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This sample is fictional. Names, numbers and dates are invented; the layout and wording are real.

The full report

Every section, in full.

This is one report from start to finish: a fictional applicant, a fictional Toronto unit, a Verify Pro package. Each section names its sources, shows its result, and ends with a short note on why it's there.

Screening report

Ref RK-26-08417 · Package: Verify Pro

Applicant: Priya N.
Property: Unit 2B, Toronto, ON
Requested by: Northway Property Management (fictional)
Consent given: 12 Sep 2026, 14:02 ET
Completed: 12 Sep 2026, 14:13 ET (11 min)
Payer: Landlord

01Summary

Low risk — proceed

Check	Result
Identity	Verified
Credit report & score	Good
Sanctions, watchlists & PEP	Cleared
Law-enforcement notices	No match
Court, tribunal & eviction	No records

What this report does not tell you: it does not assess protected characteristics, and it is not a decision. The decision to approve or decline remains the landlord's.

Why it's here: This page lets you act in under a minute. The detail behind every line — sources, timestamps, match confidence — is in the sections that follow, in case you or the applicant ever need it.

02Identity

Verified

Document: Canadian passport
OCR fields matched: Name, DOB, document number, expiry
Facial match: 98.7% (face match)
Liveness check: Passed
Tamper / replay: None detected
Result: Verified

Why it's here: A credit file can't tell you if the applicant is who they claim to be. This match ties every later check — credit, sanctions, courts — to a verified person, not a typed name.

03Credit report & score

Good

Credit score: 742
Collections: 0
Utilization: 21%
Payment history: 24 / 24 months on time
Inquiries (12 mo): 1
Bureau: Licensed Canadian credit bureau partner

Tradelines

Type	Opened	Limit / balance	Status
Credit card	Mar 2021	$8,000 / $1,680	Current
Auto loan	Jul 2022	$22,400 / $9,150	Current
Line of credit	Jan 2023	$5,000 / $0	Current
Credit card	Sep 2024	$3,000 / $640	Current

Why it's here: Here's how to read a tenant credit report: the score is a starting point, not the answer. Read it against utilization and payment history — 24 straight on-time payments and 21% utilization tell you more than the number alone. A SIN or SSN was optional here and wasn't provided; it only speeds up bureau matching.

04Sanctions, watchlists & PEP

Cleared

Source searched	Searched at
OSFI consolidated list	12 Sep 2026, 14:07 ET
OFAC SDN list	12 Sep 2026, 14:07 ET
UN Security Council consolidated list	12 Sep 2026, 14:08 ET
PEP registers	12 Sep 2026, 14:08 ET

Potential matches: 0
Result: Cleared

Why it's here: Every hit — even a likely false positive — gets a confidence score before it reaches you, and common-name matches are reviewed by hand. Zero potential matches means no name, alias or date-of-birth combination scored high enough to surface for review.

05Law-enforcement notices

No match

Source searched	Searched at	Result
Interpol Red Notices	12 Sep 2026, 14:08 ET	No match
FBI wanted list	12 Sep 2026, 14:08 ET	No match

Why it's here: These are matched against the identity verified in section 02, not a typed name — so an applicant with no domestic record but an international notice doesn't pass through unnoticed.

06Court, tribunal & eviction

No records

Source searched	Searched at	Records found
Landlord and Tenant Board (Ontario) decisions	12 Sep 2026, 14:09 ET	0
CanLII	12 Sep 2026, 14:09 ET	0
SOQUIJ (Quebec)	12 Sep 2026, 14:09 ET	0

Coverage: Ontario tribunal decisions from their publication date onward; other provinces as published; US county and national eviction coverage is stated per state on every report.

Why it's here: An eviction filing or a rent-arrears order often never reaches a credit file. Coverage varies by province and state — this report says exactly which sources were searched, so you know what's covered and what isn't.

07Enhanced criminal record check

Not included

The Verify Pro package does not include the enhanced criminal record check. It's part of the Complete package, or available as an add-on before you send the invite. Here is what it shows when it's ordered.

Outcome	What the report shows (RCMP wording)
Clear	“No criminal conviction record found.”
Possible match	“A record may or may not exist.” Fingerprint-certified disclosure available to confirm.

Search: the RCMP's national repository (CPIC), through an accredited partner. US applicants: national criminal and sex-offender registry search, itemized the same way.

Why it's here: We show you the wording even when it isn't ordered, so you know exactly what you'd get before you pay for it. Either outcome is itemized — a possible match is never presented as a plain fail.

08Adverse-action / decline notice

Included with every report

If a landlord declines an applicant because of anything in this report, this is the adverse-action notice text the report gives them. It's pre-drafted — only the brackets need filling in.

Notice of adverse action

[Applicant name] — following a request from [landlord / property manager name] dated [date], your application to rent [property address] was declined in whole or in part because of information in a tenant-screening report prepared by RentKey.

You have the right to request a free copy of that report from RentKey within 60 days, and to dispute the accuracy or completeness of anything in it. [US applicants: this notice and these rights are provided under the Fair Credit Reporting Act, including your right to a free report and to dispute inaccurate information with the consumer-reporting agency named above.]

Canadian practice: PIPEDA and provincial privacy law don't prescribe this exact wording, but they give applicants the right to know what was collected and to challenge it — sending this notice satisfies that, wherever the tenancy is. In the United States, the FCRA requires it whenever a decision relies even partly on the report.

