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West Virginia Residential Rental Application

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.

  • Fillable Word + fillable PDF
  • West Virginia Completion & Compliance Guide included
  • Completed sample available
  • Instant secure download

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.

What's in your West Virginia download

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.

Included files

  • West Virginia Residential Rental Application Core application — completes on screen in the fillable PDF or in Word, then print and sign Word PDF
  • West Virginia Completion & Compliance 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

Preview the actual form

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

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Page 1 of the West Virginia Residential Rental Application form
Form PL-WV-RA01 · Page 1 of the actual West Virginia document included in your download.

Inside the West Virginia 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 Completed by the owner/manager before the application is handed out: the West Virginia no-fee or expressly nonrefundable application-fee election under W. Va. Code § 37-6A-1(14), with § 37-6A-2 lease-stage deposit context.
  • 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 West Virginia 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 The West Virginia screening criteria election — no statutory criteria sheet is required, but the election records whether written criteria were delivered before any fee or report authorization.
  • 12. Reusable or Portable Tenant-Screening Reports The reusable or portable tenant-screening report note — West Virginia has no acceptance mandate; voluntary reports should be verified directly with their reporting agency.
  • 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.
  • For Office Use Only

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.

100% satisfaction guarantee

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.

Frequently Asked Questions About West Virginia Rental Applications

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.