Arizona courts will seal some eviction cases to protect tenants' records
have already sealed about 250 eviction cases under a new law that took effect last month aiming to protect tenants' credit and future housing prospects.in 2019 and are now above that level after pandemic-era moratoriums ended and rental assistance has waned.
Landlords filed almost 6,700 eviction cases in the Valley last month, compared to about 6,100 in September 2019.the tenant in about 30% of metro Phoenix eviction cases, is never actually removed from the property — most often because they pay before their deadline. These cases are typically dismissed, but credit agencies and future landlords can still find them and hold them against tenants.“It’s making sure someone who was in that process and finally found a way ... doesn’t have that bad little moment in time follow them around for seven years," state Rep. Justin Wilmeth, R-Phoenix, who sponsored the bill, toldSome researchers and tenant advocates worry that credit agencies and others may find loopholes to continue this data collection.
If a suit is active at the time of purchase but later dismissed, there's currently no way to guarantee that the company will update its information and erase it from the tenant's record.Scott Davis tells Axios Phoenix that his team is working to update its protocols to adhere to the spirit of the law, which is to protect tenants.
He says the county is considering delaying the release of case data by a month so it can remove any that are sealed to make sure they are never made public.
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