Why it's here: You shouldn't have to draft this under time pressure. It's already written — fill in the brackets and send it the same day you decline.

Logged

Time (ET)	What happened
12 Sep 2026, 14:02	Applicant viewed the disclosure: who is requesting the report, what will be checked, and why.
12 Sep 2026, 14:02	Applicant consented to identity verification, credit check, sanctions and watchlist screening, law-enforcement notice search, and court/eviction record search.
12 Sep 2026, 14:03	Applicant acknowledged that a SIN was optional and chose not to provide one.
12 Sep 2026, 14:13	Report generated; consent record sealed with the report.

Retention: this report and its consent record are kept for the retention window Northway Property Management has set on its account, then deleted from RentKey's systems.

Why it's here: Consent isn't a checkbox taken on faith — it's a timestamped record attached to the report, so you and the applicant both have proof of exactly what was agreed to and when.

10Report integrity

Signed

Generated: 12 Sep 2026, 14:13:02 ET
Report hash (SHA-256): 4b1e…9d27 (fictional)
Share link expires: 26 Sep 2026, 14:13 ET
Verify this report: Compare the hash shown when you open the link to the one above

Why it's here: A PDF can be edited after the fact. The signed hash lets anyone confirm this exact report — not a doctored copy of it — is the one RentKey produced.

Sample report. All applicant details are fictional. Report layout, section wording and notices reflect the live product.

How to read it

Every section names its sources and when they were searched.
A finding is never a bare "fail" — you get the authority, the match and a confidence score.
The amber notes explain why each section is there and what to do with it.

What it costs

This is a Verify Pro report — identity and credit, plus sanctions, law-enforcement and court checks. See every package and what's in it.

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When something is found

A finding is a fact, not a verdict.

Every result above was clear. When one isn't, RentKey itemizes it the same way every time: the authority or court, the matched name and aliases, the nature of the record, the date, and a match-confidence score. Here's what that looks like, in two excerpts from a different, fictional applicant.

Screening report — excerpt

Ref RK-26-09112 · Package: Verify Pro

06Court, tribunal & eviction

Record found

Source: Landlord and Tenant Board (Ontario)
Decision date: 2023
Matched: Full name & date of birth
Nature of record: Order for rent arrears
Match confidence: 91%
Source record: Linked in the live report

04Sanctions, watchlists & PEP

Cleared after review

Initial result: Possible match — PEP register
Match confidence: 64%
Reviewed: By hand, before release
Finding: False positive — shared name, different person

Reasoning: date of birth matched on year only, middle name and place of birth did not match the register entry, and the register entry's listed occupation is inconsistent with the applicant's history.

Illustrative excerpt from a different, fictional applicant, shown to demonstrate how findings are disclosed.

Why it's here: A finding is the start of a conversation, not an automatic decline. Read the whole entry, apply the same standard to every applicant, and use the notice text from section 08 if you do decide to decline.

At a glance

Every section, every source.

One table, six checks, no surprises about what's searched or what package it needs.

Section	Sources searched	A clear result says	A finding shows	Package
Identity	Passport, driver's licence, PR / Green card OCR + live facial scan	Verified	Not verified, with the reason	All packages
Credit report & score	Licensed Canadian or US credit bureau	Full score, tradelines, utilization, history	Collections or delinquencies shown as reported	All packages
Sanctions, watchlists & PEP	OSFI, OFAC SDN, UN consolidated, PEP registers	Cleared, zero potential matches	Possible match with confidence score, reviewed	Verify + Sanctions and up
Law-enforcement notices	Interpol Red Notices, FBI wanted	No match	Notice details and issuing authority	Verify Pro and up
Court, tribunal & eviction	LTB & provincial tribunals, CanLII, SOQUIJ, US eviction records	No records	Authority, matched name, record, date, confidence	Verify Pro and up
Enhanced criminal record check	RCMP CPIC; US national criminal & sex-offender registry	“No criminal conviction record found”	“A record may or may not exist,” fingerprint-certified disclosure available	Complete, or as an add-on

Questions

Questions about this tenant background check report example.

Can I share it?

Yes, with anyone who needs it for the tenancy decision — a co-signer, a property manager, an owner. Share the expiring link rather than the PDF itself; every time it's opened, that's recorded in your account's activity ledger.

How long can I keep it?

As long as your account's retention window allows. When that window closes, the report and its consent record are deleted from RentKey's systems. Anything you saved locally is yours to manage.

Can the applicant see it?

Applicants see exactly what will be checked and consent to it before anything runs. Whether they receive a copy of the finished report is up to the landlord or property manager who ordered it — many share it on request.

What if the applicant disputes something?

Credit-bureau information is disputed directly with the bureau, the same as any credit report. A court, tribunal or sanctions match can be disputed with RentKey — tell us which report and which line, and it's reviewed by hand. See the adverse-action notice for how a decline is disclosed.

Is the sample identical to the real PDF?

The layout, section order and wording are the real product. The applicant, property, dates, score and every finding on this page are invented for this page.

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Every section, in full.

01Summary

02Identity

03Credit report & score

04Sanctions, watchlists & PEP

05Law-enforcement notices

06Court, tribunal & eviction

07Enhanced criminal record check

08Adverse-action / decline notice

09Consent & disclosures

10Report integrity

A finding is a fact, not a verdict.

06Court, tribunal & eviction

04Sanctions, watchlists & PEP

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