What are the things only I can confirm?

Philadelphia's compliance stack is only partly visible in public data. Rental-license status, L&I violations, and property-tax standing are published records we can read and re-check. But some requirements live in documents you hold or in accounts only you can see, such as certain lead-safe or lead-free certificate details, Commercial Activity License specifics, or business-tax standing. Those are things only you can confirm.

Some requirements aren't in the City's published data, such as your lead-safe/lead-free certificate or business-tax standing. We flag those clearly for you to confirm, rather than guessing or implying a pass.

The alternative to labeling would be guessing, and guessing in either direction is dangerous. Implying a pass on a lead certificate we cannot see could leave a real gap invisible until it blocks a license renewal; implying a failure would be crying wolf about a property that is actually in order. So the product draws the line explicitly: City records get checked and re-checked, while the things only you can confirm are named, explained, and handed to you with the recommended way to answer each one.

In Compliance Watch, the things only you can confirm sit beside facts read from City records without being confused for them. Each prompt explains why the requirement may matter, what confirming it looks like, and the relevant official resource. An unknown answer stays unresolved and may create a task; it is never silently converted into a pass or failure. Monitoring covers the City's public records only. It can't see private records or the things only you can confirm.