A scan is a claim.
We make it a record.
Notary Scanner attaches a signed, tamper-evident history to every page you scan — where it came from, who touched it, and whether it has changed since. Built on the open C2PA standard, so the record holds up outside our own walls.
Paper trusted itself. Files don't.
A notarized paper original carries its own evidence — a raised seal, an ink signature, a bound page. Once it becomes a file, that evidence has to be rebuilt some other way.
The copy forgets its source
A PDF looks identical whether it came off a notary's scanner or out of an image editor. Nothing in the file itself says which.
Edits leave no trace
Re-scanning, cropping, or re-saving a document can quietly erase or alter a page with no visible sign it ever happened.
Trust doesn't travel
A recipient three inboxes away has no way to check a document's history — they can only trust whoever forwarded it to them.
From glass to sealed record
Four steps happen at the moment of capture — not after the fact, when it's too late to matter.
Scan the original
The document is scanned on hardware that fingerprints the capture session — device, sensor, timestamp — as it happens.
Fingerprint the page
Each page is reduced to a cryptographic hash. Change one pixel later and the hash no longer matches — there's nowhere to hide an edit.
Bind a C2PA record
A signed manifest is bound to the file: who captured it, when, with what device, and any tool that has touched it since.
Apply the notarial seal
A notary's credential is attached to the chain, so the document carries both a technical and a legal record of authenticity.
Built on C2PA, not a private format
C2PA — the Coalition for Content Provenance and Authenticity — is the open standard that Notary Scanner uses to record a file's history. It specifies a signed manifest, cryptographically bound to a file, that records where it came from, what tools touched it, and every edit made along the way.
Each conforming edit adds a new manifest that references the one before it, so the whole history chains together instead of any single step standing alone. Checking a document means recomputing its hash, comparing it against the manifest, and validating the certificate that signed it.
We chose an open standard on purpose. A notarized record that only our own software can read isn't much of a record — because Content Credentials are standards-based, they hold up across platforms, not just inside Notary Scanner.
The specification is maintained by a coalition of major technology and media companies, with a formal conformance program that vendors can join to certify their tools — which is part of why it travels well.
Provenance is bigger than one file
C2PA proves a single document's history. Provenance is what happens when you need to prove a whole chain of them — over years, across parties who've never met.
What the manifest carries
Every capture, edit, and signature stays attached to the file itself — readable by any C2PA-conforming tool, not just ours.
- Capture device and timestamp
- Every tool that has opened or modified the file
- The notary's signing credential
- A hash chain linking each version to the last
What long-term custody adds
Documents that outlive a single hard drive — deeds, estate records, corporate filings — need a record that survives storage migrations, re-scans, and format changes too. Rather than relying on any one party's servers to keep that history intact, a document's provenance record can be anchored to an independent, tamper-evident ledger that any party can check without asking our permission first.
- Ownership and custody history outlives any one vendor
- A reissued or re-scanned copy still traces to its original
- Verification doesn't depend on trusting the sender
Where a provable original matters
Anywhere a copy needs to stand in for the original — and be trusted the same way.
Contracts & affidavits
Signed agreements that need to prove they weren't altered after execution, without relying on whoever's holding the only copy.
Deeds & closing documents
Title chains that pass through multiple hands over decades, where a broken link in provenance can stall a sale entirely.
Certified copies
Vital records and permits where "certified" needs to mean something a recipient can actually check, not just a stamp in the corner.
Board & compliance records
Resolutions and filings that regulators or auditors may need to trust years after the meeting that produced them.
Loan & escrow paperwork
Documents that move between lenders, title companies, and notaries — each hand-off a place trust could quietly break.
Chain-of-custody records
Scanned exhibits and case files where the history of who touched a document matters as much as its content.
Give your scans a record worth trusting.
Whether you're a notary office, a title company, or a records department, we'll show you what a sealed, C2PA-backed document looks like on your own paperwork.