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Legal document carries its legal authority or influence with it. A legal contract imposes a financial burden to its stakeholders. A legal complaint initiating a judicial action. A deed of conveyance demonstrates evidence of ownership. However, if any paper can be readily reproduced, this can destroy the integrity of any justice system. Security watermark paper provides some defense against a forged document. A fundamental necessary feature to security at law firms, courts or government agencies.
True Watermarks Versus Printed Imitations
Real Watermarks Vs. Printed fakes many “watermarks” are actually just imprinted marks. There is no protection offered when the design of a printed document, printed insignia, printed emblem or logo is “watermarked”. These can actually be copied on ordinary paper using a variety of printing methods. A real watermark is produced during the manufacturing process of the paper when the pulp is placed on the mesh. By altering the density of the fiber materials in different areas of the paper the desired mark is incorporated.
Yiko provides true watermarks in security documents. Yiko produces custom watermarks in security document and letterhead papers that are created. Once embedded within the paper they are visible when held to a light. Yiko watermark will match a law firm’s logo, a government entity’s mark or a court’s official seal. The Yiko watermark can’t be copied. If Yiko watermark is missing, a copied or altered document will be detected as a fraud. A true watermark on a security document or legal letterhead or court document is foolproof, free from maintenance and absolutely secure for affidavits, legal contracts and official documents.
Defeating Digital Forgery Attempts
Today, fakes are created using complex scanners and high quality printer to reproduce copyright documents. The forger will take a true document, scan it on an image file, modify the content with an imaging software and print it on a blank paper. The specific printed security features (such as the red border lines) and the notarial seal are quickly and flawlessly reproduced. True watermarks do not fit in this process.
The criminal still scans Yiko security paper the "watermark" is not visible when the image file is output. The scanner just records a reflectance of the light and nothing in it allows the system to recognize variations in fiber density that create a genuine watermark, a copied document without the watermark would fail the light test miserably. Judges, clerks and other counsels can, almost instantly, ascertain if a legal record is false by simply holding it to a light. This most primitive of tests does not even need any training or special detectors to be available to all and would work flawlessly against digital forgeries.
Tamper Evidence for Altered Legal Papers
One of the techniques for legal document forgery is alteration of the original document. For example, an actual contract may be altered by removing the date, changing the description of a parcel of property, or removing a signature. Evidence of alteration is present.
Yiko uses security paper for printing legal document, and embeds tamper-evident seals, tags and other features that visibly alert document adulterating. There are chemicals embedded on security document paper which cling with any scraping or erasing attempts. If a holographic security transfer is glued on document, and then torn away with an ill intent, it leaves a distinctive pattern of either check board picture or VOID word that can't be repaired. Labels with security thread can be made to fall apart and the small parts stay on the surface or move somewhere else when relocated from their original position. These tamper evidence security measures, in combination with water mark, allow the authentication of authenticity for legal documents even after a long time.
Combining Watermarks with Legal-Grade Security Features
Watermark paper can add an extra layer of protection to any legal document when used with other counterfeit-debunking techniques. For legal documents, it is common to have multiple dissimilar layers of protection to satisfy evidentiary burden.
Yiko etch watermarks into UV fluorescent fiber along with securely threads within our legal document papers. An order form could have holographic transfer foils as a security feature, along with security thread labels. For high value legal documents we actually incorporate laser microtext, optically variable inks and RFID chips for digital validation. We are capable of producing over 200,000 security documents daily and over 80 million per year. From court papers to land deeds your legal documents will be protected.
Summary
Watermark security paper is already a requirement for legal documents, and hundreds of other industries which rely on their legal paperwork as verification of valid content. True watermarks integrated into legal papers are the only permanent proof of authenticity which cannot be duplicated on a computer or copying machine. Watermarks on legal documents also ensure the documented information cannot be counterfeited, and provide immediate verification that the election copy of legal papers has not been computer replicated. In addition to watermark protection, a variety of tamper evidence security features can be deployed to visually demonstrate when a legal paper has been altered of modified in any way, ensuring there is no lag in truth and meaning with legal paperwork. When combined, and using security integrated watermark paper with UV visible ink and security micro-text, the best protection against forgeries for legal papers and documents can be achieved. Yiko has actually designed secured document paper specifically to meet demands of the legal industry, from court filings and affidavits, to deeds and all documents needing highest levels of security protection against counterfeiting. Our security solutions are even more cost-effective for law offices, agencies or government organizations too, now actually making the protection of legal papers more affordable than ever needed.
