To comply with the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) (http://www.ftc.gov/os/statutes/fcra.htm), Drivers Privacy Protection Act (DPPA)(http://www4.law.cornell.edu/uscode/18/2721.html) (and Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act (GLBA) (http://www.ftc.gov/privacy/glbact/glbsub1.htm) if you are performing an employment or tenant screening search you must disclose to your respective applicants in writing that this background check will be done, get their written authorization allowing you to do so and keep their signed waiver on file a minimum of three years, as well as acknowledge that you will not use the information obtained in violation of any applicable local, state, federal or international law or regulation.
Following is a sample Notice/Authorization and Release form that you may use. Or you may devise a form of your own. Bottom line, whether you choose to use this form or another one, your tenant and employment applicants must give you written permission to perform a tenant or employment screening.
