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Alabama Residential Rental Application

Download the Alabama residential rental application — screens prospective tenants with application-money elections, a standalone screening-report authorization, and the disclosures federal and Alabama law require — in fillable Word and fillable PDF, with the Alabama Completion & Use Guide.

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Alabama Completion & Use Guide included
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Renting out property in more than one state? This page is the Alabama application — each state's edition is built to its own screening and application-money law.

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What's in your Alabama download

Every file below is included: the fillable Word application, a fillable PDF, the Alabama Completion and Use Guide, and the federal FCRA Summary of Your Rights.

Included files

Alabama Residential Rental Application Core application — completes on screen in the fillable PDF or in Word, then print and sign Word PDF
Alabama Completion & Use Guide Money elections, criteria timing, deadlines, refunds, adverse action, and recordkeeping — editable Word; print-ready PDF Word PDF
FCRA Summary of Your Rights (CFPB) The federal consumer-rights summary that ships with every screening package — print-ready PDF PDF

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The real document — not a mockup. Page 1 of the form included in your download.

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Page 1 of the Alabama Residential Rental Application form — Form PL-AL-RA01 · Page 1 of the actual Alabama document included in your download.

Inside the Alabama application

Every part of the form, in order — the application summary, 17 sections, and the office-use panel.

Application summary The reasonable-accommodation contact line, property applied for, requested move-in date, offered rent, and stated security deposit.
1. Application Money Disclosure
2. About You Identity, contact channels, an electronic-notice election with a paper-mail alternative, and identity-document choices (SSN, ITIN, government-issued ID, or a lawful alternative) — no date-of-birth field anywhere on the form.
3. Other Proposed Occupants Household composition with a separate-signed-application election for each person — ages, birth dates, and adult/minor classifications are never collected; every other adult completes and signs a separate application.
4. Pets and Assistance Animals Household pets only; service and assistance animals are handled as fair-housing accommodations, never as pets.
5. Residential History Current and prior addresses, housing payments, owner/manager contacts, and an optional neutral move reason.
6. Employment & Income Employment plus any lawful source of income, with the Alabama source-of-income note.
7. Banking or Asset Verification An optional verification election; the form never collects account numbers.
8. References and Emergency Contact An optional personal reference and an emergency contact that is not used for screening.
9. Vehicle Information Vehicle details where parking is requested.
10. Additional Information An open area for lawful qualification information.
11. Screening Criteria Election
12. Reusable or Portable Tenant-Screening Reports
13. Screening Information and Legal Limits
14. Consumer Report Disclosure How consumer reports are obtained and the adverse-action notice commitment.
15. Privacy, Retention, and Disposal Data-minimization commitments under the FCRA and its Disposal Rule.
16. Applicant Declaration The signed certification of accuracy with a verification-contact authorization; electronic and copied signatures honored.
17. Screening Report Disclosure and Authorization The standalone signed authorization, investigative-report notice, agency identification, free-report-copy election, and the federal Summary-of-Your-Rights package insert.
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About this form

A residential rental application is the landlord's first line of protection: it collects the applicant's identity, household composition, rental history, employment and income, and references, and it carries the disclosures and signed authorizations that make lawful tenant screening possible before a lease is signed.

Alabama sets no cap, cost-basis rule, or automatic refund duty for rental application fees. This edition emphasizes advance disclosure, a reasonable amount, and uniform treatment. The Alabama Fair Housing Law protects the federal seven classes.

Alabama imposes no separate statewide criminal-screening restriction, source-of-income rule, portable-report mandate, or screening-criteria mandate. The guide covers individualized screening, the one-month lease-stage security-deposit cap and 60-day return rule, and Alabama data-breach duties.

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ILRG provides self-help legal forms and download support. PublicLegal landlord forms are provided for you to complete with your own property and screening information. Screening rules vary by state and change frequently — the Completion & Use Guide explains the rules in your state and the steps that keep this application within them. If you are not 100 percent satisfied after purchasing from us, contact us for a refund.

Frequently Asked Questions About Alabama Rental Applications

Does Alabama cap rental application fees?

No. Disclose a reasonable fee before collection and apply it uniformly.

May I run criminal-history checks?

Alabama has no separate statewide screening sequence. Use written, consistently applied, individualized criteria and avoid blanket exclusions.

Which fair-housing classes apply?

Ala. Code § 24-8-1 protects race, color, religion, sex, national origin, familial status, and disability. Check current local ordinances.

Must I accept a reusable screening report?

No statewide Alabama law requires acceptance of a reusable or portable tenant-screening report.

What is included?

The six-page Alabama application in fillable Word and PDF, a Completion & Use Guide, and the federal FCRA Summary of Rights. A completed Huntsville sample is optional.

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