A forensic document examiner (also called questioned document examiner) determines the authenticity of a questioned document. A forensic document examiner can state that questioned documents were either written by or not written by the person who wrote the known writing.
A forensic document examiner will not determine that questioned documents are a forgery. Forgery implies another person wrote or signed a document using another person's name or writing with the intent to harm the other person. A document examiner does not determine state of mind nor intent of a writer.
Contracts
Wills (Printed and holographic)
Deeds
Affidavits
Employment agreements
Checks
Insurance claims
Social Security cards
Anonymous letters
Crime scene writing
Notarized writing
Photographs
Threatening letters
Graffiti
Altered documents
Handwritten notes
Computer generated pages
Medical records
Loan documents
Robo signed documents
A document is any material that contains marks, symbols or signs. A document may be on paper, a wall, a sidewalk, on a bottle or any other surface on which the marks were made. It may be created by hand or electronically with a printer,fax machine or other mechanical device. A document may also be created with a computer. This web page is a document.
