# Regional Rules #### Understanding Regulatory Regions After saving, you'll see "Regulatory Regions" listed for your property. What are Regulatory Regions? These are our internal monitoring tags that track which local, state, or federal laws apply to your property. Examples: * City of Phoenix, AZ: Source of Income protections required * City of Tempe, AZ: Source of Income protections + special occupancy rules based on relationships * State of California: Fair Chance Act limits on criminal history screening * State of Oregon: Strict limitations on background and eviction screening What we do automatically: * Monitor your property's location * Apply mandatory overlays to your criteria * Prevent you from editing settings that conflict with local law * Keep you compliant as laws change What you'll see: * List of applicable regulatory regions * Automatic criteria adjustments marked as "mandatory regional rule" * These appear in gray and cannot be edited Why this matters: You don't need to research every local ordinance. We track these automatically and enforce compliance at the property level. --- # Agent Instructions: Querying This Documentation If you need additional information that is not directly available in this page, you can query the documentation dynamically by asking a question. Perform an HTTP GET request on the current page URL with the `ask` query parameter: ``` GET https://help.rentzap.com/help-docs/key-concepts/regional-rules.md?ask= ``` The question should be specific, self-contained, and written in natural language. The response will contain a direct answer to the question and relevant excerpts and sources from the documentation. Use this mechanism when the answer is not explicitly present in the current page, you need clarification or additional context, or you want to retrieve related documentation sections.