Issues with Counties Not Reporting Felonies/Evictions

[Andrew Syrios]

Hey everyone, we've talked to three different screening companies (RedStar, RentPrep and RentButter) and all three have told us that multiple counties across the US are not or are barely reporting felonies and evictions to the various data agencies these screening companies get their information from. This appears to be a new problem.

Has anyone found a company that can get all of the county's information or end arounds for finding felonies and evictions in particular counties? Screening is about the most important thing property management companies do and so it's critical we get this right. Thanks!

[Kevin Sobilo]

@Andrew Syrios, that doesn't make sense to me because counties wouldn't have anything to do with that. Felonies are serious violations of STATE law and prosecuted in state court. The STATE court would be the one with the records.

In MOST cases evictions are also probably in STATE courts as well, except perhaps some larger cities which might be permitted to handle evictions within their own city court system of some sort.

What I find (In PA) is that criminal and especially civil (evictions etc) ARE properly recorded and available on the STATE courts website but often times not picked up by background checks (mostly the evictions). I wouldn't buy their excuses because I always check my state's court website myself and find things the background check missed.