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Indiana landlord · tenant screening
Download the Indiana residential rental application — screens prospective tenants with application-money elections, a standalone screening-report authorization, and the disclosures federal and Indiana law require — in fillable Word and fillable PDF, with the Indiana Completion & Use Guide.
Renting out property in more than one state? This page is the Indiana application — each state's edition is built to its own screening and application-money law.
Every file below is included: the fillable Word application, a fillable PDF, the Indiana Completion and Use Guide, and the federal FCRA Summary of Your Rights.
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.
Indiana sets no cap, cost-basis rule, or automatic refund duty for rental application fees, so this edition emphasizes advance disclosure, reasonableness, and uniform treatment. The Indiana Fair Housing Act protects the federal seven classes. Ind. Code § 36-1-3-8.5 bars local mandates requiring participation in Section 8 or similar housing-assistance programs, while some cities add other local protected classes.
Indiana imposes no separate statewide criminal-record screening sequence or reusable-report mandate. The guide covers individualized, consistently applied screening, sealed eviction records, lease-stage deposit rules under Ind. Code § 32-31-3, reasonable late fees, the 45-day breach-notice framework in Ind. Code § 24-4.9-3, and the dead HB 1578 statute watch.
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.
No. Indiana sets no maximum, cost-basis rule, or automatic refund duty. Disclose a reasonable fee before collection and apply it uniformly.
Indiana has no separate statewide criminal-screening sequence. Use written, consistently applied, individualized criteria and avoid blanket exclusions. Ind. Code § 22-9.5-5-1(c) addresses controlled-substance manufacture or distribution convictions.
Indiana protects the federal seven: race, color, religion, sex, national origin, familial status, and disability. Check current local ordinances because some cities add other classes.
Ind. Code § 36-1-3-8.5 bars local mandates requiring housing-assistance participation, and no statewide law requires acceptance of a reusable screening report.
The six-page Indiana application in fillable Word and PDF, a Completion & Use Guide, and the federal FCRA Summary of Rights. A completed Fort Wayne sample is optional.