Security starts with a clear boundary: software can surface evidence and preserve a record, but it should not quietly inherit the office's authority. Veto records the pre-disbursement review as a file-ready Review Record while the escrow office decides whether the file is ready and retains release authority.
Compare the information presented for review, surface material changes and risk signals, preserve open items, and retain who reviewed what.
Apply the escrow instructions and office policy, resolve exceptions, decide whether to proceed, and release funds through the office's existing systems.
| Control | Veto records | The office controls |
|---|---|---|
| Material changes | Keeps changes visible in the record | Office determines whether they are resolved |
| Evidence reviewed | Records the source and what it supports | Office decides what evidence is sufficient |
| Open items | Preserves unresolved questions | Office resolves, accepts, or holds |
| Reviewer | Names who performed the review | Office controls assignments and supervision |
| Office decision | Retains the recorded outcome | Office alone makes the decision |
| Release of funds | Does not release or move money | Office uses its existing bank and file systems |
The Review Record is evidence of the office's process. It is not an approval, guarantee, insurance policy, or authorization to move money.
The controls and judgment that remain with the escrow office.
The evidence and process retained with the file.
Use the office's own instructions, policies, supervision, bank portal, and file system to make and execute the final decision.
Use Veto when the office needs one reconstructable record of what changed, what was checked, what stayed open, who reviewed it, and what the office decided.
Start with one covered instruction. See the checks, open items, reviewer, and office decision together.