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West Virginia landlord · tenant screening
Download the West Virginia residential rental application — screens prospective tenants with application-money elections, a standalone screening-report authorization, and the disclosures federal and West Virginia law require — in fillable Word and fillable PDF, with the West Virginia Completion & Compliance Guide.
Renting out property in more than one state? This page is the West Virginia 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 West Virginia 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.
West Virginia sets no application-fee cap, but W. Va. Code § 37-6A-1(14) treats an application fee as distinct from a security deposit only when it is expressly agreed in writing to be nonrefundable. This edition supplies that written election and emphasizes advance disclosure, reasonableness, and uniform treatment.
W. Va. Code § 5-11A-5 protects the federal fair-housing classes plus ancestry and blindness. West Virginia has no reusable-report, screening-criteria, or separate statewide criminal-screening mandate; the guide also covers lease-stage deposits and breach notice.
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 & Compliance 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. West Virginia sets no maximum or cost-basis rule, but the fee must be expressly agreed in writing to be nonrefundable to remain outside the statutory security-deposit definition.
West Virginia has no separate statewide screening sequence. Use written, consistently applied, individualized criteria and avoid blanket exclusions.
W. Va. Code § 5-11A-5 protects race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, familial status, ancestry, and blindness.
No statewide West Virginia law requires acceptance of a reusable screening report. If one is voluntarily accepted, verify it directly with the reporting agency.
The six-page West Virginia application in fillable Word and PDF, a Completion & Use Guide, and the federal FCRA Summary of Rights. A completed Charleston sample is optional.