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Is it legal to charge application fees for credit checks?

Raquel M, WA on Friday, July 3, 2015

RE: Application fees in MA

Yes there is no state regulation on what you can charge for an application fee but it should be fair and is usually enough to cover just the charge for running a tenant screening and credit check.

Posted by Patty H, on Sunday, July 5, 2015

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