The ACAN Review, Step by Step

This is what happens after you submit an asset to Arrabon: who does what, what you will be asked for, and what you end up with. Not every asset needs every step. A patent has no site visit, and a building never goes into a vault, so each step below says when it applies.

Before you start, the readiness checklist shows the documents your kind of asset needs, so you know where you stand.

1. Submit the asset

You tell us what the asset is, where it is, how it is held, which documents you already have and what you want to do with it: keep a verified record, borrow against it, pass it on, or offer a share of it to investors. Everything starts with the asset intake form.

2. Readiness review

We review what you sent and list what is missing. Missing documents are normal. We then agree the scope of work and the fees for your asset, which are quoted per asset after this review. See how fees work.

3. Identity and compliance checks

You, and anyone who ultimately owns or controls the asset, complete identity, sanctions and anti-money-laundering checks, including where the money to acquire it came from. If a company or trust holds the asset, we also need its documents.

4. Title and ownership

Independent experts confirm who owns the asset and what claims sit against it. Where a public registry exists, such as a county recorder, a patent office, a vehicle or ship registry or the copyright office, they work from its records. Art and collectibles have no registry, so a provenance researcher reconstructs the chain of ownership and searches stolen and lost art registers. Every lien, mortgage, license or other claim is recorded.

5. Independent expert reports

Experts produce the reports your asset still needs: an appraisal, an inspection, a condition report, an authentication opinion or a royalty audit. Reports you already have can be used if they meet the reporting standard. Experts are paid a fixed fee that never depends on what they find. See how experts are chosen and recorded.

6. Proof that the asset exists

For physical assets, a certified professional confirms the asset is where you say it is and in the condition described: a site visit for property, a scan and condition report for an object, direct confirmation from the warehouse for wine. For rights, the registry status is checked instead. See proving an asset exists.

7. A legal structure, if you need one

If you plan to offer a share of the asset or divide it among heirs, a company is usually formed to hold it, and title is transferred into that company with your counsel, before a notary, and recorded where the law requires. Investors and heirs then hold interests in that company rather than in the asset directly. If you only want a verified record, this step may not be needed.

8. The record and the certificate

ACAN verifies that the required reports have been presented and reviewed, and records each one with the expert's credentials. It then issues a certificate and a tamper-evident digital record, anchored on-chain. The certificate covers the record, not the opinions in it: ACAN does not decide whether an asset is authentic or what it is worth. See a sample record.

9. Custody and insurance, where they apply

Movable physical assets can be placed with a licensed storage or custody partner, such as a vault, freeport or bonded warehouse. Arrabon does not hold assets itself. Insurance is arranged per asset through licensed insurance partners, under the insurers' own policies.

10. What you do with it

With the record in place, the choice is yours. You can keep it as the family's verified record, borrow against the asset through a licensed lender, plan its transfer to the next generation, or work with a licensed issuer to offer fractional interests to eligible investors. Arrabon does not issue securities; licensed issuers do, through their own offering documents.

11. Kept current

The record does not stop at the certificate. Custody checks, new appraisals, transfers and other events are added as they happen. See keeping a record current and certificate status.

How long it takes

That depends mostly on the documents you already have. A property with a recent title policy and appraisal moves faster than a painting whose provenance has to be researched. The readiness review gives you a clear list of what is left to do.