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<section article="grp" article_name="Real Property" number="8-218" title_number="8" title_name="Landlord and Tenant" subtitle_number="2" subtitle_name="Residential Leases">
  <level label="a">
    <text>In this section, “reusable tenant screening report” means a report prepared within the previous 30 days by a consumer reporting agency at the request and expense of a prospective tenant and made directly available to a prospective landlord at no charge for use in the rental application process.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>A reusable tenant screening report shall contain the following information regarding a prospective tenant:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>A credit report;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>For each jurisdiction indicated as a prior residence of the prospective tenant, regardless of whether the residence is reported by the prospective tenant or by a consumer reporting agency preparing a consumer report:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>Subject to Subtitle 2A of this title, a comprehensive criminal history records check for all federal, state, and local charges against and convictions of the prospective tenant over the previous 7 years; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>A comprehensive eviction history for all state and local jurisdictions for the previous 7 years;</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>Verification of employment and income; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>Current address and rental history.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <level label="1">
      <text>A landlord shall notify prospective tenants regarding whether or not the landlord accepts reusable tenant screening reports.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Notice under paragraph (1) of this subsection may be in writing or by posting notice in a conspicuous manner, including:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>A statement posted on a rental housing listing;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>Notice posted on the homepage of a website;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>Information provided in the rental application page for a rental property online; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iv">
        <text>Any other manner reasonably calculated to provide potential tenants with notice.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>If a prospective tenant provides a reusable tenant screening report to a landlord that accepts reusable tenant screening reports, the landlord may not charge the prospective tenant:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>A fee for the landlord to access the report; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>An application fee.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="e">
    <text>A landlord that accepts a reusable tenant screening report under this section may require a prospective tenant to certify that there has not been a material change to the tenant’s name, address, bankruptcy status, criminal history, or eviction history since the date that the report was generated.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="f">
    <text>Prior to the execution of a lease agreement, a landlord may reject an application for tenancy if a prospective tenant made a material change to a reusable tenant screening report.</text>
  </level>
</section>
