California settlement services

The standard for wire-instruction review before funds move.

Every office already reviews wire instructions before a disbursement. Veto is the standard for what that review should leave in the file, and the record that proves it happened: what changed, what was checked, what stayed open, who signed.

The review already happens. The question is whether your file can prove it.

No account required. Bring one file, review it end-to-end, and keep the record in your own controls.

File lifecycle

Where review belongs in the file lifecycle.

Wire instructions are defensible only when the review is captured before money moves and remains readable later.

Before disbursement

Review the file and record what changed, what was checked, what stayed open, and who made the release call.

Where the Veto Record lives
During disbursement

Funds are released. If the review only lives in inboxes or chat, the file can prove money moved but not how the decision was made.

After disbursement

When counsel, regulators, or your own team reopen the file later, the record must show the checks and judgment, not just the transfer.

Most tools optimize for during and after. Veto is built for before — where office judgment is made and where proof has to be captured if the file will defend it later.

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Veto Record
Disbursement review · File 26-2287
Pacific Coast Escrow, Long Beach · reviewer J. Martinez
Recorded
Disbursement
Seller proceeds · $312,480.00
What changed
Destination account
Change via
email · domain not on file
Account name
no payee match
Callback
number on file · no answer
Seller auth.
not on file
Evidence retained
5 of 6
Office action
Hold pending authorization
Reviewer
J. Martinez · before release
Signed
2026-05-26T14:28 UTC
Record hash
sha256:4e3cf8a1…6af713
01

One review, one disbursement.

One file. One release. Here, the seller's net proceeds changed destination at the last minute.

02

How the change arrived.

New instructions arrived by email from an unknown domain, and the account name did not match the seller.

03

The checks that didn't clear.

Callback to the known number went unanswered, and signed seller authorization was not on file.

04

What's in hand, and what the office did.

Five of six expected items were present. With one gap open, the office held disbursement pending authorization.

05

Who signed it, and when.

Reviewer J. Martinez signed before release, with a timestamp anchored to the record.

06

Sealed, and file-ready.

The record closes with a hash and retained gaps, so the file can answer later without relying on memory.

What is the Veto Record

One file-ready record per disbursement review.

Not a score or risk rating. A Veto Record is the file page that shows what changed, what was checked, what stayed open, and what the office decided before funds moved.

File identification
File number, office, reviewer, date
Disbursement
What is moving, and to whom
What changed
Instruction that triggered review
Checks performed
Each check with result and limitation
Open gaps
Items the office could not close
Office action
Hold, release, reject, or escalate
Signature + hash
Named reviewer, timestamp, immutable record hash

The evidence grammar — claim, source, check, result, limitation — is on The Standard. The sample on File 26-2287 shows what it looks like in practice.

Sebastian Heyneman

Sebastian Heyneman

Founder, Veto

Secretary, Orange County Escrow Association

“Escrow teams already do the review. Veto makes sure the file proves it.”
The bar

Can your files show the review?

A file-ready record means every check, its result, and its limitation are visible before release — with the office action, signature, and hash preserved in one page. Read the standard →

The review already happens in your office. Make the file prove it.

No account, no software. Want to test the bar before sending a file? Ten questions, your judgment, not a Veto score.