Disclosure
Last updated 1 October 2026
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Three rules we hold ourselves to:
- No more than two commercial links per episode. A description stuffed with offers is an advertisement with a story attached, and we would rather make the other thing.
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Synthetic media
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Documents shown on screen — statements, invoices, filings, timelines — are reconstructions built from templates for the episode. They are not photographs of anyone's real paperwork.
Fiction and fact
The stories are invented. Names, characters, employers, addresses and events are fictional, and any resemblance to real people or companies is coincidental. No episode claims to be a true story, and we do not use "based on real events" or similar framing.
What is not invented is the procedure. Statutes, filing windows, agency forms, deadlines and the dollar mechanics in the walkthrough section are checked against primary sources: state codes, federal agencies, and the published rules of whichever regulator the episode involves. Where a rule varies by state, the episode says so.
Not advice
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Corrections
If something in a walkthrough is wrong, we want to know and we will correct it. Write to hello@signeddated.com with the episode and the point in question. Substantive corrections are pinned in the comments of the episode concerned.