At the limits of what this society tolerates in membership fee avoidance are agents of the IRS.But what's far more interesting for me is what keeps the bulk of the population in line. not the tiny minority of criminals or major tax cheats.

They're thinking of adding criminal penalties if people are killed when they couldn't get out in cases of some renovations. 

Ask them a couple of qualifying questions like "will you be able to pass a background check that includes criminal, credit and rental history?"

It is bad enough to reward criminal tenants but not having a eviction on their record impedes the rest of us from properly screening them in the future. 

The DA declined to prosecute her on charges of Defrauding an Innkeeper which, surprisingly, has quite a hefty fine attached.

Could be civil and/or criminal depending on the transaction.

Its mainly to get a criminal background and eviction record.

Unless otherwise provided by law, proof of violations shall not require criminal conviction, but shall be by the preponderance of the evidence."

These days, state laws hold landlord responsible for renting to sex offenders and criminals, and I'm not sure how my insurance company would handle it if one of your subtenants, a known child molester, molested a neighbor's kid.

You or your attorney can file private criminal complaints or whatever, but dollars to donuts, that money is gone.Remember, you cannot collect a judgement against someone who has no income and owns nothing.