diff --git a/teressa-copeland-homes/src/app/portal/(protected)/documents/[docId]/_components/FieldPlacer.tsx b/teressa-copeland-homes/src/app/portal/(protected)/documents/[docId]/_components/FieldPlacer.tsx
index 43340dd..aeb766d 100644
--- a/teressa-copeland-homes/src/app/portal/(protected)/documents/[docId]/_components/FieldPlacer.tsx
+++ b/teressa-copeland-homes/src/app/portal/(protected)/documents/[docId]/_components/FieldPlacer.tsx
@@ -163,9 +163,10 @@ interface FieldPlacerProps {
   textFillData?: Record<string, string>;
   onFieldSelect?: (fieldId: string | null) => void;
   onFieldValueChange?: (fieldId: string, value: string) => void;
+  aiPlacementKey?: number;
 }
 
-export function FieldPlacer({ docId, pageInfo, currentPage, children, readOnly = false, onFieldsChanged, selectedFieldId, textFillData, onFieldSelect, onFieldValueChange }: FieldPlacerProps) {
+export function FieldPlacer({ docId, pageInfo, currentPage, children, readOnly = false, onFieldsChanged, selectedFieldId, textFillData, onFieldSelect, onFieldValueChange, aiPlacementKey = 0 }: FieldPlacerProps) {
   const [fields, setFields] = useState<SignatureFieldData[]>([]);
   const [isDraggingToken, setIsDraggingToken] = useState<string | null>(null);
   const containerRef = useRef<HTMLDivElement | null>(null);
@@ -198,7 +199,8 @@ export function FieldPlacer({ docId, pageInfo, currentPage, children, readOnly =
     useSensor(TouchSensor, { activationConstraint: { delay: 150, tolerance: 5 } }),
   );
 
-  // Load existing fields from server on mount
+  // Load existing fields from server on mount and whenever aiPlacementKey changes
+  // aiPlacementKey increments after AI placement so this re-fetches AI-placed fields from DB
   useEffect(() => {
     async function loadFields() {
       try {
@@ -212,7 +214,7 @@ export function FieldPlacer({ docId, pageInfo, currentPage, children, readOnly =
       }
     }
     loadFields();
-  }, [docId]);
+  }, [docId, aiPlacementKey]);
 
   // Update containerSize whenever pageInfo changes (page load or zoom change)
   // Use pageInfo.width/height (from react-pdf canvas) as the authoritative rendered size.
diff --git a/teressa-copeland-homes/src/app/portal/(protected)/documents/[docId]/_components/PdfViewer.tsx b/teressa-copeland-homes/src/app/portal/(protected)/documents/[docId]/_components/PdfViewer.tsx
index b1dce2d..c3dceb9 100644
--- a/teressa-copeland-homes/src/app/portal/(protected)/documents/[docId]/_components/PdfViewer.tsx
+++ b/teressa-copeland-homes/src/app/portal/(protected)/documents/[docId]/_components/PdfViewer.tsx
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ export function PdfViewer({
   textFillData,
   onFieldSelect,
   onFieldValueChange,
+  aiPlacementKey,
 }: {
   docId: string;
   docStatus?: string;
@@ -35,6 +36,7 @@ export function PdfViewer({
   textFillData?: Record<string, string>;
   onFieldSelect?: (fieldId: string | null) => void;
   onFieldValueChange?: (fieldId: string, value: string) => void;
+  aiPlacementKey?: number;
 }) {
   const [numPages, setNumPages] = useState(0);
   const [pageNumber, setPageNumber] = useState(1);
@@ -95,6 +97,7 @@ export function PdfViewer({
         textFillData={textFillData}
         onFieldSelect={onFieldSelect}
         onFieldValueChange={onFieldValueChange}
+        aiPlacementKey={aiPlacementKey}
       >
         <Document
           file={`/api/documents/${docId}/file`}
diff --git a/teressa-copeland-homes/src/app/portal/(protected)/documents/[docId]/_components/PdfViewerWrapper.tsx b/teressa-copeland-homes/src/app/portal/(protected)/documents/[docId]/_components/PdfViewerWrapper.tsx
index b3ca283..1799411 100644
--- a/teressa-copeland-homes/src/app/portal/(protected)/documents/[docId]/_components/PdfViewerWrapper.tsx
+++ b/teressa-copeland-homes/src/app/portal/(protected)/documents/[docId]/_components/PdfViewerWrapper.tsx
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ export function PdfViewerWrapper({
   textFillData,
   onFieldSelect,
   onFieldValueChange,
+  aiPlacementKey,
 }: {
   docId: string;
   docStatus?: string;
@@ -19,6 +20,7 @@ export function PdfViewerWrapper({
   textFillData?: Record<string, string>;
   onFieldSelect?: (fieldId: string | null) => void;
   onFieldValueChange?: (fieldId: string, value: string) => void;
+  aiPlacementKey?: number;
 }) {
   return (
     <PdfViewer
@@ -29,6 +31,7 @@ export function PdfViewerWrapper({
       textFillData={textFillData}
       onFieldSelect={onFieldSelect}
       onFieldValueChange={onFieldValueChange}
+      aiPlacementKey={aiPlacementKey}
     />
   );
 }