Case tracking
Court hearings can by tracked by registering an email address and/or mobile phone number with the CMS Portal Hearing Search.
Most criminal and civil hearings can be tracked via Hearing Search, excluding:
- family violence intervention order matters
- personal safety intervention order matters
- matters that are the subject to a suppression order.
- Matters that are in the Federal jurisdiction.
To track a hearing, visit the Hearing Search website and:
- enter the case number and case type into the appropriate fields as well as any additional information that may be relevant
- complete the Captcha and click Search. Your hearing should appear below.
- click the case number of the hearing you want to track, for example: MAG-CR-000000000
- select the Request Hearing Track option under the hearing details
- enter your details and select Activate radio button
- click Proceed.
If you want to remove hearing tracking, follow the above steps, select the Inactive radio button and click Proceed.
If an accused person has been charged by Victoria Police, or given their contact details to the court, they may automatically receive updates about their case.
