{"data":{"id":"us-ca/civ-1785.20.4","jurisdiction":"us-ca","citation":"CIV § 1785.20.4","heading":"","body":"A housing provider, tenant screening company, or other entity that evaluates tenants on behalf of a housing provider shall not use an alleged COVID-19 rental debt, as defined in Section 1179.02 of the Code of Civil Procedure, as a negative factor for the purpose of evaluating a prospective housing application or as the basis for refusing to rent a dwelling unit to an otherwise qualified prospective tenant.","path":["Civil Code - CIV","DIVISION 3. OBLIGATIONS [1427. - 3273.91.]","PART 4. OBLIGATIONS ARISING FROM PARTICULAR TRANSACTIONS [1738. - 3273.91.]","TITLE 1.6. CONSUMER CREDIT REPORTING AGENCIES ACT [1785.1. - 1785.36.]","CHAPTER 3. Requirements on Users of Consumer Credit Reports [1785.20. - 1785.22.]"],"source_url":"https://downloads.leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/pubinfo_2025.zip","current_through":"2026-09-13","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T05:56:33Z","sha256":"2ac0387ec1a275a9ab0fc82dd50409334df45a7afb8a7f13eab0366eca9a5466","source_id":"us-ca","stale":false,"prev":"us-ca/civ-1785.20.3","next":"us-ca/civ-1785.20.5"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}