Managing Affidavits
Automated Affidavit: Incomplete status/manually uploading e-edition
Column will automatically scan an e-edition to verify a notice was published via OCR (Optical Character Recognition). Our system is looking for a 95 p...
Automated Affidavit: Incomplete status/verifying notices
Once all the publication dates have passed, the affidavit status will be 'incomplete' until the affidavit is uploaded. For newspapers in the AA progra...
Automated Affidavits Explained (Publishers)
Column’s automated affidavit service handles your entire process from start to finish. If you're not yet using the service and want to get started, vi...
How do I use the bulk affidavits feature to expedite my affidavit workflow?
Using the Notice Details page, you can create, upload, and view affidavits individually within a particular notice (see here for more details). Howe...
How do I create an affidavit through Column?
To create affidavits with Column, you must first create a default affidavit template for your publication. Go to Settings > My Organization > Affida...
How do mail affidavits work?
Customers or publishers can request a mailed affidavit during the notice placement flow by entering multiple addresses and requesting as many copies a...
How do affidavits work with Column?
Column is an affidavit management system for publishers and advertisers. It requires publishers to upload a digital affidavit for each notice processe...
How do I upload our own affidavit?
Column can generate affidavits automatically based on the affidavit template created when the newspaper was set up in Column, or you can continue to u...
Why does Column need my e-edition? [Automated Affidavit Program]
We use your paper’s e-edition to confirm that a notice ran in print. This confirmation step is a critical part of a compliant affidavit process. After...
My advertiser prefers mailed affidavits. Do I still need to submit the affidavit through Column?
Yes. A digital copy must be uploaded even if a mailed copy has been requested. Column recognizes that many clients prefer mailed affidavits and has de...
What if an affidavit needs to be sent to the courthouse?
In certain states, advertisers are prompted to specify if they'd like an affidavit sent to the courthouse. Note: Sending affidavits to the courthouse...