How can I verify the validity of a digital certificate or document?

Valid digital certificates

Click on the links below to download the digital signatures the Council of Tenerife uses for automated administrative services, which are issued by the certification authority Camerfirma.

• Electronic Registry
• Department for Sustainability, Territory and the Environment
• Department for Mobility and Security

You can test the validity of a certificate directly and free of charge by using the VALIDE, platform on the Spanish Ministry of the Presidency website.

To test the validity of Council of Tenerife digital certificates, follow the instructions below::

• Download the digital certificate to the hard drive of your computer or to a storage device.
• Go to the VALIDE certification validation service.
• Click on the link "Digital certificates on a storage device or hard drive".
• Click on "Examine" to select the digital certificate you have saved onto your hard drive or your storage device..
• Enter the security code that appears on the image, in the corresponding text box. If the code is not very clear, you can click on the "Try a new code" icon that appears to the right of the image.
• Click on "Validate".

Once you have clicked on validate, you will be notified as to the validity of the certificate.

Validity of electronic documents

You can also check the validity and authenticity of information in electronic documents by entering the secure verification code in the Council of Tenerife's document verification system.

This code guarantees the integrity of the document by validating the electronic address as set forth in Article 18.1.b of the Electronic Access to Public Services for Citizens Law 11/2007 of 22 June.

To verify an electronic document, simply enter the secure verification code that appears on the receipt issued by the Central Electronic Registry as well as the security code that appears in the image, in the corresponding text box.

If the code is not clear, click on the "Try a new code" icon to the right of the image.

You will then be notified as to the validity of the selected electronic document.