diff --git a/api/search.php b/api/search.php
index 882b8be..fb0b04d 100644
--- a/api/search.php
+++ b/api/search.php
@@ -9,7 +9,13 @@ $input = dbnToolsJsonInput(12000);
 $language = dbnToolsNormalizeLanguage($input['language'] ?? 'en');
 
 dbnToolsWithTelemetry('search', $language, function () use ($input, $language): array {
-    $query = dbnToolsString($input, 'query', 2000);
-    $limit = max(1, min(10, (int)($input['limit'] ?? 6)));
-    return (new DbnLegalToolsService())->search($query, $language, $limit);
+    $query        = dbnToolsString($input, 'query', 2000);
+    $limit        = max(1, min(10, (int)($input['limit'] ?? 6)));
+    $temporalMode = in_array($input['temporal_mode'] ?? '', ['legal_conservative', 'disabled'], true)
+        ? $input['temporal_mode']
+        : 'disabled';
+    $asOfDate = isset($input['as_of_date']) && preg_match('/^\d{4}(-\d{2}(-\d{2})?)?$/', $input['as_of_date'])
+        ? $input['as_of_date']
+        : null;
+    return (new DbnLegalToolsService())->search($query, $language, $limit, $temporalMode, $asOfDate);
 });
diff --git a/includes/LegalTools.php b/includes/LegalTools.php
index 935b6c8..bbdc7ee 100644
--- a/includes/LegalTools.php
+++ b/includes/LegalTools.php
@@ -15,13 +15,19 @@ final class DbnLegalToolsService
         $this->azure = $azure ?: new DbnAzureOpenAiGateway();
     }
 
-    public function search(string $query, string $language = 'en', int $limit = 6): array
-    {
+    public function search(
+        string  $query,
+        string  $language    = 'en',
+        int     $limit       = 6,
+        string  $temporalMode = 'disabled',
+        ?string $asOfDate    = null
+    ): array {
         $query = trim($query);
         if (mb_strlen($query, 'UTF-8') < 3) {
             dbnToolsAbort('Search query must be at least 3 characters.', 422, 'query_too_short');
         }
         $limit = max(1, min(10, $limit));
+        $temporalMode = in_array($temporalMode, ['legal_conservative', 'disabled'], true) ? $temporalMode : 'disabled';
 
         $trace = [
             $this->trace('Query interpretation', 'Searching Do Better Norge private corpus plus the subscribed family-legal package.', 'complete'),
@@ -56,6 +62,16 @@ final class DbnLegalToolsService
                 'min_private' => 0,
                 'include_beta_website' => true,
             ]);
+
+            // Apply temporal reranking after retrieval (optional)
+            if ($temporalMode === 'legal_conservative' && !empty($chunks)) {
+                $temporalLayerPath = __DIR__ . '/../../ai-portal/platform/includes/LegalTemporalLayer.php';
+                if (file_exists($temporalLayerPath)) {
+                    require_once $temporalLayerPath;
+                    $layer = new LegalTemporalLayer(['temporal_mode' => $temporalMode]);
+                    $chunks = $layer->rerank($chunks, $query, $asOfDate);
+                }
+            }
         } catch (Throwable $e) {
             $retrievalNote = 'SQL keyword fallback after ClientRagPipeline error';
             $trace[] = $this->trace('Search fallback', 'Pipeline retrieval failed; using direct SQL keyword fallback without storing the query.', 'warning');
@@ -483,16 +499,24 @@ PROMPT;
         $score = isset($chunk['similarity']) ? round((float)$chunk['similarity'], 4) : null;
         $rawExcerpt = dbnToolsExcerpt((string)($chunk['content'] ?? ''), 620);
         return [
-            'title'             => $title,
-            'excerpt'           => $docSummary ?? $rawExcerpt,
-            'chunk_text'        => $rawExcerpt,
-            'package_or_corpus' => (string)($chunk['source_name'] ?? $chunk['source_type'] ?? 'Do Better Norge'),
-            'score'             => $score,
-            'document_id'       => isset($chunk['document_id']) ? (int)$chunk['document_id'] : null,
-            'chunk_id'          => isset($chunk['id']) ? (int)$chunk['id'] : null,
-            'section'           => $chunk['section_title'] ?? null,
-            'authority_type'    => $chunk['authority_type'] ?? null,
-            'jurisdiction'      => $chunk['jurisdiction'] ?? null,
+            'title'               => $title,
+            'excerpt'             => $docSummary ?? $rawExcerpt,
+            'chunk_text'          => $rawExcerpt,
+            'package_or_corpus'   => (string)($chunk['source_name'] ?? $chunk['source_type'] ?? 'Do Better Norge'),
+            'score'               => $score,
+            'document_id'         => isset($chunk['document_id']) ? (int)$chunk['document_id'] : null,
+            'chunk_id'            => isset($chunk['id']) ? (int)$chunk['id'] : null,
+            'section'             => $chunk['section_title'] ?? null,
+            'authority_type'      => $chunk['authority_type'] ?? null,
+            'jurisdiction'        => $chunk['jurisdiction'] ?? null,
+            // Temporal annotations (present when temporal_mode = 'legal_conservative')
+            'temporal_state'      => $chunk['temporal_state'] ?? null,
+            'temporal_kind'       => $chunk['temporal_kind'] ?? null,
+            'temporal_reason'     => $chunk['temporal_reason'] ?? null,
+            'currentness_warning' => $chunk['currentness_warning'] ?? null,
+            'valid_from'          => $chunk['valid_from'] ?? null,
+            'valid_until'         => $chunk['valid_until'] ?? null,
+            'is_current_version'  => $chunk['is_current_version'] ?? null,
         ];
     }