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District of Columbia landlord · tenant screening
Download the District of Columbia residential rental application — screens prospective tenants with application-money elections, a standalone screening-report authorization, and the disclosures federal and District of Columbia law require — in fillable Word and fillable PDF, with the District of Columbia Tenant Selection Criteria sheet, the District of Columbia Completion & Use Guide.
Renting out property in more than one state? This page is the District of Columbia application — each state's edition is built to its own screening and application-money law.
Includes the six-page fillable Word application, fillable PDF, District of Columbia Pre-Application Criteria and Fee Notice, Conditional-Offer Criminal-Screening Notice, and Completion & Use Guide. A completed Washington sample is optional.
The real document — not a mockup. Page 1 of the form included in your download.
Every part of the form, in order — the application summary, 17 sections, and the office-use panel.
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.
District law requires a ten-item criteria and fee notice before requesting screening information or fees. For 2026, all mandatory pre-lease processing, review, and screening costs aggregate into a $54 application-fee ceiling; no other pre-lease fee may be charged, and the ceiling is adjusted annually.
The initial application asks no criminal-history question. Criminal review follows a conditional offer and is limited to the statutory 48 numbered offense categories within seven years, a six-factor individualized assessment, and official OHR notices. The edition also addresses source-of-income protection and the credit-score restrictions for applicants using income-based subsidies.
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.
The aggregate application fee—including mandatory processing, review, and screening costs—may not exceed $54 in calendar 2026. Recheck the annually adjusted limit.
Before requesting any screening information or fee. The included notice supplies all ten required disclosure categories and the pre-fee eligibility statement.
No. Any permitted inquiry follows a conditional offer, is limited to the statutory categories and seven-year horizon, and requires an individualized assessment and OHR process.
Housing subsidies are source of income. Applicants using income-based subsidies receive the statutory income, credit-score, and prior-history protections, subject only to the stated local/federal-law exceptions.
The application in fillable Word and PDF, the District of Columbia criteria/fee notice, conditional-offer criminal-screening notice, and Completion & Use Guide; a completed Washington sample is optional.