Can an apartment complex find out if youv'e been evicted from another apartment complex?

Question

My friend lied on his app and said he lived with his father for the past year when in reality he was evicted for non payment at another apartment complex, but this place he's at now has already accepted his app and he's moved in. Do you think they will find out and evict him? And does it work thatt way?

Answer 1

usually an eviction is filled at the courthouse of whatever county your in, and it is a matter of public record,
if the place your trying to rent from now checks it out they may not rent to you.
my mom is a manager of some apartments, i see this happed a lot
and they can evict you for falsifing your lease
don't believe the other people that say they can't
i see it happen first hand
and to the people that say apartment managers don't look into the personal life of tenants, your wrong, they check everyones records to see if you have any felonies and things like that
believe me
but just lay low and don't cause any problems they may not find out

Answer 2

They can but sometimes do not actually check depending on the exclusivity (perceived or otherwise) of the complex. Usually the more exclusive complexes will check. Another factor is timing. If you've been evicted in the past 30 days the record of this eviction is oftentimes not available online. Most complexes use a security service for which they pay a per-usage or per-month fee to get available records. This information is "sold" to information "vendors" and then made available online. So, there is some delay between when the court records are recorded and when they are made available.

One could walk down to the courthouse and get this information but this is rarely done.

If they have already accepted his app then there's usually not anything to worry about. The reason is that they will "run" the app only when the applicant makes application.

But, tell him to keep his nose clean as you don't want to give them a reason to run it again (which they will do when occupants are noisy or stand out in some way).

I think your friend is fine.

Answer 3

Sounds like they did a credit check & he met the requirements. But evictions don't come out in the 3 major reporting agencies, some apartments do a check thru a different agency that most apartments report non payment, evictions etc. They probably didnt run this check or the previous complex hasn't reported it.

Answer 4

Hi,
An eviction is a legal matter and a record of the court system. It stays with the person for many years, and if he lied on his app. about this, it could be a point of contention. To all would be cases of evictions take note! This guy could be directed to leave just by lying. Pay your rent and don't break your lease. It's that simple. Now you are all nervous about this and rightfully so. He may want to be more honest next time.

Answer 5

Well it does pay to be honest, but if they accepted him already he should be good to go. I once left a place and didn't pay for the last 5 mo because the landlord refused to fix anything, I was able to rent a 3 bedroom townhouse that cost more and then a 2 bedroom apt for 3 years after that. I don't think they ever checked. Eventually the 5 mo rent I owed came off my credit report because the slum land lord knew he was wrong and I threatened to sue him. Also my sister was evicted once from a house and she was able to rent two houses after that. It depends on where you live and if the rental places are desperate. Here in Michigan in the Metro area they are very desperate for renters right now.

Answer 6

No, they most likely will not find out he mislead them. If he falls behind in the rent, he will be in the same boat, again.

Businesses, especially apartments, have only so much time and money to do background checks on potential customers/tenants.

I don't think it ever "works that way". The landlord, or manager, obviously felt that the "deposit" and their "eviction" policy would cover their concerns in case the person is less than stellar.

Don't worry about it, if you, on the other hand, rat out your "friend", he could file a complaint against you for interfering with his right to live peacefully.

Ricky

Answer 7

if the apartment complex that evicted him, is a member of the credit bureau and reports to the credit bureau then on day soon that eviction will be on his credit report.

If he rents apartments from complexes that are not checking credit history then no they will never find out
If the complex that evicted him never reports to the credit bureau no other creditor will ever find out

However it's probably just a mater of time before his situation catches up with his credit information, that will not be grounds for the current apartment to evict him, But it may make it difficult to get another lease from another complex in the future

Answer 8

That is not reason for eviction. If you have already turned your keys in and are officially out of the lease and apartment, but the only problem is the bedroom set left behind, it wouldn't be an eviction, they would just subtract the removal fee from your security deposit. If they are threatening eviction they are either idiots, or there is more to the story.

Answer 9

I think they may be able to pull it up and possibly ask about it if it shows up on his report. I usually put i lived at my parents than my last apartment just b/c i hate remembering all the addresses, references, etc. I don't think it should be an issue, as most complexes are not going to go too deep to allow people to live there. NOW that he's already accepted and he's moved in, they're not going to question his last place of stay. So he has nothing to worry about..if they had a question about anything, they would've asked before they accepted him. They probably wont look at the paperwork twice, y'know? he should be fine. As long as he doesnt make the same mistake again!

Answer 10

They already accepted him and cannot evict him unless they say he lied. I think they will go by more of what he does at the current place. If he doesn't pay, the same thing will happen. I was evicted from somewhere and told the other place why, and they accepted me. I had two roommates and the rent went to a different state at that time and one roommate lied to me and told me her boss paid it because she didn't have a checking account. I was paying my share and half of the other roommates share at that time.