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Start your ANZ discharge request
Ask ANZ to email you its Discharge and Variation Authority using the online request page. A borrower named on the loan must submit the request.
You still need to complete, sign and return the authority before ANZ can process the discharge.
What the discharge form does
A discharge authority tells ANZ to release its mortgage over your property. You may need one when selling, refinancing or paying the loan off yourself. Paying the balance down to zero does not automatically remove the mortgage from the property title.
Your settlement can be delayed if ANZ has not received the completed authority. An agreed date or approved new loan does not replace that step.
How ANZ handles it now
- Request the form online. Enter your name, phone number, email, 9-digit home loan account number and reason for the discharge.
- Check your email. ANZ sends the authority with instructions for completing and returning it.
- Complete and sign the authority. Fill in the relevant sections electronically where possible, then print it for everyone who needs to sign. ANZ e-Sign is not available for this form.
Return the signed authority through your customer representative or email it to releasesdava@anz.com. For a property settlement, ask your legal representative to send ANZ a PEXA invitation.
If ANZ manages your loan through Private Banking or a Relationship Manager, contact your Relationship Manager for this request.
What to have ready
- Your 9-digit ANZ home loan account number, name, phone number and email
- The property address, and the title reference if you have it
- The full name of every borrower and every person on the title
- Your new lender, or your solicitor or conveyancer, if a settlement is already moving
- The date you want settlement to happen, if one is set
- Arrange every required signature early, especially if a co-borrower is overseas or you have separated.
- ANZ requires physical signatures; e-Sign is not available.
- List the representatives the bank needs to contact. If different legal firms handle your sale and purchase, check whether both need to be recorded.
If you are releasing a guarantor
If a parent guaranteed your loan, the property you want released may be theirs rather than yours. The request goes through the lender’s discharge or security-release process.
Ask the lender which discharge or security variation request covers the guarantee. Releasing a guarantor needs the bank’s approval; submitting the form does not make the release automatic.
ANZ asks the guarantor to submit a separate authority. It does not combine the borrower’s property and the guarantor’s security in the same request.
The bank will assess the remaining security and loan. A loan-to-value ratio of 80% means owing $80 for every $100 of property value. It can be a useful starting point, but it does not guarantee release. Our guide to removing a guarantor explains what to check.
The lender’s valuation of the property you keep as security matters. Different lenders can arrive at different values, so one valuation does not settle every option. A broker can help check the remaining loan and security before you apply to release the guarantee.
How long to allow
ANZ aims to process the request within 10 business days of receiving the completed authority and required documents. Requesting the blank form online does not start that period.
Missing details or signatures can hold it up. Valuations, reassessments and extra documents can also mean a longer wait.
Tell your conveyancer or incoming lender about the settlement deadline and ask ANZ to confirm it has everything it needs.
What it costs
Expect a discharge or settlement administration fee from ANZ, plus a state government fee to register the discharge on the title. If any part of your loan is on a fixed rate, break costs can apply as well, and those are calculated by the lender rather than set by a schedule.
Ask for all of it in writing before you lock a settlement date. Break costs in particular move with the market, so an earlier quote may differ from the final amount.
Line up the discharge with the new loan
A discharge usually runs alongside a sale or a new loan, and the timing needs to match. If the new loan is ready but the outgoing lender is not ready to release its mortgage, settlement can be held up. If the new loan is not ready, sending the discharge request does not solve that gap.
This is where we can help with a refinance or your next purchase: work through the new loan and its timing, while your lender and settlement representatives confirm the discharge arrangements. Keep making required repayments until the old lender confirms the loan is closed. How refinancing works, step by step shows where the discharge fits.
Who to call at ANZ
For home loan closure enquiries, ANZ lists 13 25 99, Monday to Friday, 8am to 7pm Sydney/Melbourne time.
After you submit the authority, ANZ says it will email a reference number the next business day. Keep that number for follow-up calls. The nominated representatives or contact on the form receive progress updates.
How we can help with your next loan
You authorise the discharge and follow your lender’s return instructions. We do not offer a standalone discharge lodgement service.
If you are refinancing or buying again, we can help with the new loan and its timing. There is generally no fee for our service on a standard residential home loan. We are usually paid by the lender if the loan settles, and we disclose that in writing.
Tell us your current lender, why you are moving and any settlement date. Call 1300 088 065 or book a free assessment so we can help line up the new loan.
Planning a refinance or another purchase?
Worth reading before you lodge it
Compare ANZ’s loan features and lending requirements before deciding whether to stay or switch.
When switching actually pays for itself once the fees, break costs and time are counted.
What the lender checks before releasing a guarantee, and how to prepare.
Looking for a different lender? The full list covers the rest.
General information only. It does not consider your circumstances and is not credit, legal or tax advice. Lender processes, fees and timeframes change without notice, so confirm the current requirements directly with ANZ before you act. Hunter Galloway, Credit Representative 476903 of Australian Credit Licence 389328.