If you do so anyway, there are criminal penalties for that. 

Originally posted by @Jonathan Boyd:James Wise Technically the law allows for criminal evictions for as little as late rent (even a day) but most counties/cities won’t allow it.

Criminals are always the ones responsible for crimes, not their victims - I realize in this case the word 'crime' might be debatable, since a lot of skeezy business practices are actually perfectly legal, but the point remains.

The other thing people often overlook with the exemptions....that if the exemption is applicable they exempt you from criminal prosecution and civil liability from the government.

Subjected to community association background/criminal/credit check.”Originally posted by @James Mc Ree:I just ran a simple Zillow screen of properties under $100k in Washington, DC and expanded it to northern VA. 

If a thread gets long enough, someone calls someone a criminal.

This is about two legal concepts: criminal negligence and liability.

Unless you ran a full credit, criminal, and eviction check using the tenants SSN and drivers license (which you must have their permission to do) you can't be sure that the records you are viewing are in fact one and the same person who was your tenant.

Did you realize you can be criminally prosecuted by the attorney general's office at that point?

😝"Yes, a Property Management company that performs tenant turnover maintenance and bills by an hourly rate could be subject to Maryland Criminal Law Code § 7-104 if they are found to be intentionally inflating labor times for work orders. ### Relevant Aspects of § 7-104:- **Theft by Deception**: Under § 7-104, theft includes obtaining property or services by deception, which involves knowingly providing false or misleading information to obtain something of value.