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For existing US-property owners

The company managing your property — checked against public records.

You already own the asset. The question now is whether the company on your management agreement is a real, registered entity — and whether it holds the licence your state requires. Shield checks the COMPANY, never an individual manager.

What a PM check covers

  • Company registration — is the entity on your agreement registered and in good standing in its state?
  • Real-estate licence register — where the state mandates licensing and its register is publicly queryable (currently CA, TX, NY), we check the COMPANY's licence and its status.
  • Litigation — court dockets naming the company.
  • Bankruptcy — active filings naming the company.

Every claim in a Shield report includes a direct citation to the source record. Where a check cannot run — for example a state licence register we cannot query — the report SAYS so, with the regulator named and a verify-directly pointer. We never show a green "no records" for something we did not check.

What a PM check is NOT

  • Not a person check. We do not screen individuals — not your manager, not their employees. Entity-keyed checks only (an FCRA boundary we do not cross).
  • Not a contract or fee audit. We do not read your management agreement or opine on its terms. That is work for your attorney.
  • Not legal, financial, or investment advice. Public records, sourced and linked. You decide.

Does my state even require a licence?

State property-management licensing varies. Some states license the activity through the real-estate broker register; some municipalities require local registration instead; for others we have not verified the posture and will say exactly that in the report — no claim either way.

The report states, for your state, one of: the licence register was checked in this report; the register exists but could not be queried by Shield (regulator named — verify directly); or the state's posture is not verified by us. Licensing rules change and this is not legal advice.

Check your management company — free scan

Enter the COMPANY named on your management agreement. The free scan checks 4 public-record sources; the full report adds licence, litigation depth, and bankruptcy. No account needed for the free scan.

Important: Shield Reports aggregates publicly available records from official sources. Every claim in a Shield report includes a direct citation. Shield Reports does not provide legal, financial, or investment advice. Shield Reports does not recommend, approve, endorse, or disapprove of any company, manager, or investment. All interpretation is the sole responsibility of the customer. A Shield report is not a consumer report under the FCRA and may not be used for purposes covered by the FCRA. Source coverage varies by jurisdiction — see the methodology page for current scope and limitations.