Last updated: 13 November 2026

Free tool: runs in your browser

Citation verification log builderfor every authority in a filing

TimeBinder adds a layer of protection against AI and human fraud and disputes. Add each authority, say where it came from and what you found when you checked. You get counts, warnings and a file note.

Everything you type stays on this page. This page cannot look anything up, and it records only what you tell it you checked. It does not give any court’s required wording and is not legal advice. Follow your court’s rules and your professional obligations.

Log your authorities

Add each citation, say where it came from, where you checked it and what you found. Use the made-up example to see how it works. Nothing you type is sent to TimeBinder.

Everything you type stays on this page. Nothing is sent anywhere or tied to your name.

Log where each citation came from, where you checked it, and what you found

Add each authority, say where it came from and what you found when you checked. You get counts, warnings for anything unchecked or from an AI tool, and a file note and spreadsheet file. It cannot look anything up.

How do I show that each citation in a filing was checked? The short answer

Keep a log with one line per authority: the citation as written, whether it is a case, statute, quotation or secondary source, where it came from (an AI tool, the other side, your own research, a colleague), where you checked it (a court or official site, a research database, a docket), who checked it, when, and what you found. A found case that does not support the point, or a quotation that differs from the source, is a problem even though the case exists. Anything not found comes out.

Treat anything that came from an AI tool as unconfirmed until it is found and read in a reliable source, because such tools can produce citations that look real and are not. A TimeBind of the final filed document and of the log can show those exact files existed no later than a recorded time and still match. It does not show the law is correctly stated.

Why this came up in November 2026

Lawyers are being asked to show how they check citations. Counts below were read on 13 November 2026 (Australia/Brisbane) unless the text says another date. Life News Today’s “When AI Gets the Law Wrong”, uploaded on 5 November 2026, showed 10,556 views. Openroom’s “What to Do If the Other Side Submits Fake Evidence (AI Hallucinations)”, uploaded on 2 November 2026, showed 454 views. Demand for this exact tool is modest, and the topic is already covered by a checklist on this site. This page does not check the claims in either video.

A log is different from a checklist: it records what was found for each authority, by whom and when, so the file can answer the question later.

Sources: Life News Today and Openroom, both on YouTube. For the filing steps, see the AI citation filing checklist.

What this tool does and does not do

The honest job of this page is to keep a dated record of checks. See also the glossary entries for existed no later than and SHA-256.

Limits of the Citation verification log builder
Part	What it does	What it does not do
Your log	Records each authority with its kind, source, where it was checked, who, when and the result.	Look up or confirm any authority.
Warnings	Flags unchecked authorities, results with no source, no checker or no date, and anything from an AI tool that is not yet confirmed.	Say whether a filing is compliant.
File note	Writes a plain note of what was recorded, marked as not a certification.	Give any court’s required wording.
A TimeBind of a file you already hold	Records that an exact file existed no later than a recorded time and still matches, using a SHA-256 fingerprint made in your browser. The file stays on your device.	Show the law is correctly stated, or who wrote a document.

If you may need to show the log later

When the filing is final:

Save the final filed document and the log together.
Make a TimeBind of each exact file you already hold. The fingerprint is made in your browser and the file stays on your device. You can later download a Proof of Time Certificate.
Keep them with the certificates and the date of filing.

A TimeBind shows the exact files existed no later than the recorded time and still match. It does not show the law is correctly stated.

Make a TimeBind: first one free →

First Pooled TimeBind free, no card, then from US$5. An ASAP TimeBind is US$15.

What a TimeBind shows, and what it does not. It shows that an exact file existed no later than a recorded time and that a copy shown later still matches its fingerprint. It does not show who made the file, who owns it, that its contents are true, or whether AI was used to make or edit it. This is general information, not legal advice.

If the citations you cannot match are in the other side’s filing, the free Opposing filing suspect citation record keeps a neutral record of where you looked and what you found. It cannot check a case and does not say why a citation is wrong.

Citation verification log builder: FAQ

Does this tool check whether a case is real?

No. It cannot look anything up. It records what you tell it you checked.

Does the file note satisfy a court’s certification rule?

No. It is a plain note and says so. Courts differ, so use the wording your court requires.

Why treat AI tool output as unconfirmed?

AI tools can produce citations that look real and are not. The tool flags any AI-sourced authority that is not yet found and supporting.

Is anything sent to TimeBinder?

No. The log stays on the page until you copy or save it. Do not enter client confidences you do not want on your own screen.

Can a TimeBind date my old files?

No. A TimeBind records the time you make it. For an old file it shows the exact file existed no later than that time, not before it.

Is anything I type or tick sent to TimeBinder?

No. This page runs in your browser. What you type stays on the page.

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Your file’s fingerprint, anchored to a global network secured by real electricity and cryptography.

Editing a file—including with AI—changes its fingerprint, not its existing network record.

How this works

Your file’s SHA-256 fingerprint, a short code worked out from its exact contents, is made in your browser, and the file itself stays on your device. A cryptographic commitment to that fingerprint, which may be combined with others, is then anchored in a block on the Bitcoin blockchain. Bitcoin is secured by proof of work: computers around the world spend real electricity to add each block, and changing an earlier block would mean redoing that work faster than the rest of the network. Until that block is confirmed, your proof is pending. Once the Bitcoin anchoring is confirmed, you can verify the proof against that recorded commitment. The confirmed record can then be checked; Pooled TimeBinds are checked through TimeBinder, while ASAP TimeBinds can also be checked independently. If you check the file later and its fingerprint still matches, that shows the file existed no later than the recorded time. The record doesn’t show who made the file, whether AI was used, or that its contents are true.

Your filestays on your device
FingerprintSHA-256
Network timestampon Bitcoin

Date the exact files you already hold

Add a layer of protection against AI and human fraud and disputes: a dated, checkable record of the filed document and your log.

Open the app and sign in with email or Google.
Add your files. They stay on your computer.
Seal them and download your Proof of Time certificates.

Open TimeBinder →

First Pooled TimeBind free, no card, then from US$5. See pricing.