About FineCheck

We've spent years building the software Alberta condominium corporations use to draft and audit their own bylaw-enforcement notices. FineCheck applies the same compliance logic — only from the owner's side of the table.

Why we built this

Every week, an Alberta condo board sends out a Proposed Sanction Notice that doesn't meet the requirements of section 73.7 of the Condominium Property Regulation. Maybe the notice is missing one of the ten required fields. Maybe the deemed-receipt math is wrong. Maybe a second-offence fine is being levied without documented evidence of the prior warning.

Most owners don't catch any of this. The notice arrives, the deadline feels imminent, the owner doesn't know what a “CPR” is, and they pay. The corporation never had to defend the notice. The owner pays a fine that may not have been enforceable.

We thought that was a fair-enough hole in the market to fill.

Our background

Our team has spent 10+ yearsbuilding software used by Alberta condominium corporations — exactly the kind of software that flags procedural compliance issues before a notice goes out. We've sat through enough board meetings, drafted enough fine letters, and audited enough bylaw clauses to know where the process most often breaks.

FineCheck applies that same compliance-checking discipline, but oriented around helping the owner instead of the corporation. The rules don't change depending on which side you're on. If the notice is missing the hearing-request statement required by CPR s.73.7(i), that's the same defect whether the corporation's lawyer flags it or our $15 report does.

How the report is generated

Each FineCheck report is generated by Anthropic's Claude AI, guided by a system prompt that codifies the same compliance checks our team uses professionally. Every claim the report makes must cite a specific bylaw section or statutory provision — by design, nothing is taken on faith.

AI gets things wrong. We accept that and structure the service around it. Citations make every claim verifiable; if you find a clear error, we refund. The report explicitly tells you when your situation is complex enough that a lawyer's input is warranted — we are not trying to replace lawyers, just to put a cited procedural-compliance read in the hands of owners who would otherwise have nothing.

What FineCheck is not

• Not a law firm.We don't practise law. Our reports are not legal opinions.
• Not legal advice.Reports are structured procedural-compliance assessments; they help you understand your position, but they aren't a substitute for a lawyer's judgment.
• Not affiliated with the Alberta government. We are not connected to, endorsed by, or operated by Service Alberta, the Condominium Dispute Resolution Tribunal, or any government body.
• Not a representation service. If you decide to file at the CDRT, you file it — the report is your evidence, not your filing.

How we make money

$15 per assessment. That's the entire business model. We don't run ads. We don't sell data. We don't have a “premium” tier. We don't charge per-report or per-fine. The same $15 covers an open-and-shut clean compliance report and the report that flags six material defects.

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Where we are

Calgary, Alberta. The service is currently Alberta-only because Alberta-specific statute is what we know. If demand outside Alberta develops we'll consider expanding, but only with local statute knowledge we trust.

Get in touch

Email hello@finecheck.ca. We read every message.

• Questions about your situation: we'll suggest whether to use FineCheck or skip to a lawyer.
• Errors in your report: we'll re-run it and refund if warranted.
• Bylaw assistance: we can usually help locate the registered version at Alberta Land Titles.
• Press inquiries: we're happy to talk about Alberta condo enforcement and the CDRT.