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title: Attest Participant
description: Use attestation instead of signatures for approvals. All attestations are recorded in the document's audit trail.
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September 9, 2025

# Attest Participant

## Set a recipient to attest a document instead of signing it

You can set a recipient to attest a document instead of signing it. This is perfect for when you just need approval, but not necessarily a signature. The attest will be recorded into the documents verification certificate inside of the audit trail.

1\. Create a new document

2\. Click on the icon below to switch to "Attest"

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When combining the attest add-on with the recipient order add-on, you can set a recipient to attest a document before another recipient sign it. 

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