---
id: KB-CO-015
url: https://app.codecontract.io/help/consigne/your-first-signature-request
idioma: en
categoria: consigne
subcategoria: empezar
audiencia: usuario
nivel: basico
actualizado: 2026-08-13
tambienEn: [es]
relacionados: [KB-CO-011, KB-CO-013, KB-PS-007]
citadoPor: [KB-CS-011, KB-CS-014, KB-CO-019]
enLaApp: https://app.codecontract.io/consigne
---

# Your first signature request

_From a PDF on your computer to a signed document, the first time._

**Responde a:** how do i send a document for signature · send a contract for electronic signature · first time using consigne · how signing a pdf works

Take a real document you have to sign anyway. The five minutes this first time are the same five you were about to spend printing it, and from here on nothing gets printed.

## The five steps

1. **Upload the document** — The PDF as it is. No special preparation needed.
2. **Say who signs** — Name and email. If there are several, decide whether they sign at once or in order — at once is faster and usually right.
3. **Place each signature** — One field per person. Two signatures in one spot collide.
4. **Choose how identity is checked** — Email is enough internally; a phone code for a third party.
5. **Send** — They get a link. No account, nothing to install, and it works on a phone.

## Five minutes before hitting send

- Read the document through once. Wrong amounts show up here and not later.
- Check there are as many signature fields as signers.
- Look at the preview exactly as the recipient will see it.

> [!IMPORTANT]
> If you are sending the same document to more than twenty people, send it to yourself first. A misplaced field across two hundred sends is two hundred awkward conversations, and they cannot be pulled back out of anyone's inbox.

## What happens next

You will see whether it arrived, whether it was opened and when they signed. When it finishes, everyone receives a copy with the evidence inside: when it was opened, how identity was checked, and the exact moment of signing. That is what makes it hold.

> [!NOTE]
> The date is set by the system, never by hand. A date written by the signer does not prove when they signed, which is precisely what has to be provable.

**Is it legally valid?**

Yes, and with more evidence behind it than a hand-signed sheet, where nobody records the time.

**Does it cost the signer anything?**

No, never.

**What if I get it wrong?**

As long as nobody has signed, void it and send the corrected version.

## Ejemplos

**A company prints, signs and scans every tenancy agreement.**

- Sends the next one through Consigne
- The tenant signs from their phone that afternoon

→ The agreement is signed the same day and with a certified time, which the paper never had.

**The perfect document is prepared before testing.**

- Sends any PDF to a colleague

→ The whole circuit is seen in ten minutes.

**Nobody knows what the signer receives.**

- Adds themselves as a signer

→ You know the other side before using it with anyone.

**It is tested with a real, confidential document.**

- Uses a test document

→ Learning compromises nothing.

**It is signed and nobody knows where the result goes.**

- Checks where the signed document is stored

→ You know where to look next time.

**The first time is slow and discouraging.**

- Saves the setup that worked

→ The second send takes a minute.