A statutory declaration is a legal document defined under the law of certain Commonwealth nations and in the United States.

Any person within the jurisdiction of this law may make a statutory declaration in relation to any matter.

Prescribed witnesses include people on the roll of the High Court or the Supreme Court of a State or Territory, legal or medical practitioners, justices of the peace, notaries public, police officers, military officers, registered members of certain professional organisations (e.g. National Tax Accountant's Association or Engineers Australia), and certain other Commonwealth employees.

[1] Intentionally making a false statement as a statutory declaration is a crime equivalent to perjury, and punishable by fines and/or a prison sentence of up to four years.

4. c. 62),[7] a declaration can be made before anyone who is authorised by law to hear it (for example, a solicitor or legal executive),[8] or before any justice of the peace.

"[11]A standard form is used for a statutory declaration; one copy will be given to the applicant and the other is held on file.