Hi. It is possible that owners of an envelope can use platform functionality to amend a document in the period between the first signatory signing a document and the final signatory / document being completed, which is not readily evident from the face of the document, and didn’t used to be recorded on the certificate of completion. It was something discovered where I work and we spoke to DocuSign about it who worked with us to address this. You can now download a copy of the envelope after you have signed so if someone modified the document after you, you will have the before and after copies. There is also an enhancement made to the completion certificate where if any changes have been made it will be evident, although this is only a line alerting you to the fact that a change has taken place, not what the change was. DocuSign told us that it was not possible for them to make architectural changes to the point where the CoC gives narrative about what was changed. 

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