Bureau of Housing Inspection – Staff – Registering a New Property

All Registrations go through the same three-steps:

RIMS Online Registration

Submission Approval Area

Migration into RIMS

● On the My Workspace page, click Registration Services.

● After reading the instructions, click Continue.

Search to determine if the property is currently registered

● Enter search criteria (address, for example) and click Search.

If the property is found in the Facility Search Result screen…

● Process a Transfer Registration.

If the property is NOT found in the Facility Search Result screen…

● Click Create New PI.

Property Information

● Enter information in the Property Information screen.

● Scroll to the far right and click the Details icon.

● Enter information on the Building Characteristics screen.

● If the building has elevators, enter information in the Elevator section. (If the building has more than one elevator use Add Row or Copy Row.)

● Click Unit Details.

Note: Use Ctrl + click to select multiple options

● Enter information on the Unit Details screen.

● To enter details about another unit, click Add Row (or Copy Row if successive units are essentially the same as the previous unit).

● Continue to Add Rows or Copy Rows to record details on all the units in the building.

● When finished, click Save.

● At the Building Details screen, click Save.

● On the Property Information screen, click Continue.

Contacts

Navigate the Contacts screens by selecting the desired contact’s title in the tabs at the top or by clicking << Previous or Next >> to move forward or back.

● On the Contacts screen—

– Enter information for the Primary Property Owner.

– Enter information in the Billing Contact.

– Enter information for the Preparer/Applicant.

– Enter information for the Emergency Repair Expenditure.

– Enter information for the In-County Agent.

– Enter information for the Multiple Dwelling Janitor/Superintendent.

– Click the Add Contact button at the bottom left of the screen and select Officers or General Partners.

– Enter information for the Officers or General Partners.

● To add an additional contact—

– Select a title in the Available Contact Type dropdown (bottom of the screen)

– Click Add Contact.

– Enter information on the new contact.

● When the desired contacts have been added, click Continue.

Attachments

● If you don’t need to upload any documents, click Continue and skip this step.

● To upload (attach) documents—

– Enter the Attachment Name and other relevant information.

– Click Browse on the Attachment Upload screen.

– When the File Upload window opens up, select the desired document.

– Click Open.

– Click Upload on the Attachment Upload screen.

● When you have uploaded all the desired documents, click Continue.

Submit Registration

● Review the submission details on the Submittal Confirmation screen and click Return.

You will be returned to the My Workspace screen, and your Registration submission is completed.

Contact the DCA RIMS Help Desk.