Legal Question in Landlord & Tenant Law in California

Re: Possession only judgments

Yes. First, it still appears as a judgment in a lawsuit against you. I don't know that anyone can tell you what the impact will be, because the credit scoring models are proprietary - I believe only someone within one of the companies that use the model could tell you the exact impact. Second, most property management companies use a different type of credit reporting agency - one specific to landlords - and it combines credit score with public records of evictions and other matters related to tenancies. You can have a perfect credit score, and still be denied for an apartment because of an eviction.

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