Section 16:
Eviction; petition to seal record; petition to access sealed record; consumer reporting agency; housing or credit screening applications; notice of satisfaction
Section 16. (a) For the purposes of this section, the following words shall have the following meanings unless the context clearly requires otherwise:
''Consumer report'', a written, oral or other communication of any information by a consumer reporting agency bearing on a person's credit worthiness, credit standing or credit capacity that is used or expected to be used or collected, in whole or in part, for the purpose of serving as a factor in establishing the person's eligibility for rental housing or other purposes authorized under section 51 of chapter 93.
''Consumer reporting agency'', an individual, partnership, corporation, trust, estate, cooperative, association, government or governmental subdivision or agency or other entity that, for monetary fees, dues or on a cooperative nonprofit basis, regularly engages, in whole or in part, in the practice of assembling or evaluating consumer credit information or other information on consumers for the purpose of furnishing consumer reports to third parties.
''Court'', the trial court of the commonwealth established pursuant to section 1 of chapter 211B and any departments or offices established within the trial court.
''Court record'', any paper or electronic records or data in any communicable form compiled by, on file with or in the care custody or control of, the court that concern a person and relate to the nature or disposition of an eviction action or a lessor action.
''Eviction action'', a summary process action under this chapter to recover possession of residential premises.