Tenant Screening in Arizona

FCRA-compliant tenant screening for landlords in Arizona — serving Phoenix, Tucson, Mesa, Chandler, Gilbert and every other Arizona market. Reports start at $24.99 with no subscription. Arizona-specific reporting-law overlays are applied automatically before the landlord sees any record.

What landlords in Arizona can include in a screening report

• Credit report and score — TransUnion VantageScore plus tradeline detail.
• Criminal background — nationwide criminal record search with Arizona-specific look-back limits applied.
• Housing records — sealed, dismissed, and time-barred housing-court records filtered before they reach you.
• Income verification — optional payroll + bank-link verification via Pinwheel.
• AI landlord reference call — optional AI agent calls the applicant’s prior landlord and produces a structured summary.

Housing records reporting in Arizona

Federal FCRA 7-year limit applies. Arizona does not currently impose an additional state-level restriction on housing-records reporting.

Statutory citation: 15 U.S.C. § 1681c

How reporting limits interact with what you may lawfully consider is covered in what landlords can screen for and the investigative consumer report explainer.

Criminal-record reporting in Arizona

Federal FCRA 7-year limit applies for non-conviction items.

Fair housing in Arizona

The Arizona Fair Housing Act, A.R.S. § 41-1491 applies in addition to the federal Fair Housing Act. Source of income is not a statewide protected class in Arizona; check your municipal ordinance, which may add this protection locally.

Notable Arizona considerations

Phoenix has a local source-of-income protection ordinance; verify locally.

What Arizona law limits when you screen and rent

These are the statutory limits most likely to affect a Arizona landlord at the application stage, compiled from state statutes and reviewed August 2026. Where a limit could not be tied to a specific statute it is left out rather than estimated. Statutes change and local ordinances often add limits your state does not — this is a starting point for your own check, not legal advice, and not a substitute for counsel licensed in Arizona.

Rental application / screening fee

Arizona sets no statewide limit on rental application or screening fees. Citation: No application fee provision in Ariz. Rev. Stat. tit. 33, ch. 10 (Residential Landlord and Tenant Act)

Security deposit limit

Arizona caps security deposits, including prepaid rent, at one and one-half months' rent, and any fee not stated in writing as nonrefundable is refundable. Citation: Ariz. Rev. Stat. § 33-1321(A), (B)

Criminal history (fair-chance housing)

Arizona has no statewide fair-chance housing law restricting a landlord's consideration of an applicant's criminal history. Citation: No Arizona fair-chance housing statute

Local ordinances frequently add limits your state statute does not — check your city and county before you set an application fee or a deposit.

How RentalApplication.ai works for Arizona landlords

1. You start a screening at rentalapplication.ai/apply. Enter the applicant’s name and email; pick the reports you want.
2. The applicant gets an email with a secure link, completes the application, and authorizes the screening (FCRA § 1681b(b)(2)).
3. The applicant pays at the moment of submission (or you can land-lord-pay).
4. Reports are delivered to you in minutes (credit) to a few hours (housing/criminal). State-law overlays are applied before the landlord sees any record.
5. If you decline based on the report, we generate the FCRA § 1681m adverse-action notice for you.

This page is an informational summary, not legal advice. State and local landlord-tenant law changes frequently — verify against current statute and local counsel before relying on this content. RentalApplication.ai is a reseller of consumer reports under FCRA § 1681a(u) and does not make tenancy decisions. The landlord (the “end user”) is the party who decides whether to approve or deny an application.