Document Vault

Every record, findable. Retention, automatic.

Upload once. Search across everything. Apply Michigan retention schedules without opening a spreadsheet. Redact PII permanently. The vault is the substrate every other Dekree feature draws from.

Universal search
water main bond14 results
Board Minutes — March 2024.pdf
Permanent

...moved to approve the water main bond as written. Motion 5-0...

October 2023 recording.m4a
7 yr

...the engineering report on the water main bond project...

Bond ordinance 2023-04.pdf
Permanent

...issuance of bonds for water main improvements pursuant to...

Full-text
PDFs + audio
Retention
Auto-applied
Audit log
Append-only

FIG. 1One search reaches every PDF, transcript, and contract. Retention surfaces on every result.

The problem

Twenty years of records. Three filing cabinets. One "where did I put that?" on Tuesday.

Dekree is the searchable, retention-aware home for everything your township files. Drop it in, find it in seconds, retain it the right amount of time.

How it works

Upload. Find. Redact. Publish.

01

Upload, and retention is applied.

Drop a file, scan from your phone, or forward an email attachment. Dekree categorizes it, applies the right Michigan retention schedule, and indexes the full text for search.

02

Find anything in seconds.

Full-text search across PDFs, DOCX files, and meeting recording transcripts. Type a phrase, see every place it appears across years of records, with the matching snippet highlighted.

03

Redact PII, server-side, permanent.

Phone numbers, addresses, SSNs, emails — flagged on contact. Apply redactions in the workbench. The original is preserved in admin-restricted storage; the released version is permanently sanitized.

Upload
3 files
2026-04-14 Board Minutes.pdf
Permanent
Uploaded
2026-04-14 recording.m4a
7 yr
Transcribing
Audit response.pdf
Destroy 2030
Indexing text
Auto-categorized · MCL retention appliedView vault

FIG. 1Three uploads in flight, each with retention applied automatically.

water main bond14 results
Board Minutes — March 2024.pdf
8 yr

Trustee Park moved to approve the water main bond as written. Motion carried 5-0.

October 2023 recording.m4a
7 yr

transcribed 14:22: "...the engineering report on the water main bond project..."

Bond ordinance 2023-04.pdf
Permanent

WHEREAS, the Board has determined that issuance of bonds for water main improvements...

FIG. 2Search results across documents and audio transcripts, hit terms highlighted.

Workbench · Redaction
5 PII detected

RE: Public Records Request 2026-0042

Sarah Whitman, residing at ████ Maple St, may be contacted at (269) ███-████ or s.whit███@example.com.

Auto-detected2 phone1 address1 email1 SSN
Server-side · permanentApply redactions

FIG. 3PII auto-flagged in the workbench, ready for one-click redaction.

What you get

A records system built for a clerk who runs a township alone.

Retention by category
Meeting MinutesPermanent
FOIA Logs7 years
Vendor Contracts6 yr after
Routine Email1 year

Retention by category

Michigan schedules baked in. Permanent, 7-year, destroy-by — all applied at upload.

Folder canvas
Meetings
84
FOIA
42
Contracts
18
Permits
9
Audit
12
Misc
7

Folder-first canvas

Folders as primary navigation. Drag a file in, organize like Drive.

Phone handoff
Scan to upload
dekree.ai/m/upload

Upload from your phone, drop into the vault

Phone-to-vault uploads

Scan a doc on your phone, drop straight into the vault via short-lived token.

Visual previews
PDF
JPG
M4A

First-page preview rendered at upload

Visual previews

Page-one preview on every PDF. Image thumbnails. Audio in a player.

What citizens see
Board Minutes (Mar)Public
Audit response 2024Public
Sealed bid (open 6/14)Hidden

Publish with one toggle

Make a document public to the citizen portal. Hide it again the same way.

Access log
Apr 28, 4:12 PM · L. Park · Viewed redacted PDF
Apr 27, 9:01 AM · P. Holt · Approved minutes
Apr 26, 2:14 PM · Citizen · Downloaded notice

Append-only access log

Every view, edit, redaction, publish — captured with timestamp and user.

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