In places like Miami-Dade county in Florida, there are now laws on the books that limit the number of days a convicted sexual predator can legally stay at a vacation rental that is within x# of feet from a school.

The fact that you find out they are a convicted drug dealer is irrelevant since you will not be using that as a reason to reject.Take care to protect your business interests above all else or get out of the business in Seattle and other anti landlord jurisdictions..

Were they convicted?  

Not a huge pain but in terms of something that can be made easier with software I wish there is a way to extend Postlets.Postlets is a website owned by Zillow and landlords can use it to create online ads and syndicate it to a bunch of other real estate web sites.You put in address, title, descriptions, features, photos etc etc etc and it's free.When a potential applicant likes what they see and they wish to contact the landlord for a viewing they press a button on whatever web site to contact the landlord or agent.I wish when they press the "Contact" button I can inject a custom form to ask the user several questions, such as "have you ever been convicted on a felony?"

since its been revived, no you do not have to accept sec 8 in virginia, but since this original post 5 yrs ago many states and city have made it mandatory to accept as a form of income, and 3x rent as income has been tested and failed in some of those states, they have stated it is a form of discrimination against type of income, criminal background check does still stand, but only if convicted

Without this information, they would have locked down the area prior to rescue service.Assailant was convicted of attempted murder and two unrelated making criminal threats charges.Do not assume everyone is stable.Good luck

He was convicted and sentenced to 99 years in federal prison in 2009.

according to the article  the killer was a convicted felon in possession of a firearm

You must practice it, be consistent, be persistent, and do it with conviction.

And gives you hips of background checks as for example conviction etc. which I need to know before entering into any transaction.