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HB 1101 - Tenant screening/communities

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Section 1

  1. Except as otherwise prohibited by law, and subject to the limitations in subsection (2) of this section, an association of apartment owners may:

    1. Require any apartment owner intending to lease the owner's apartment to use a tenant screening service or obtain background information, including criminal history, on a prospective tenant, at the owner's sole cost and expense, prior to the owner entering into a lease agreement with a prospective tenant; and

    2. Require proof that the tenant screening requirement has been fulfilled or that the background information on a prospective tenant has been obtained by the owner intending to lease the owner's apartment.

  2. An association may not require that a copy of the tenant screening report or any background information pertaining to a tenant be furnished to the association.

Section 2

  1. Except as otherwise prohibited by law, and subject to the limitations in subsection (2) of this section, a unit owners' association may:

    1. Require any unit owner intending to lease the owner's unit to use a tenant screening service or obtain background information, including criminal history, on a prospective tenant, at the owner's sole cost and expense, prior to the owner entering into a lease agreement with a prospective tenant; and

    2. Require proof that the tenant screening requirement has been fulfilled or that the background information on a prospective tenant has been obtained by the owner intending to lease the owner's unit.

  2. An association may not require that a copy of the tenant screening report or any background information pertaining to a tenant be furnished to the association.

Section 3

  1. Except as otherwise prohibited by law, and subject to the limitations in subsection (2) of this section, a homeowners' association may:

    1. Require any lot owner intending to lease the owner's lot to use a tenant screening service or obtain background information, including criminal history, on a prospective tenant, at the owner's sole cost and expense, prior to the owner entering into a lease agreement with a prospective tenant; and

    2. Require proof that the tenant screening requirement has been fulfilled or that the background information on a prospective tenant has been obtained by the owner intending to lease the owner's lot.

  2. An association may not require that a copy of the tenant screening report or any background information pertaining to a tenant be furnished to the association.

Section 4

  1. Except as otherwise prohibited by law, and subject to the limitations in subsection (2) of this section, a unit owners association may:

    1. Require any unit owner intending to lease the owner's unit to use a tenant screening service or obtain background information, including criminal history, on a prospective tenant, at the owner's sole cost and expense, prior to the owner entering into a lease agreement with a prospective tenant; and

    2. Require proof that the tenant screening requirement has been fulfilled or that the background information on a prospective tenant has been obtained by the owner intending to lease the owner's unit.

  2. An association may not require that a copy of the tenant screening report or any background information pertaining to a tenant be furnished to the association.

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