Financial

On-time rent payments aren’t generally included in your credit report (your landlord has the option, but most don’t report them). However, if you don’t to pay your rent on time (or at all), your landlord might report it to a credit reporting agency and it would appear on your credit report.

Yes, most landlords will want to check your credit to help them decide whether to rent to you.

Yes.

No, an eviction notice by itself won’t show up on your credit report.

There are a couple of other ways that evidence of an eviction could still show up on you credit report, for example, if you

Credit freezes (also called security freezes) prevent fraudulent accounts from being opened in your name by not allowing anyone to check your credit report.

You can get a free copy of your credit report weekly from each of the three credit bureaus (Equifax, Experian and TransUnion).