diff --git a/src/hipscat_import/verification/run_verification.py b/src/hipscat_import/verification/run_verification.py
index 2b7d5954..e1b0a88d 100644
--- a/src/hipscat_import/verification/run_verification.py
+++ b/src/hipscat_import/verification/run_verification.py
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 """Run pass/fail checks and generate verification report of existing hipscat table."""
 
+import pandas as pd
+import pyarrow.dataset
+import re
 from hipscat_import.verification.arguments import VerificationArguments
 
 
@@ -12,3 +15,74 @@ def run(args):
 
     # implement everything else.
     raise NotImplementedError("Verification not yet implemented.")
+
+
+def _verify_parquet_files(args):
+    files_ds = pyarrow.dataset.dataset(
+        args.input_catalog_path,
+        ignore_prefixes=[
+            ".",
+            "_",
+            "catalog_info.json",
+            "partition_info.csv",
+            "point_map.fits",
+            "provenance_info.json",
+        ],
+    )
+    schema = pyarrow.dataset.parquet_dataset(f"{args.input_catalog_path}/_common_metadata").schema
+
+    schemas_passed = _check_schemas(files_ds, schema)
+    file_set_passed = _check_file_set(args, files_ds)
+    statistics_passed = _check_statistics(files_ds, schema.names)
+    num_rows_passed = _check_num_rows(args, files_ds)
+
+    return all([schemas_passed, file_set_passed, statistics_passed, num_rows_passed])
+
+
+def _check_schemas(files_ds, schema):
+    # Check schema against _common_metadata
+    # [TODO] Are there cases where this will fail but the schema is actually valid? Maybe if a column has all nulls?
+    schemas_passed = all(
+        [frag.physical_schema.equals(schema, check_metadata=True) for frag in files_ds.get_fragments()]
+    )
+    return schemas_passed
+
+
+def _check_file_set(args, files_ds):
+    # Check that parquet files on disk == files in _metadata
+    metadata_ds = pyarrow.dataset.parquet_dataset(f"{args.input_catalog_path}/_metadata")
+    # Paths in hipscat _metadata have a double slash ("//") after the dataset name. need to get rid of it.
+    file_set_passed = set(files_ds.files) == set(f.replace("//", "/") for f in metadata_ds.files)
+    return file_set_passed
+
+
+def _check_statistics(files_ds, column_names):
+    # Check that row group stats were written
+    statistics_passed = all(
+        [
+            set(rg.statistics.keys()) == set(column_names)
+            for frag in files_ds.get_fragments()
+            for rg in frag.row_groups
+        ]
+    )
+    return statistics_passed
+
+
+def _check_num_rows(args, files_ds):
+    # Check that num rows in each file matches partition_info.csv
+    partition_cols = ["Norder", "Dir", "Npix"]
+    part_df = pd.read_csv(f"{args.input_catalog_path}/partition_info.csv").set_index(partition_cols)
+    files_df = pd.DataFrame(
+        [
+            (
+                int(re.search(r"Norder=(\d+)", frag.path).group(1)),
+                int(re.search(r"Dir=(\d+)", frag.path).group(1)),
+                int(re.search(r"Npix=(\d+)", frag.path).group(1)),
+                frag.metadata.num_rows,
+            )
+            for frag in files_ds.get_fragments()
+        ],
+        columns=["Norder", "Dir", "Npix", "num_rows"],
+    ).set_index(partition_cols)
+    num_rows_passed = part_df.equals(files_df)
+    return num_rows_passed