Tenant Screening in Louisiana

FCRA-compliant tenant screening for landlords in Louisiana — serving New Orleans, Baton Rouge, Shreveport, Lafayette, Lake Charles and every other Louisiana market. Reports start at $24.99 with no subscription. Louisiana-specific reporting-law overlays are applied automatically before the landlord sees any record.

What landlords in Louisiana can include in a screening report

• Credit report and score — TransUnion VantageScore plus tradeline detail.
• Criminal background — nationwide criminal record search with Louisiana-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 Louisiana

Federal FCRA 7-year limit applies.

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 Louisiana

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

Fair housing in Louisiana

The Louisiana Equal Housing Opportunity Act applies in addition to the federal Fair Housing Act. Source of income is not a statewide protected class in Louisiana; check your municipal ordinance, which may add this protection locally.

What Louisiana law limits when you screen and rent

These are the statutory limits most likely to affect a Louisiana 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 Louisiana.

Rental application / screening fee

Louisiana sets no statewide cap on rental application or screening fees, and no statute requires them to be refundable. Citation: No Louisiana statute; La. Rev. Stat. Ann. §§ 9:3251-9:3254 govern security deposits only

Security deposit limit

Louisiana sets no statewide maximum on residential security deposits; state law governs only return and itemization within one month after the lease ends. Citation: La. Rev. Stat. Ann. § 9:3251 (return and itemization only; no maximum)

Criminal history (fair-chance housing)

Louisiana has no statewide fair-chance housing law limiting a landlord's use of an applicant's criminal history. Citation: No Louisiana 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 Louisiana 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.