Legal Question in Real Estate Law in California

money used for credit check

I am looking for an apartment. Every apartment I go to I have to give the twenty to forty dollars for a credit check. I have had four rentals deny me the rental because of so called "bad credit".

Why can't I get my money back. It gets expensive and how do I know they really spent that money fo crdit check.


Asked on 7/28/99, 3:13 am

1 Answer from Attorneys
Jed Somit Jed Somit, Attorney at Law

Re: money used for credit check

See Civil Code Section 1950.6: if you are charged, the landlord

must send you an itemization of the out-of-pocket expenses, and a

refund of any amount you paid over the cost of the credit report. Also,

if you request, the landlord must provide a copy of the credit report

to you.

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Answered on 7/29/99, 8:51 pm


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