Trust
Official sources
Every rule in our tools links back to these sources. We review them at least every three months, and whenever GOV.UK publishes changes.
Sources
- Landlords' guide to right to rent checks (1 October 2026) ↗ · Home Office · reviewed 3 October 2026
- Code of practice for landlords and their agents: the right to rent scheme (1 October 2026) ↗ · Home Office · reviewed 3 October 2026
- Code of practice: avoiding unlawful discrimination when conducting right to rent checks (1 October 2026) ↗ · Home Office · reviewed 3 October 2026
- Checking your tenant's right to rent: follow-up checks ↗ · GOV.UK · reviewed 3 October 2026
- Checking your tenant's right to rent: making copies of the documents ↗ · GOV.UK · reviewed 3 October 2026
- Checking your tenant's right to rent: how to do a check ↗ · GOV.UK · reviewed 3 October 2026
- Landlord Checking Service: request a Home Office right to rent check ↗ · Home Office · reviewed 3 October 2026
- View a tenant's right to rent in England with a share code ↗ · GOV.UK · reviewed 3 October 2026
- Find registered digital identity and attribute services ↗ · GOV.UK · reviewed 3 October 2026
- Report a tenant to the Home Office ↗ · Home Office · reviewed 3 October 2026
- Immigration Act 2014, Part 3, Chapter 1 ↗ · legislation.gov.uk · reviewed 3 October 2026
Rules we apply
rtr.tl.v2: Do the follow-up check just before the later of: the end of the tenant's permission (or document validity), or 12 months after the check.rtr.none.v1: No follow-up checks are needed during the tenancy where an unlimited right to rent has been established.rtr.lcs.v2: A Positive Right to Rent Notice lasts 12 months from the date specified on the notice. Do a follow-up check before then.rtr.lcsneg.v1: No follow-up date is calculated for a negative LCS response. Follow the official guidance on next steps.rtr.unknown.v1: A follow-up date can't be calculated until the missing information is known.