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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.
notarized copy
Keep the scan beside the notarized original.
Notarized copy — Keep the scan beside the notarized original. Scan the complete document and notarial page, keeping the paper original and any certification separately.
Your photos and files stay on your device, so keep them.
EXAMPLE
Notarized document copy
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?
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.
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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.
Notarized document copy
Notarized document copy
01 · Keep the exact files
Scan the complete document and notarial page, keeping the paper original and any certification separately.
Records to keep: Notarized copy · Unsigned draft
Notarized document copy
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.
Notarized document copy
03 · Keep the evidence
Keep the exact scan with the notary’s own record. Check what copy or certification the receiving body requires.
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.
Chhattisgarh, India · 2022
Keep the copy the court requires
A party took a certified deed copy out of court, then sought to use a notarized copy instead. A prior order required the certified copy to be brought back. The court rejected the request to use the other copy.
Procedural evidence ruling on these facts, not a rule that all notarized copies fail. Judgment text read on Indian Kanoon.
Summarized on Oct 29, 2026
Read the source ›Andhra Pradesh, India · 2010
A copy still needs proof at trial
A buyer said the original sale agreement was lost and offered a copy checked by a notary. The court let the buyer offer that copy. Whether it was valid and the original was lost still needed proof at trial.
Interim permission only, not proof of the deal or a final win. CaseMine judgment mirror retained; no full text of this ruling was located on Indian Kanoon or the court site.
Summarized on Oct 29, 2026
Read the source ›Related cases
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.
Federal courts
Federal Rule of Evidence 902(14)
Data copied from a file is self-authenticating if authenticated by a process of digital identification (committee note names hash values), with a certification by a qualified person and notice. Helps show a copy matches a file; does not make the content true.
Source summary as of 2026-10-28. Check the current source and applicable local rules.
Read the sourceFederal courts
Federal Rule of Evidence 902(8)
A document with a lawful notary acknowledgment is self-authenticating. This concerns the notary's certificate on the signed original, not a later scan, and says nothing about timestamps.
Source summary as of 2026-10-28. Check the current source and applicable local rules.
Read the sourceNotary public copy certification
Gov. Code 8205 and Probate Code 4307 via NNA summary; AB 2004 (2025) custodian route for electronic records
Notaries may certify copies of powers of attorney and their own journal entries only; other copies need a custodian or issuing agency. A custodian's sworn certification before a notary is allowed for printouts of electronic records from 2025. Statute text not directly checked.
Source summary as of 2026-10-28. Check the current source and applicable local rules.
Read the sourceOther ways to do this
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Related workflows.
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 the document was actually notarized, that the notary or signer is genuine, that the copy matches the paper original, or that a court, bank or agency will accept it.
A time receipt is not notarization and cannot establish that a notary, signer or paper original is genuine.
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 a notarized copy the same as a certified copy?
No. A certified copy is normally issued by the agency holding the original. A notarized copy usually means a notary (or a custodian's sworn statement before a notary) vouching that a copy matches the original. Check which one the receiving office wants.
Source summary as of October 30, 2026. Check the current source and its scope.
Context for this answerCan a notary certify a copy of any document?
Not everywhere. Some states bar it or allow it only for certain documents (California allows powers of attorney). Where notaries cannot, a custodian can sign a sworn statement that the copy is true, which the notary witnesses.
Source summary as of October 30, 2026. Check the current source and its scope.
Context for this answerWhat does a notary stamp actually prove?
Mainly that the signer was identified and signed or swore before the notary. In one Delaware case a lawyer told a client the stamp confirms a signature, not that a document is authentic.
Source summary as of October 30, 2026. Check the current source and its scope.
Context for this answerDoes a time receipt make my scan a notarized copy?
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. Keep original source records, native entry history and separate process evidence; a time receipt does not continuously monitor the file.
Do I upload my power of attorney or will?
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.
Will a court or bank accept a time receipt?
Each decides for itself. US federal evidence rules recognize hash values as a way to show a copy matches a file, but you may still need a witness or certification.
Source summary as of October 30, 2026. Check the current source and its scope.
Context for this answerWhy date a notarized document at all?
Disputes often turn on when paperwork was really made. Courts have found backdated or after-the-fact documents not credible, and an independent date on your scan counters that question.
Source summary as of October 30, 2026. Check the current source and its scope.
Context for this answerWhich copy should I date, the scan or a photo of the paper?
Whichever file you will actually send or rely on. Any change, even re-saving, makes a different fingerprint, so date the final file.
The 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.