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Identity verification for condo corporations

How condo boards and property managers verify owner and tenant identity for registration, access and voting records.

A condo corporation manages who's registered to a unit — owners, tenants, the people on a voting record — often with only a lease or a self-reported name to go on. Identity verification gives a board or a property manager a way to confirm that the person being registered is who they claim to be, before that name goes into official records.

Why this matters for a board

Owner and tenant registration, building access provisioning, and voting eligibility all depend on knowing who a person actually is, not just what name appears on a form. Getting this wrong has real consequences: the wrong person gaining access, a vote cast under a disputed identity, or a registration record a board can't stand behind if it's ever challenged.

How verification fits into registration

When a unit owner or a new tenant needs to be added to the building's records, they complete a short verification on their own phone: a photo of a government ID front and back, a guided liveness check, and a selfie matched to the document. The barcode or passport MRZ is cross-checked against the printed name, so the identity on file matches a document that's been read and checked, not just typed into a form.

  • Unit owner registration: confirm the name on title matches a real, verified person before updating corporation records.
  • Tenant registration: verify a tenant's identity the same way, independent of whatever the landlord already collected.
  • Access provisioning: tie a fob, key or access credential to a verified identity, not just a name on a spreadsheet.
  • Voting records: reduce disputes over who cast a vote by having a verified identity behind the registration in the first place.

The record a board can point to

When accessed through a Crown Stack integration, every verification and related account activity is entered in the Activity Ledger, an append-only record enforced by the database. Coming soon for a standalone ShieldID API account. If a registration is ever disputed at an AGM or in a board meeting, that record — not someone's memory of a conversation — is what you point to.

Getting started

Sandbox sessions are free and never billed, so a manager or board can see the full applicant experience before rolling it out to real owner and tenant registrations.

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