Legal Question in Criminal Law in Florida

i have a rental applicant that checked no to conviction of a crime, i pulled his criminal record and he has been convicted, should i report this?


Asked on 9/17/09, 4:31 am

1 Answer from Attorneys

Brent Rose The Orsini & Rose Law Firm

It's not a crime to lie on a rental application unless the application was sworn before a notary under penalty of perjury. If the application was sworn, then you can report it, if you want. Maybe you could also report it to one of those "tenant-net" companies that keep records of tenants' evictions and payment histories and so forth.

Make sure the conviction was truly a "conviction," though, and not a "withhold of adjudication." If adjudication was withheld, it doesn't count as a conviction, and the applicant didn't lie.

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Answered on 9/17/09, 10:44 pm


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