diff --git a/src/app/api/notary/OfficeFolderAnchorsController.ts b/src/app/api/notary/OfficeFolderAnchorsController.ts
index 62c9d3d7..3a43a703 100644
--- a/src/app/api/notary/OfficeFolderAnchorsController.ts
+++ b/src/app/api/notary/OfficeFolderAnchorsController.ts
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ import { Response, Request } from "express";
 import { Controller, Get, Post } from "@ControllerPattern/index";
 import ApiController from "@Common/system/controller-pattern/ApiController";
 import { Service } from "typedi";
-import { OfficeFolder } from "le-coffre-resources/dist/Notary";
+import { Document, OfficeFolder } from "le-coffre-resources/dist/Notary";
 import { getFolderHashes } from "@Common/optics/notary";
 import OfficeFoldersService from "@Services/notary/OfficeFoldersService/OfficeFoldersService";
 import OfficeFolderAnchorsRepository from "@Repositories/OfficeFolderAnchorsRepository";
@@ -136,6 +136,18 @@ export default class OfficeFoldersController extends ApiController {
 
 			const officeFolder = OfficeFolder.hydrate<OfficeFolder>(officeFolderFound, { strategy: "excludeAll" });
 
+			// Check if every document is validated in a folder
+			const documents = officeFolder.documents ?? [];
+			const documentsValidated = documents.filter((document) => {
+				let documentHydrated = Document.hydrate<Document>(document, { strategy: "excludeAll" });
+				return documentHydrated.document_status === "VALIDATED";
+			});
+
+			if (documentsValidated.length !== documents.length && documents.length !== 0) {
+				this.httpBadRequest(response, "Cannot anchor a folder with non validated documents");
+				return;
+			}
+
 			const folderHashes = getFolderHashes(officeFolder);
 
 			if (folderHashes.length === 0) {