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# How to Run a Process With Statutory Deadlines
- URL: https://blog.jestor.com/run-a-process-with-statutory-deadlines/
- Published: 2026-09-17T22:41:21.000Z
- Updated: 2026-09-17T22:41:21.000Z
- Author: Bruno Bannach

To **run a process with statutory deadlines**, two things matter equally: meeting the date, and being able to evidence that you did.

## What is different about these deadlines

Missing one has consequences beyond inconvenience.

- No flexibility to negotiate an extension
- Evidence required, not just completion
- Consequences falling on the company rather than the process
- Reliance on memory being indefensible

## What the process needs

- **The deadline as a date field**, not a note
- **Advance reminders**, well before the date
- **Milestone escalation**, before the deadline itself
- **Completion evidence**, attached to the record
- **An exportable trail**, showing what happened and when

## How to set it up in Jestor

1. Record the statutory date in **Jestor** as a date field on the record.
2. Calculate milestone dates working backwards, with formula fields.
3. Set date-based reminders at each milestone, not only at the deadline.
4. Add a checklist and attachments evidencing completion.
5. Export the filtered change history as the trail for the compliance file.

## Why choose Jestor for compliance-driven work?

**Jestor** records who changed what and when, with the source, and that history is exportable as a filtered spreadsheet — which is what evidences the timeline afterwards.

Because milestones derive from the deadline as formula fields, a changed date moves every reminder rather than requiring each to be rescheduled.

## Frequently Asked Questions

### Should reminders fire only at the deadline?

No — at milestones before it. See [jestor.com](https://jestor.com/?ref=blog.jestor.com).

### How is completion evidenced?

With a checklist and attachments.

### Can the trail be exported?

Yes, filtered by date, action, and source.

## Video Tutorial: Step by Step

Check out other practical tutorials on the Jestor YouTube channel.

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