null,
      "status": null,
      "priced": null
    },
    {
      "object": "document",
      "documentNumber": "0E5123456",
      "formCode": "484",
      "formDescription": "Change to company details",
      "subForms": [
        { "code": "484A", "description": "Change officeholder name or address" },
        { "code": "484E", "description": "Change to members register" }
      ],
      "receivedAt": "2015-02-09",
      "processedAt": "2015-02-10",
      "effectiveAt": "2015-02-01",
      "qualifier": null,
      "pageCount": 4,
      "imaged": true,
      "underRequisition": false,
      "xbrlAvailable": false,
      "xbrlDocumentNumber": null,
      "status": null,
      "priced": null
    },
    {
      "object": "document",
      "documentNumber": "7E1234567",
      "formCode": "370",
      "formDescription": "Notification by officeholder of resignation or retirement",
      "subForms": [],
      "receivedAt": "2014-12-02",
      "processedAt": "2014-12-04",
      "effectiveAt": "2014-11-30",
      "qualifier": null,
      "pageCount": 0,
      "imaged": false,
      "underRequisition": false,
      "xbrlAvailable": false,
      "xbrlDocumentNumber": null,
      "status": null,
      "priced": null
    }
  ],
  "hasMore": false,
  "nextCursor": null,
  "totalCount": 4,
  "meta": {
    "billable": false,
    "product": null,
    "requestId": "req_01J9AF5G8H2J9K3L"
  }
}

Response fields

Field	Type	Description
`object`	string	Always `list`.
`extract`	object	The extract the documents were read from: `id`, `type` (`current` or `historical`), `purchasedAt`, `asOf`.
`person`	object	The person the documents relate to: `id`, `asicIdentifier`, `name`, `birth` and `formerName`, as on get a person.
`data[]`	array	Documents, newest `receivedAt` first.
`data[].object`	string	Always `document`.
`data[].documentNumber`	string	9-character ASIC document number. Pass it to get a document or order an image.
`data[].formCode`	string	ASIC form code, for example `484`, `370`, `505`, `388`. See ASIC form codes.
`data[].formDescription`	string	Title of the form.
`data[].subForms[]`	array	Sub-form or schedule codes with descriptions, for example `484A` and `484E` on a Form 484. Empty when the form has no schedules.
`data[].receivedAt`	date	Date ASIC received the lodgement.
`data[].processedAt`	date or null	Date ASIC processed it onto the register.
`data[].effectiveAt`	date or null	Effective date of the change reported on the form.
`data[].qualifier`	string or null	For annual returns and financial reports, the year the document covers, for example `AR 2019` or `FR 2025`.
`data[].pageCount`	integer	Number of pages in ASIC's document image at the time of the extract. `0` means the image was not retrievable.
`data[].imaged`	boolean	`false` when `pageCount` is `0`. Only imaged documents can be ordered.
`data[].underRequisition`	boolean	`true` when ASIC has requisitioned the lodging party to correct the document.
`data[].xbrlAvailable`	boolean	`true` when the financial report was lodged with XBRL data.
`data[].xbrlDocumentNumber`	string or null	Document number of the accompanying XBRL file when `xbrlAvailable` is `true`.
`data[].status`	null	Form status codes are only supplied on company document lists; always `null` here.
`data[].priced`	null	The pricing indicator is only supplied on company document lists; always `null` here.
`hasMore`	boolean	Whether another page exists.
`nextCursor`	string or null	Cursor for the next page. See pagination.
`totalCount`	integer	Total documents for the person after filters.
`meta`	object	Reads are free: `billable` is `false` and `product` is `null`.

Errors

Code	HTTP status	When
`extract_required`	402	You hold no person extract for this person. `details.purchase` carries the POST body that would satisfy the request.
`extract_not_found`	404	The `extract` query parameter names an extract that does not exist, belongs to another person or is not a person extract.
`extract_expired`	410	The extract is more than 12 months old. Purchase again.
`extract_owner_mismatch`	403	The extract named by `extract` was purchased under a different account.
`person_not_found`	404	The person id is malformed or was never returned by a search under your account.
`document_date_range_invalid`	400	`from` is later than `to`, or a date is not a valid ISO 8601 date.
`validation_error`	422	`limit` is out of range, `formCode` is not a known form code, or `extract` is malformed.

Notes from the ASIC register

Part of the extract. ASIC supplies a person's document list as part of the personal name extract, so the list you read here is the one captured at extract.asOf. Documents lodged since then appear only after you purchase a new extract. See the purchasing guide.
Which documents appear. ASIC lists documents that name the person in a role or as a member: appointment and cessation notices (Form 484 schedules, Form 370, Form 505), changes of personal details and financial reports lodged while the person was an officer. Documents lodged by the company that do not name the person are on the company document list, which is a free lookup.
Page counts and imaging. A pageCount of 0 means the document was not available from ASIC's document imaging system when the extract was taken. Older paper lodgements that were never scanned and very recent lodgements still being processed both show 0. Check the live figure with get a document before ordering; ordering an unimaged document returns document_not_imaged.
XBRL. Where a financial report was lodged with XBRL data, xbrlAvailable is true and the XBRL file's document number is given in xbrlDocumentNumber. The XBRL file is not listed as a separate entry and cannot be ordered by its own number; order the original document and the XBRL file is delivered with it.
Requisitioned documents. underRequisition marks documents ASIC has sent back for correction. The image is usually still available, but the register may not yet reflect the change.
Sub-forms. Multi-part forms such as the Form 484 carry a sub-form code for each schedule completed. The descriptions are ASIC's, and new sub-form codes appear without notice.

List documents lodged in relation to a person

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Example response

Response fields

Errors

Notes from the ASIC register

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