If I’m moving within the same complex, can I be charged for a second background check?
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If I’m moving within the same complex, can I be charged for a second background check?
I have been renting in a small co-op mobile home park for 2 years. There are problems with mold in my home so I am going to rent another when my lease is up. When I moved in I had to be approved with a criminal background check. The park is now saying the rules have changed and I now have to have a full background check including credit report before I can move into the other home. I don’t have anything to hide but it sounds to me like the board of 9 people are being nosey and it will cost me $50 to do this. Do I have any legal grounds to refuse this?
Asked on January 26, 2013 under Real Estate Law, Florida
Answers:
SJZ, Member, New York Bar / FreeAdvice Contributing Attorney
Answered 11 years ago | Contributor
No, you do not have any grounds to refuse this. A landlord is entitled to require a new and/or more complete background check when a lease is being renewed or a tenant is moving to a new unit or space.
FreeAdvice Contributing Attorney / FreeAdvice Contributing Attorney
Answered 11 years ago | Contributor
What you have written about is an internal requirement of the complex for a new background check on you with respect to an internal move within the same complex and does not amount to a legal issue.
If the complex has such a requirement for any new unit that you will be getting, then as a condition of getting the unit, you need to agree to the new and second background check as to yourself.
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