---
kind: "section"
citation: "24 C.F.R. § 5.901"
title: "24"
number: "5.901"
heading: "To what criminal records and searches does this subpart apply?"
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/24/5.901"
---

# §5.901. To what criminal records and searches does this subpart apply?

- (a) **General criminal records searches.** This subpart applies to criminal conviction background checks by PHAs that administer the [Section 8](/cfr/24/8.md) and public housing programs when they obtain criminal conviction records, under the authority of [section 6(q)](/cfr/24/6.md?p=q) of the 1937 Act ([42 U.S.C. 1437d(q)](/usc/42/1437d.md?p=q)), from a law enforcement agency to prevent admission of criminals to public housing and [Section 8](/cfr/24/8.md) housing and to assist in lease enforcement and eviction.
- (b) **Sex offender registration records searches.** This subpart applies to PHAs that administer the [Section 8](/cfr/24/8.md) and public housing programs when they obtain sex offender registration information from State and local agencies, under the authority of [42 U.S.C. 13663](/usc/42/13663.md), to prevent admission of dangerous sex offenders to federally assisted housing.
- (c) **Excluded records searches.** The provisions of this subpart do not apply to criminal conviction information or sex offender information searches by a PHA or others of information from law enforcement agencies or other sources other than as provided under this subpart.

## Notes

### Source

Source: 66 FR 28794, May 24, 2001, unless otherwise noted.

### Authority

Authority: 12 U.S.C. 1701x; 42 U.S.C. 1437a, 1437c, 1437f, 1437n, 3535(d); 42 U.S.C. 2000bb et seq.; 34 U.S.C. 12471 et seq.; Sec. 327, Pub. L. 109-115, 119 Stat. 2396; E.O. 13279, 67 FR 77141, 3 CFR, 2002 Comp., p. 258; E.O. 13559, 75 FR 71319, 3 CFR, 2010 Comp., p. 273; E.O. 14015, 86 FR 10007, 3 CFR, 2021 Comp., p. 517.

### Source

Source: 61 FR 5202, Feb. 9, 1996, unless otherwise noted.