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Checking that a signed document is genuine
How anyone, including a third party, can verify a document we produced.
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Anyone can check a document CecurSign produced at cecursign.io/verify, using the reference printed on its certificate of completion. No account, no sign in, and nothing to install. Scanning the QR code on the certificate opens the same page with the reference already filled in.
Running a check
- Open the certificate of completion and find the Public verification reference beside the QR code, or scan the code with a phone.
- Go to cecursign.io/verify and paste it into the Envelope ID box. Every character matters.
- Press Verify document.
An envelope is the bundle that was sent for signature: the documents, the people and the fields. The reference identifies one of them.
What comes back
A result banner reading Verified or Not fully verified, then the detail:
- Who sent it, with their logo where they have one, and the subject line.
- When it was created and completed, how many documents and recipients it had, and how many events are on the record.
- Three checks, under What was checked: Signing completed, Audit chain intact and Certificate recorded, each saying which way it went and why.
- Signers and recipients, with each person's role, status and the time they signed.
- Recorded timeline, giving the first and last recorded events and the number of events in the chain.
Email addresses are partly hidden on this page. It is a public page, so it shows enough to confirm that the person you expected is the person recorded, and no more.
What the check proves
It confirms the records CecurSign holds for that envelope: that the signing process reached completion, that the chain of recorded events recomputes from end to end without a break, and that the signers, roles and times shown are the ones recorded at the time. Anyone can run it, which is the point. A record only somebody inside the company can read is not much use to a counterparty.
What it is not
The page says so itself: verification confirms the records held by CecurSign, and it does not independently assess the document's contents or provide legal advice. Nobody reads the document, and no view is offered on whether what it says is true, complete or wise.
It is also worth being plain about what a CecurSign signature is. We produce a simple electronic signature, kept alongside an evidence record that is sealed against later change and independently timestamped against external authorities. We do not offer advanced or qualified signatures, and we do not embed a certificate inside the PDF, which is why a completed document opened in Acrobat shows no signature panel. The strength here is the record, and the verification page is how anyone reaches it.
The reference is not a secret
The reference identifies an envelope; it does not open one. Somebody holding it sees the summary above and nothing else: not the document, not its contents, not the full email addresses. That is why it is safe to print on a certificate, put in a QR code, quote in a letter or hand to a counterparty who wants to check for themselves.
If a check does not find it
The page says so and asks you to check the reference against the certificate. Almost always it is a character lost in a copy and paste, a line break in an email that split the reference in two, or a reference retyped by eye. Copy it straight from the certificate, or scan the QR code instead, and try again.
For a fuller record
The certificate of completion and the evidence pack hold more than this page shows, including every recorded event and the raw timestamp tokens. See The certificate of completion and The audit trail.