Audit Trails Overview

The short answer: Every completed transaction on Proof generates two audit trails — one tied to the transaction, and one sealed directly to the document. Both are available to anyone with access to the document.

Here's a quick breakdown of which one to use:

• Transaction-Level Audit Trail: A summary of key events across the transaction (signatures, ID checks, seal placement, etc.)
• Document-Level Audit Trail: A detailed, tamper-sealed record attached directly to the document, viewable in Adobe Acrobat.

Transaction-Level Audit Trail

The transaction-level audit trail gives you a high-level snapshot of what happened during the signing session, such as:

• Signer names
• Signer email addresses¹
• Signer's signature and physical location (city and state) at the time of the notarization²
• Document created
• Knowledge-based authentication results
• ID verified
• Signature acceptance
• Initials acceptance
• Signature application
• Initials application
• Seal application
• Digital certificate applied

Read Transaction-level audit trail for organizations for instructions on how to download this audit trail.

Footnotes

¹ For transactions completed after July 2023

² For transactions completed after November 2024

Document-Level Audit Trail

The document-level audit trail is more detailed and is attached to individual documents, tamper-sealed with the final notarization for every document signed on the platform.

The document-level audit trail:

• Includes everything in the transaction-level audit (ID verification, seal placement, etc.).
• Records whatever happens to the document, including when you place, move, or delete fields.
• Is only available in Adobe Reader or Acrobat.

Open the document in Adobe Acrobat and expand the attachments section to view the audit trail.

Read Document-level audit trail for step-by-step instructions on how to access it.

Summary Checklist

• Both audit trails are available to everyone with document access.
• Use the transaction-level trail for a quick summary of the signing session.
• Use the document-level trail for a complete, tamper-sealed record — open it in Adobe Acrobat.
• If multiple transactions exist, the transaction-level trail only reflects the most recent one.

Updated May 01, 2026 13:09