The Forensic expert kollegium provides services for conducting examination of document dating. This type of expert examination makes it possible to determine the age of creation of a handwritten or printed document, as well as its individual fragments, such as signatures, impressions of stamps and seals, etc. Examination of dating helps to identify possible falsification of the time of creation of a document, as well as to determine the method of its execution.
Objects of examination of dating include:
- documents made with a ballpoint pen;
- documents made with a gel pen;
- documents made with a roller pen;
- documents made using an inkjet printer;
- impressions of stamps and seals;
- signatures.
Features of methods for conducting examination of document dating:
1. Gas chromatography method
- destructive method with partial destruction of the document;
- examination of dating up to three years;
- it is necessary to provide only the document itself
2. Method of dye color change
- non-destructive method;
- examination of dating up to ten years;
- a large number of comparative samples is required
Typical questions addressed in the examination of document dating:
- What is the age of execution of the signature on behalf of X.X.XXX in document X?
- Does the time of execution of the signature on behalf of X.X.XXX correspond to its dating?
- What is the age of the seal impression XX in document X?
- Does the time of execution of the seal impression XX in document X correspond to its dating?
- Was thermal, chemical or light exposure applied to document X for the purpose of artificial aging?
- What is the sequence of execution of the text and requisites (signatures, seal XX) in document X?
You may contact the Forensic expert kollegium for consultation regarding examination of document dating at: Minsk, Zhukovskaga St., 11A, 4th floor
or by phone: +375 (17) 317 04 71; +375 (17) 317 04 72; +375 (17) 317 04 73; +375 (17) 317 04 74; +375 (17) 317 04 76; +375 (29) 109 60 11; +375 (44) 588 60 11.