Electronic Signatures for Document Management

Dockria supports drawn and typed electronic signatures, signature requests and external signing flows. Availability depends on permissions, assignments, configured signing rules and authentication; external requests and OTP require a configured delivery channel.

The documented cryptographic signing path uses self-issued seals. These can support document-integrity checks but do not establish independent certificate-authority trust, a signer's legal identity or guaranteed non-repudiation.

The Help Center Guide, Signature Evidence and Trust Levels (printed page 14), describes SIMPLE and ADVANCED evidence classifications. OTP-backed signing adds evidence such as authentication context and a document-version checksum. These are application classifications, not proof that a signature meets KICA or eIDAS legal requirements.

Dockria does not issue Qualified electronic signatures on its own. A reserved QUALIFIED schema value is not an operational qualified-provider service. The supplied October 2026 product assessment does not substantiate such a service; its core-source inspection was not independently repeated here and signing was not runtime-verified.

Evidence stamps record signing context, including the selected meaning (Approved, Reviewed, Authored, Acknowledged or Witnessed), authentication method, date and Verification ID. Cryptographic signatures additionally show the version checksum and public verification URL. Available verification records are supporting evidence, not a legal opinion or independent identity certification.

In Kenya, KICA section 83P addresses statutory signature requirements through an advanced electronic signature affixed as prescribed, subject to the Act's scope and applicable formalities. Evidence Act sections 78A and 106B address electronic evidence and its proof. A signature stamp does not guarantee admissibility, enforceability or a successful legal outcome.

Under EU eIDAS, Qualified signatures require a qualified certificate and qualified signature creation device; a self-issued seal or OTP alone does not establish that status. Assess the governing law, document type and signing process with legal advisers before relying on electronic signing for regulated or cross-border transactions.