To carry out the examination of the document, it is necessary to perform certain preparatory measures related to the search for a suitable expert organization. Further actions of the person interested in the examination depend on the type of examination required.
Conducting a qualified examination of a document is a difficult task, for the resolution of which you will need to contact a specialized expert organization. There are forensic and extrajudicial examination of documents, and the actions of the interested person in the preparation and conduct of this procedure depend on the specific type.
In any case, at the initial stage, you will need to find a suitable expert organization, whose specialists provide services for the technical examination of documents. From this organization, you should request written documents on the estimated cost of the examination, the candidacy of the expert, confirmation of his qualifications.
How to order an examination?
After the completion of the preparatory stage, you should place an order for the examination of the document. If the examination is judicial, then the candidacy of the expert organization and a specific specialist must be approved by the court, reflected in its determination or in the decision of the investigator.
This judicial act, as well as the original of the document under investigation, is sent to the expert organization. If the examination is extrajudicial, then a lawyer's request (for criminal proceedings) or a statement from a citizen, as well as a concluded contract for the provision of services and the original of the document being examined, will be required. At the same time, in all cases, the submitted documents contain questions that the expert must answer after receiving the results of the ordered research.
What happens after receiving the results of the examination?
After the completion of the examination, the specialist sends the documents to the judicial authorities (in the case of a forensic examination) or transfers to the customer (in the case of an out-of-court examination). For the court, the expert opinion becomes one of the evidence, taking into account which the final decision on the case will be made.
A lawyer or other customer of an out-of-court examination can use the received document to initiate a case in judicial or investigative bodies. In some cases, the expert cannot answer the questions posed or the interested parties have reasonable doubts, additional questions on the conclusion. In this case, this expert can be summoned for interrogation, and there is also the possibility of re-ordering a commission or a comprehensive examination in another expert organization.
