Legal Reasons to Refuse Tenant

Want some reasons to NOT accept someone in your unit that will stand up in court? Here are some:

• bad credit/no credit
• unemployed or unstable employment history
• cannot verify income
• cannot provide two forms of ID (one with photo)
• fails to sign rental application
• failure to complete rental application
• provides false information on application
• has a pet
• does not meet your (written) guidelines for minimum income
• has active judgements/liens filed again st them
• has evictions filed against them
• convicted of felony crime
• owns a vehicle that is not allowed on property
• owns too many vehicles
• has history of disturbing others
• has history of damaging property
• has a disease that is contagious via casual contact (e.g. TB)
• filed for bankruptcy
• did not give notice to current landlord
• more people in family than allowed by ordinance for the unit size
• cannot pay first month rent and security deposit in full
• application fee of deposit check bounces
• is a minor with no co-signor
• too much debt (compared to income)