To comply with the rules of the FCRA, evictions should not be on a tenant screening report after seven years. If an applicant finds out an eviction older than seven years appeared on a newly run report, they have the right to file a dispute. Landlords want to know about applicants' eviction histories because they may predict future behavior. It's an opportunity for landlords to look into why an eviction happened by reviewing the judgment, asking the applicant, or calling the evicting landlord to get the full story.