urAdopt · Trust & safety

Safeguards that are structural, not optional

For anyone placing or adopting an animal. The protections built into every placement.

Structured screening

Every applicant answers welfare questionnaires against the organization’s stated requirements, and the application record keeps the full history for review.

Placement agreements

Generate the placement agreement, capture both signatures electronically, and finalize with a recorded stewardship transfer, a permanent audit trail for every adoption.

Adoption-fee limits

A private owner may ask only for receipted vet bills from the 45 days before the adoption; a verified non-profit organization sets its own fee; any other seller may not ask more than its documented costs. The limit is checked when the fee is set and again at payment.

Questions

Who sets the adoption fee?

A verified non-profit sets its own fee. A private owner may ask only for receipted vet bills from the last 45 days. Other sellers may not ask more than documented costs.

Is the agreement signed?

Yes. Both signatures are captured electronically.