diff --git a/lib/documentmanagement/documentutil.inc.php b/lib/documentmanagement/documentutil.inc.php
index 493977d..90d3ba8 100644
--- a/lib/documentmanagement/documentutil.inc.php
+++ b/lib/documentmanagement/documentutil.inc.php
@@ -898,7 +898,6 @@ class KTDocumentUtil {
             $sReason = '';
         }
 
-
         $oDocumentTransaction = new DocumentTransaction($oDocument, sprintf(_kt("Copied to folder \"%s\". %s"), $oDestinationFolder->getName(), $sReason), 'ktcore.transactions.copy');
         $oDocumentTransaction->create();
 
@@ -906,6 +905,24 @@ class KTDocumentUtil {
         $oDocumentTransaction = new DocumentTransaction($oNewDocument, sprintf(_kt("Copied from original in folder \"%s\". %s"), $oSrcFolder->getName(), $sReason), 'ktcore.transactions.copy');
         $oDocumentTransaction->create();
 
+
+        $oKTTriggerRegistry = KTTriggerRegistry::getSingleton();
+        $aTriggers = $oKTTriggerRegistry->getTriggers('copyDocument', 'postValidate');
+        foreach ($aTriggers as $aTrigger) {
+            $sTrigger = $aTrigger[0];
+            $oTrigger = new $sTrigger;
+            $aInfo = array(
+                'document' => $oNewDocument,
+                'old_folder' => $oSrcFolder,
+                'new_folder' => $oDestinationFolder,
+            );
+            $oTrigger->setInfo($aInfo);
+            $ret = $oTrigger->postValidate();
+            if (PEAR::isError($ret)) {
+                return $ret;
+            }
+        }
+
         return $oNewDocument;
     }
 
@@ -1013,15 +1030,15 @@ class KTDocumentUtil {
 
         return KTPermissionUtil::updatePermissionLookup($oDocument);
     }
-    
+
     /**
     * Delete a selected version of the document.
     */
     function deleteVersion($oDocument, $iVersionID, $sReason){
-        
+
         $oDocument =& KTUtil::getObject('Document', $oDocument);
         $oVersion =& KTDocumentMetadataVersion::get($iVersionID);
-        
+
         $oStorageManager =& KTStorageManagerUtil::getSingleton();
 
         global $default;
@@ -1037,17 +1054,17 @@ class KTDocumentUtil {
         if (PEAR::isError($oVersion) || ($oVersion == false)) {
             return PEAR::raiseError(_kt('Invalid document version object.'));
         }
-        
+
         $iContentId = $oVersion->getContentVersionId();
         $oContentVersion = KTDocumentContentVersion::get($iContentId);
-        
+
         if (PEAR::isError($oContentVersion) || ($oContentVersion == false)) {
             DBUtil::rollback();
             return PEAR::raiseError(_kt('Invalid document content version object.'));
         }
 
         DBUtil::startTransaction();
-        
+
         // now delete the document version
         $res = $oStorageManager->deleteVersion($oVersion);
         if (PEAR::isError($res) || ($res == false)) {
@@ -1064,11 +1081,11 @@ class KTDocumentUtil {
 
             return PEAR::raiseError(_kt('There was a problem deleting the document from storage.'));
         }
-        
+
         // change status for the metadata version
         $oVersion->setStatusId(VERSION_DELETED);
         $oVersion->update();
-        
+
         // set the storage path to empty
 //        $oContentVersion->setStoragePath('');
 
diff --git a/plugins/ktcore/KTDocumentActions.php b/plugins/ktcore/KTDocumentActions.php
index bb18ced..a1735fa 100644
--- a/plugins/ktcore/KTDocumentActions.php
+++ b/plugins/ktcore/KTDocumentActions.php
@@ -1242,25 +1242,6 @@ class KTDocumentCopyAction extends KTDocumentAction {
 
         $this->commitTransaction();
 
-        // FIXME do we need to refactor all trigger usage into the util function?
-        $oKTTriggerRegistry = KTTriggerRegistry::getSingleton();
-        $aTriggers = $oKTTriggerRegistry->getTriggers('copyDocument', 'postValidate');
-        foreach ($aTriggers as $aTrigger) {
-            $sTrigger = $aTrigger[0];
-            $oTrigger = new $sTrigger;
-            $aInfo = array(
-                'document' => $oNewDoc,
-                'old_folder' => $this->oDocumentFolder,
-                'new_folder' => $data['browse'],
-            );
-            $oTrigger->setInfo($aInfo);
-            $ret = $oTrigger->postValidate();
-        }
-
-        //$aOptions = array('user' => $oUser);
-        //$oDocumentTransaction = & new DocumentTransaction($oNewDoc, 'Document copied from old version.', 'ktcore.transactions.create', $aOptions);
-        //$res = $oDocumentTransaction->create();
-
         $_SESSION['KTInfoMessage'][] = _kt('Document copied.');
 
         controllerRedirect('viewDocument', 'fDocumentId=' .  $oNewDoc->getId());