1. Build it
Pick your court. Deadlines, required wording and the certification adjust to its rules (New Jersey Superior Court, federal court, or your own court's numbers).
AEDDAAuthenticating and Expedited Document Delivery AppHow AEDDA works
AEDDA gets records from a bank, employer, hospital or any other non-party, faster. It builds a records subpoena that follows your court's rules, sends the record-keeper a secure link, and returns the records with an e-signed custodian certification that authenticates them, with a timestamped audit trail for every step.
2. Issue and notify
Get it issued as your court requires and serve the other parties. The notice and certificate of service are made for you.
3. Secure link
For $4.99, the record-keeper gets a private link: no account, nothing to install.
4. Records + signature
They upload the records and e-sign the custodian certification. Each file gets a SHA-256 fingerprint.
5. Both sides approve
You review and approve. Download the authentication packet for your trial binder.
New to records subpoenas? Read the step-by-step New Jersey guide.
What it costs
Free to join. $4.99 per request, paid when you send the secure link. No subscription.
Referred by a law school clinic, legal aid office or court? If they gave you a pilot code, choose “I have a pilot or partner code” at the send step: the request is sponsored at no charge. Organizations can learn about pilot programs.
Who can use it
Self-represented people and anyone helping them. In New Jersey, a self-represented party may complete and issue a subpoena in the clerk's name (R. 1:9-1). In federal court, the clerk issues form AO 88B and AEDDA builds the Schedule A.
The record-keeper's side
They open the link, agree to respond electronically, accept or ask for more time (or object), upload the records, and sign the certification. They never need an account. Records stay held until your court's rules allow release (in New Jersey, the records deposition date, and never while a motion to quash is pending).
If the two sides don't agree
Each request ends with approvals from both sides: the record-keeper signs the certification, and you approve the records. When that doesn't happen, the request page shows a What happens next box with your options under your court's rules:
- The record-keeper asks for more time. Agree (AEDDA moves the date and emails them) or don't (the original date stands). Tell the other parties about any new date.
- The record-keeper objects. Talk it through with messages and documents, narrow the request, and mark it resolved. If you can't agree, the box explains how to ask the court to enforce the subpoena, or you can withdraw it.
- The date passes with no response. Send a reminder or the link again, confirm formal service, and see how to ask the court for help.
- The records look incomplete. Send them back with a note. The signed certification is set aside, and the record-keeper adds the missing records and signs again.
Every request ends with a documented conclusion: either Completed (the record-keeper certifies and you approve), or Closed with the outcome you record: quashed by the court, withdrawn, resolved by agreement, records received another way, or no response. Court orders that keep a request going (an order to comply, or a narrowed subpoena) can be recorded too. Download the activity report (PDF) at any stage: case details, schedule, documents and records with their fingerprints, the outcome, and every timestamped step.
AEDDA explains the court's rules and keeps a timestamped record of every step, which you can use in a motion. It doesn't file anything with the court for you.
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Self-help tool, not legal advice. Kasecraft is not a law firm. The court rules shown are summaries with their sources and review dates; always confirm the current rules of your court.