An image information processing apparatus which includes an image reading section which reads an image of a document and outputs image data, a document judging section which judges whether the read document is an original document or a reproduced document according to whether or not specific data is present in the image data, an inquiry section for visualizing inquiry data related to the original document into a visible image, and a control section which controls the inquiry section to visualize the inquiry data designated by the specific data into visible image when the read document is judged to be a reproduced document by the document judging section.