Part 1. APPLICANT INFORMATION
Part 3. CURRENT HOUSING STATUS
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Part 6. APPLICANT CERTIFICATIONS
Notification of Investigative Consumer Report Pursuant to California Civil Code 1786
John Stewart Company (the Company), as prospective landlord or property manager for the landlord, intends to seek and obtain information about you from a consumer reporting agency and/or an investigative consumer reporting agency for the purposes of qualifying you for a rental dwelling unit. As such, you can expect to be the subject of a "consumer report," "consumer credit report," and/or an "investigative consumer report" obtained for tenant screening purposes. Investigative consumer reports may include information about your character, general reputation, personal characteristics and/or mode of living. With respect to any investigative consumer report from an investigative consumer reporting agency ("ICRA"), the Company may investigate the information contained in your rental application and other background information about you, including but not limited to obtaining a criminal history, verifying references, employment history, social security number, educational history or status, licensure, and certifications, driving history, and other information about you, and interviewing people who are knowledgeable about you. The results of this consumer report may be used as a factor in determining your qualifications for the dwelling unit. The investigative consumer reporting agency preparing the report is: National Tenant Network (NTN); PO Box 6245; Concord, CA 94524; 1-800-800-5602; www.ntnonline.com.
The company agrees to provide you with a copy of a consumer report when required to do so under California law.
Under the California Civil Code 1786.10 you are entitled to find out from an ICRA what is in the ICRA's file on you with proper idenfication, as follows:
- In person, by visual inspection of your file during normal business hours and on reasonable notice. You also may request a copy of the information in person. The ICRA may not charge you more than the actual copying costs for providing you with a copy of your file. You should inform the ICRA if you are unemployed, receiving public assistance, or have reason to believe fraud has occurred in regard to your personal information.
- By requesting a copy be sent to a specified addressee by certified mail. ICRAs complying with requests for certified mailings shall not be liable for disclosures to third parties caused by mishandling of mail after such mailings leave the ICRAs.
- A summary of all information contained in the ICRA's file on you that is required to be provided by the California Civil Code will be providing to you via telephone, if you have made a written request, with proper identification, for telephone disclosure, and the toll charge, if any, for the telephone call is prepaid by or charged directly to you.
"Proper Identification" includes documents such as valid government issued license or ID, social security number, military identification card, and credit cards. Only if you cannot identify yourself with such information may the ICRA require additional information concerning your employment and personal or family history in order to verify your identity.
The ICRA will provide trained personnel to explain any information furnished to you and will provide a written explanation of any coded information contained in files maintained on you. This written explanation will be provided whenever a file is provided to you for visual inspection.
You may be accompanied by one other person of your choosing, who must furnish reasonable identification. An ICRA may require you to furnish a written statement granting permission to the ICRA to discuss your file in such person's presence.
Notification of Consumer Credit Report / Investigative Consumer Report Consent and Authorization for
Background Screening and Verification
I, the undersigned, hereby authorize, John Stewart Company (JSCo) as prospective landlord or property manager for the landlord, to seek and obtain any information pertinent to my income, credit history, tenancy history, employment history, and/or criminal history.
I understand this process may include the making of a Consumer Credit Report (as identified under California Civil Code 1785.3(c)) and/or an Investigative Consumer Report (as identified under California Civil Code 1786.2(c)), the contents of which may include information about my character, general reputation, personal characteristics and/or mode of living. The investigative consumer reporting agency preparing the report is:
National Tenant Network (NTN); PO Box 6245; Concord, CA 94524; 1.800.800.5602; www.ntnonline.com
For purposes of obtaining and/or verifying information contained in my application and pertinent to my qualification as a tenant of a JSCo managed property, this report may contain information obtained from national credit bureaus (Experian, TransUnion, Equifax), court records, files and/or repositories, department of justice (DOJ), department of corrections (DOC), department of motor vehicles (DMV), current and/or previous employer(s), current and/or previous landlord(s), business and/or personal references, or any other source necessary to verify the information I have provided on my application.
Further, I expressly consent to the release of any and all information requested of any creditors, credit reporting agencies, landlords, employers, public and/or criminal agencies subsequently contacted by JSCo/ National Tenant Network (NTN) for purposes of obtaining and/or verifying said information, and hereby hold the landlord, property manager for the landlord, National Tenant Network (NTN), and any responding parties harmless of liability for the seeking and providing of any such information contained in or pertinent to my application.
I understand I have the right to receive a free copy of the investigative consumer report prepared in accordance with my submitted application and this authorization by checking the box below:
You will receive a copy of the consumer investigative report prepared in accordance with this authorization.
Please send my copy to the following recipient at the following address: