“Determining the Age of Documents: What Forensic Examination Can and Cannot Establish” — Sergey Ovechkin and Olga Podoprigorina for Pravo-300
6 августа 2026 г.
The legal portal Pravo-300 has published an article by Sergey Ovechkin, Head of ANO NEB’s Forensic Document and Handwriting Examination Department, and Olga Podoprigorina, Senior Forensic Chemist and Head of ANO NEB’s Laboratory.
Forensic examination of a document’s age can help determine whether entries, signatures, stamp impressions, and other elements were made at the time indicated by the date on the document.
In the article, the experts explain which elements can be examined, why the original document is needed, whether it is possible to determine when an entry was made with a gel pen, and what alterations or external influences an examination may reveal.
The full article is available viathe link.