Rejecting a tenant for tax liens

[Cerelia Dobeck]

Hello everyone,

This is my first post and I find this forum invaluable!  I would like to ask feedback on how to reject a tenant based on tax liens ($17K worth of various tax liens over several years that showed up in the public records section of a background check).  It is legally acceptable to say that I am declining them due to outstanding tax liens?  Is there any special verbiage to use?  I can't seem to find anything regarding denials for this reason.  My rental is in Colorado.

Thanks so much for any insight!

Cerelia