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AML/CTF software for Australian conveyancers

Property-file AML/CTF workflows for conveyancers, from designated-service scope and party verification through beneficial ownership, settlement risk, restricted reporting and review evidence.

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Five situations, in plain words

These are examples of the questions conveyancers meet. They are not quotes from customers, and they are not a decision for your file.

  1. A standard conveyance is often covered. Start the file when the job starts.
  2. Check the vendor and the purchaser, and the people who actually control them.
  3. Money in the trust account for settlement stays attached to that property file.
  4. A company purchase is not the same job as a house purchase. Scope it separately.
  5. If the source of the money does not make sense, pause and record why.

Work that can be covered

The rule looks at the job, not the job title. Record a decision for each job.

  • Conveyancing and real-property transfers
  • Receiving, holding or controlling client money or property for a captured transaction
  • Assisting with a business or entity transfer
  • Company or trust formation where lawfully provided
  • Other captured transaction services provided by the conveyancing practice

See a conveyancing matter move through the workspace

This representative, fictional record uses the same terminology and sequence shown to conveyancers in Cassandra AML. No personal information is shown.

Property file example

18 Market Lane vendor transfer

Transaction review

Client and transaction work

  1. Enrol with AUSTRACComplete

    Record your AUSTRAC enrolment number and confirmed status so the practice's transition timing is documented beside the workbench.

  2. Complete the risk assessmentComplete

    Document the conveyancing practice's designated services, client types, delivery channels and AUSTRAC risk factors, and update it when services change.

  3. Create policies and processesCurrent

    Build or upload the AML/CTF policy and process that governs escalation triggers, internal controls and risk-based matter handling.

  4. Onboard your staffNext

    Nominate the governing body, compliance officer, senior manager and client-facing staff, then assign each person's access and roles.

  5. Complete staff trainingNext

    Deliver AUSTRAC risk-based AML/CTF awareness training to every staff member and keep completion evidence current.

  6. Onboard and monitor clientsNext

    Verify identity and ownership for clients and transaction parties, assess payment risk, preserve source-of-funds and screening evidence, and keep monitoring current.

What to keep on the file

  • Property, matter and party identifiers
  • Vendor, purchaser and beneficial-owner checks
  • Trust-money and transaction context
  • Risk escalation and approval records
  • Settlement, reporting and retention evidence

Cassandra AML assists your compliance work; it does not provide legal advice, guarantee compliance or imply AUSTRAC endorsement.

Practical AML/CTF guidance for Conveyancers

Start with the profession pillar, then use the focused guides for the exact service, customer or control you are handling. Each article links to primary AUSTRAC or legislative material.

5 min guide

AML/CTF for conveyancers

A complete Australian guide to conveyancing designated services, customer due diligence, settlement risk, delayed CDD, reporting and matter controls.

Read the guide 5 min guide

When conveyancing becomes regulated

A milestone-based guide to when Australian conveyancing moves from general information into directly advancing a sale, purchase or transfer of real estate.

Read the guide 6 min guide

Conveyancing delayed CDD

How Australian conveyancers apply the buyer-side delayed CDD conditions, 28-day exchange limit, three-day settlement limit and shared verification rules.

Read the guide 5 min guide

Settlement funds red flags

A practical Australian conveyancing guide to funding changes, third-party payments, entity buyers, source-of-funds checks, enhanced CDD and SMR escalation.

Read the guide 5 min guide

Transfer and court-order boundaries

When gifts, family transfers, financial agreements, consent orders and court-directed property transfers fall inside or outside conveyancing AML/CTF scope.

Read the guide 3 min guide

Conveyancer checklist

A matter-file AML/CTF checklist for conveyancers: designated service start, vendor and purchaser CDD, settlement deadlines, reporting and records.

Read the guide 3 min guide

ECDD and source of funds

When a conveyancing matter needs enhanced due diligence, how to verify source of funds and wealth, and the evidence a settlement file should hold.

Read the guide 3 min guide

Counterparty checks

Which parties a conveyancer must identify and verify, how to handle uncooperative counterparties and what the file must show for each role.

Read the guide 3 min guide

Conveyancing VOI versus AML CDD

Distinguish electronic-conveyancing identity, authority and right-to-deal controls from the additional matters considered in AML customer due diligence.

Read the guide

Questions conveyancers ask

Are all conveyancers automatically regulated by AUSTRAC?

No. AML/CTF status depends on whether the business provides a designated service with the required Australian geographical link, not the professional title alone. Assess each service and obtain advice where the boundary is uncertain.

What should conveyancers record for an AML/CTF review?

Keep the service-scope decision, customer and beneficial-owner evidence, risk assessment, screening and escalation decisions, approvals, reporting records, training and current program governance evidence.

Does Cassandra AML replace legal or regulatory advice?

No. Cassandra AML organises compliance work and evidence. It does not give legal advice, guarantee compliance or imply AUSTRAC endorsement.

Keep AML/CTF evidence attached to the property file.

Use conveyancing matter references, represented-party checks and settlement context from opening through completion.

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