ADC Check API
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Searches an individual against the Australian Death Check (ADC), the official death register data. You get any matching records back, including the exact date of death where available (or a date range where it's not), the state the death was registered in, and the ADC reference number. Use this when your compliance posture wants verification against the official register rather than a proprietary dataset.
Example Request
POSTRequest Schema
first_name
First name. Has to match exactly.
middle_name
Optional. Middle names can match partially.
last_name
Last name. Has to match exactly.
birth_date
Date of birth in YYYY-MM-DD.
Available Response Data
8 Data PointsMatched first name including any middle names
Matched last name
Date of birth from the record
Date of death where available
Date of death range where only an approximate window is recorded
State of registration
ACT, NSW, NT, QLD, SA, TAS, VIC or WA
ADC reference number
name_match: either exact or partial
partial means the last name is the same but the first or middle names differ
API Data Scale & Coverage tag
Unmatched data depth to power your compliance and verification workflows.
Technical Use Cases tag
Register checks for high-risk decisions
Where the regulator or your auditor wants verification against the official Australian Death Check rather than a proprietary dataset. Common for life insurance payouts, super releases and large estate transfers.
Welfare and benefits fraud
Check recipients of pensions, allowances and beneficiary disbursements against the ADC to stop payments going to a stolen identity.
Enhanced due diligence step
An ADC check sits well as part of EDD on higher-risk products like remittance, gambling or correspondent banking.
Compliance & Security tag
Enterprise-grade infrastructure audited against the standards your regulators require.
Common Questions tag
Everything you need to know about implementation details and compliance infrastructure.
rocket_launch Implementation
How forgiving is the name match?
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How forgiving is the name match?
First and last names have to match exactly. Middle names can match partially. So for an ADC record stored as “John Henry Smith”, a search for “John Henry Smith”, “John Henry Peter Smith”, “John Peter Smith” or just “John Smith” will all return a match. The name_match field tells you whether it was exact or partial.
gavel Compliance
What's the difference between this and deceased_check?
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What's the difference between this and deceased_check?
deceased_check runs against the GlobalData proprietary service. This one runs against the official Australian Death Check register. A lot of high-risk workflows want both checks done.
help_center General
What if the exact date of death isn't known?
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What if the exact date of death isn't known?
Sometimes the ADC has a date range rather than an exact date. In that case date_of_death will be null and date_of_death_range will hold a free-text description, for example “Between 31/12/2018 and 2/2/2019”.
API Testing Sandbox tag
Test the ADC Check API directly in your browser with live mock data and see instant results.
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