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title: Audit Certificates and Completed Documents
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  Understand the completed document and signing certificate artifacts generated
  by Clear Ideas.
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ogDescription: >-
  Learn how Clear Ideas generates completed documents and authoritative signing
  certificates from server-side evidence.
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# Audit Certificates and Completed Documents

When a request completes, Clear Ideas generates:

- a completed signed document
- a signing certificate

If a request is declined, Clear Ideas records decline evidence and generates a decline certificate for that outcome.

## What the Certificate Contains

The certificate is generated from server-side signing evidence and can include:

- request details
- participant details
- signer verification events
- consent records
- field completion details
- document integrity information
- completion timestamps

## Source of Truth

The signing certificate is intended to be authoritative. It is generated from server-side evidence rather than from editable user-provided content.

## Access

Completed artifacts are attached to the signing request and can be opened from the signing area or the related file, depending on user access.