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How?
Add the exact original files for this part of the record. Keep them unchanged; a different export or edit has a different fingerprint.
Add link and screenshots
The link is recorded, not fetched or verified.
Government
FOIA request record with the sent copy and agency acknowledgment
FOIA request record with the sent copy and agency acknowledgment. Keep your original source records together, then date the exact files. It does not prove who made or signed the file, where events happened, whether its contents are true, or who wins a dispute.
Your photos and files stay on your device, so keep them.
EXAMPLE
Records request sent
1 Nov 2026
Authority time: 14:02 UTC · example
Bitcoin block time: 14:10 UTC · example
Last checked: 15:02 UTC · example
Bitcoin block time: 14:10 UTC · example
Last checked: 15:02 UTC · example
✓ Dated◆ Permanent
Now keep it safe: three things
- Keep your photos and files unedited. The receipt only matches the originals. Put them in an album such as “My records”.
- Save this receipt to your camera roll.
Keep the receipt file too. The image is a handy copy; checking needs the file.
- Email it to yourself.Email it to myself
Your mail app opens a draft. Attach your receipt image and receipt file. Don’t attach your photos or documents. Timevolt does not send it or know whether it was sent.
Your record, one step at a time.
Your photos and files stay on your device, so keep them.
Local preview: files are fingerprinted here. Notes and progress stay in this browser. Keep downloaded copies; browser storage is not a backup.
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How?
Record the date, time, place and who you spoke to. New notes are saved separately rather than editing an old note.
How to keep notes that hold upWrite it down
By making a receipt you agree to the Terms and Privacy Policy. The Bitcoin record is permanent.
By making a receipt you agree to the Terms and Privacy Policy. The Bitcoin record is permanent.
How to keep notes that hold up
Write notes as soon as you can. Keep the original account rather than replacing it later; the venue decides what weight it gets.
- Write it down straight away, on paper or in the box on a step.
- Put the date, time and place at the top, and who you spoke to.
- Use their words where you can; separate what you saw from what you were told.
- Sign or initial a paper note, photograph it and add the photo.
- Never edit an old note. Add a new dated entry when something changes. A device save time is not independent time evidence or proof of event order.
Records request sent
Records request sent
01 · Keep the exact files
Keep the original files for records request sent. Include any existing photos, signed records and source-system exports.
Records to keep: Request
Records request sent
02 · Date the file’s code
Your device fingerprints the selected file or manifest. Dated follows an independent timestamp; Permanent follows Bitcoin anchoring.
An independent time, tied to the exact bytes.
Records request sent
03 · Keep the evidence
Keep the original files and complete receipt separately, alongside any existing venue, signature and workflow records.
Keep the originals too. A changed or compressed copy has a different fingerprint.
Try a file. It stays here.
Make a test receipt on this device.
By making a receipt you agree to the Terms and Privacy Policy. The Bitcoin record is permanent.
or drop a file here
Real cases: why the saved copy matters.
Real cases where dated records mattered. We don’t claim a time receipt would have changed the result.
US federal District of Columbia · 2024
A request copy may not prove agency receipt
A person kept copies of record requests and swore they had been sent. The agencies said they had not received them. The court ruled for the agencies because the copies and accounts did not show a real dispute about receipt.
Summarized on Oct 29, 2026
Read the source ›US federal District of Columbia · 2017
Send again if agency receipt is not proved
A person swore that record requests had been posted, but the agency gave detailed proof of no receipt. The court ruled for the agency and required a new request. Learning of it through the case did not replace proper submission.
Summarized on Oct 29, 2026
Read the source ›What courts, schemes and regulators say.
Positions below refer to the cited rule or record type, not endorsement of Timevolt. This service is not represented as an eIDAS qualified timestamp provider. A non-qualified timestamp does not receive the qualified timestamp presumption.
US federal FOIA offices
FOIA gov request instructions
Written requests must reasonably describe existing records and follow the agency route; a receipt for a local file does not submit it.
Source summary as of 2026-10-28. Check the current source and applicable local rules.
Read the sourceDOJ Office of Information Policy
DOJ request and appeal guidance
Correct component procedures, response and appeal records matter; ordinary administrative steps are not replaced by time receipts.
Source summary as of 2026-10-28. Check the current source and applicable local rules.
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Proves / Doesn’t prove
Proves
A completed time receipt shows that the exact selected file existed by the independently witnessed time. You can check whether a later copy has the same bytes. It does not establish creation time, authorship, identity, event order, location or the truth of the contents.
Doesn’t prove
It does not prove who made or signed the file, where events happened, whether its contents are true, or who wins a dispute.
It does not prove who made or signed the file, where events happened, whether its contents are true, or who wins a dispute.
These are the bounds of a completed proof. The local tester does not establish any time. The chosen court, scheme or regulator decides what to accept.
Questions, answered plainly.
Your file stays on your device. During normal receipt creation, your device sends a randomized code made from its fingerprint, plus encrypted recovery data. It doesn't send the plain fingerprint or the random value that opens the code. Keep the original file and the complete receipt for checking. Privacy Policy.
Is there one compulsory federal FOIA form?
FOIA gov says no universal form is required; check the chosen agency instructions.
Source summary as of October 30, 2026. Check the current source and its scope.
Context for this answerCan I ask for answers rather than records?
FOIA generally concerns existing agency records; it does not require new research or answering questions.
Source summary as of October 30, 2026. Check the current source and its scope.
Context for this answerHow do I track a request?
Use the processing bureau's portal or requester service center and retain its reference number.
Source summary as of October 30, 2026. Check the current source and its scope.
Context for this answerDoes a copy show the agency received it?
No. The opened court opinion distinguishes retained request copies from proof of actual receipt.
Source summary as of October 30, 2026. Check the current source and its scope.
Context for this answerShould I keep later correspondence too?
Keep the request, agency messages and any appeal record together so the handling can be followed.
Source summary as of October 30, 2026. Check the current source and its scope.
Context for this answerThe file tester runs on your device. It does not issue a timestamp or take a payment.
Keep the records you already have.
Keep your original files and any existing official records while the receipt service is being prepared.