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In legal and regulatory contexts, being able to show exactly what was agreed, who agreed to it, and when, is often as important as the document itself. A complete audit trail is the difference between resolving a dispute quickly and being unable to prove your position. Scrib🐮's M5 Dashboard gives you the tools to manage this without legal expertise.
Document history failures in legal contexts are expensive:
Cloud-based document storage (Google Drive, Dropbox) provides version history but not the structured audit trail that legal document management requires: who prepared each version, what changed between versions, who reviewed and approved, when each status transition occurred, and what external submissions were made.
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What is recorded:
Audit trail features:
For company formation documents, the audit trail also records the government confirmation received (registration number, date of registration) and links to any subsequent amendment filings.
| Feature | What It Does |
|---|---|
| Immutable Event Log | Every action recorded; nothing can be deleted |
| Version Comparison | Side-by-side diff between any two versions |
| Due Diligence Package | One-click export of document + history + audit trail |
| Submission Records | Filing dates, methods, and government reference numbers |
| Searchable Trail | Filter by date, team member, or event type |
| Approach | Risk | Time Cost |
|---|---|---|
| Spreadsheet calendar | Version drift; owner leaves = calendar gone | High — manual maintenance |
| Accountant reminders | Gaps between review cycles; not real-time | Medium — dependent on third party |
| Calendar app entries | Created at signing; no document linkage | Low to medium — but incomplete |
| Scrib🐮 M5 Dashboard | Deadlines auto-populate; audit trail is automatic | Low — system does the tracking |
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Q: How long is the audit trail retained?
Audit trail records are retained for the lifetime of your Scrib🐮 account plus 7 years after account closure. For legal document purposes, this covers the typical limitation period in the jurisdictions Scrib🐮 serves.
Q: Can we provide the audit trail to a court or regulator?
Yes. The PDF export of the audit trail is formatted as a structured evidence document with page numbers, timestamps, and a cover page identifying the document, the account, and the export date. This format is accepted in most civil proceedings as business records evidence.
Q: Is the audit trail accessible to all team members?
The audit trail is visible to Owners and Editors. Reviewers and Viewers can see the version history of documents they have access to, but cannot see account-wide audit trail exports.
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