Once your report is created, you can reuse it across applications for up to 30 days, as long as it stays current and meets the requirements of a portable tenant screening report.

“Completed within 30 days” means your portable tenant screening report must have been created or finalized within the past 30 days at the time you provide it to the property manager.

Colorado law gives renters the right to provide a portable tenant screening report — a PTSR — and in most cases, landlords are required to accept it instead of charging you a new application fee. If you hand over a valid PTSR, they generally can't charge you an application fee or a fee to access or use the report.

If you've already paid for a portable tenant screening report, you shouldn't have to pay again. But property managers sometimes still ask for a fee, and renters aren't always sure whether that's legal.

Several states now allow or regulate reusable tenant screening reports. The difference is how far each state goes in requiring property managers to accept them. That difference shapes your experience as a renter.