Bates Numbering

Bates-stamp your exhibits without uploading them.

Exhibits headed for a deposition or a production need a clean, sequential Bates range so every page is citable, and they are sensitive by definition. KeptPDF stamps the whole set in your browser. The exhibits never leave your device. Review the numbering before you produce.

A document sealed inside a Faraday cage. Your files stay fully private, on your device. A document sealed inside a Faraday cage. Your files stay fully private, on your device.

Exhibits are evidence. The tool that stamps them should not see them.

Exhibits in a deposition or production are part of active litigation, and many are privileged or confidential. Uploading them to a web stamper hands evidence to a third party that is not a party to your engagement.

The difference in one sentence

Exhibits are evidence, often privileged, so they should not pass through a third-party server just to get Bates stamps.

KeptPDF stamps, numbers, and generates load files entirely in your browser. There is no upload step, so the exhibits stay on your machine, your client's, or wherever they live. You can verify it yourself in the network tab.

A stamping service

Numbering a production online means uploading privileged files, and a re-run can break the sequence.

KeptPDF

Stamp a clean, consistent Bates range on your own machine, with load files for the review platform.

A production is privileged by definition. Number it without uploading it.

What you can configure

The controls a real production needs. Set the series, skip what should not be numbered, and export the load files your review platform expects.

Prefix, start, padding, position

Set the prefix (like SMITH_), the starting number, how many digits to pad to, and where the stamp sits on each page.

A series per custodian

Give each custodian its own prefix and number series in one run, so a set of exhibits from different sources stays organized and consistent.

Skip pages that should not number

Mark exhibit covers, slip sheets, or dividers to skip. A skipped page gets a placeholder stamp instead of a Bates number.

Load files (Pro)

Free gives you the stamped PDF and a designation report. Pro adds CSV, DAT, and OPT load files, ready to import into Concordance, Relativity, or any standard review platform.

How to Bates number exhibits

Three steps, entirely on your device. The production never gets uploaded.

1

Open your exhibit set

Drop the file onto the page. It loads into your browser, and nothing is sent anywhere.

2

Configure the stamp

Set the prefix (like SMITH_), starting number, padding, and position. For a multi-custodian set, give each custodian its own prefix and series.

3

Download the stamped PDF

Save the stamped file with a designation report. Pro adds CSV, DAT, and OPT load files for Concordance or Relativity. Review the numbering before you produce.

Production-ready stamps. Nothing uploaded.

Per-custodian prefixes

Give each custodian its own prefix and number series in one run, so a cross-custodian production stays organized and consistent.

Padding, position, skip pages

Set the padding and where the stamp sits, and mark pages to skip for privilege slips, covers, or dividers. A skipped page gets a placeholder stamp instead of a number.

Load files (Pro)

Free gives you the stamped PDF and a designation report. Pro adds CSV, DAT, and OPT load files, ready to import into Concordance, Relativity, or any standard review platform.

Never uploaded

A Bates production is privileged or sensitive by definition. The exhibit set is stamped entirely in your browser, so no document is ever part of a network request or sits on anyone else's server.

More for the exhibit and production workflow

Add exhibit stickers and dividers, number a full production, or read the guide written for discovery.

Questions, answered.

What is Bates stamping?
It is stamping a sequential reference (usually a letter prefix and padded digits, like SMITH_000001) on every page, so each exhibit page is uniquely citable in a deposition, a motion, or a production.
Can each custodian's exhibits get their own prefix?
Yes. KeptPDF supports per-custodian prefixes, so exhibits from different sources get their own prefix and number series within one run.
What load files do I get?
Free includes a designation report with the stamped PDF. Pro ($29/month) adds CSV, DAT, and OPT load files, the formats Concordance and Relativity use to import a production.
Are the exhibits uploaded?
No. Stamping and load-file generation both happen in your browser, so the exhibits are never part of a network request. That is the point for evidence: our servers never receive your files.

Bates-stamp your exhibits, in your browser.

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