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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.
Small business
Keep the exact formation document as submitted, together with the state’s filing receipt.
Keep the exact formation document as submitted, together with the state’s filing receipt. Keep your original source records together, then date the exact files. It does not prove who created the file, that its contents are true, or that it was sent, approved or accepted.
Your photos and files stay on your device, so keep them.
EXAMPLE
Business formation filing as submitted
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.
Business formation filing as submitted
Business formation filing as submitted
01 · Keep the exact files
Keep the original files for business formation filing as submitted. Include any existing photos, signed records and source-system exports.
Records to keep: The signed state formation or statement form as submitted
Business formation filing as submitted
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.
Business formation filing as submitted
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.
Michigan, United States · 2010
Check filing status before signing a replacement contract
A contractor signed deals around the time an LLC was being formed. The appeal court reopened questions about its status and a witness kept out of the case. It did not award final payment for harm.
Summarized on Oct 29, 2026
Read the source ›Minnesota, United States — historical Chapter 322B · 2007
An unformed company may not receive a deed
A property deed named an LLC whose formation papers had not been filed. The court kept the ruling that the deed, mortgage and foreclosure failed under the rules then in force. The original owner kept title.
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.
Department of State LLC filing guidance
Official filing receipt
State identifies its own receipt as proof of filing and describes its date and contents. A local fingerprint is not that receipt or a state filing.
Source summary as of 2026-10-29. Check the current source and applicable local rules.
Read the sourceDepartment of State document-copy service
Plain and certified copies
Official copies require a request identifying entity and documents and whether certification is wanted; private dating does not certify a state copy.
Source summary as of 2026-10-29. 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 created the file, that its contents are true, or that it was sent, approved or accepted.
It does not prove who created the file, that its contents are true, or that it was sent, approved or accepted.
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.
Does dating a form create an LLC?
No. New York describes formation by filing with the Department of State.
Source summary as of October 30, 2026. Check the current source and its scope.
Context for this answerWhich receipt shows a New York filing?
The Department identifies its official filing receipt as proof of filing, including the filing date.
Source summary as of October 30, 2026. Check the current source and its scope.
Context for this answerIs my saved PDF a certified copy?
No. New York separately provides plain and certified copies through its request process.
Source summary as of October 30, 2026. Check the current source and its scope.
Context for this answerCan an internal operating agreement be the filed document?
New York says its LLC operating agreement is internal and is not filed with the Department.
Source summary as of October 30, 2026. Check the current source and its scope.
Context for this answerCan a provider retrieve an official copy?
DCS offers certified-copy retrieval; its displayed fee also requires state fees.
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.