However since she is asking simply say you do not rent to convicted criminals and that if she wishes you will let her out of her lease with 2 months notice, vacate end of February.As for getting rid of her unless your state regulations state otherwise you do not give a reason or discuss her husband you simply send her notice that you will not be renewing her lease when it concludes.

Not everyone that has tattoos is a criminal or in a gang, and if they are you can find that in the background report and reject based on that.  

I pass out a sheet to all applicants with my requirements which includes minimum income, criminal history, employment, etc.

If during screening you run a criminal background check do you screen for drug convictions, violent and or sex crimes and screen these people out. 

from what i read it only applies to criminal cases involving members of those tribes or for crimes that happened in those tribal areas. 

The landlord isn't responsible for the actions of a criminal.

.*[   ] Information received in a criminal record.[   ] Information received in a civil record.[   ] Information received from references.[   ] Information received from previous rental history or housing reference.[   ] Information received from employment verification or income verification.[   ] Inaccurate, false, or misleading statements or missing critical information on application.

Credit score, evictions, criminal offenses, multiple of rent.

You can build a list of common rejection reasons, cut/paste the one(s) that apply, and send it off.Dear Applicant(s):We regret to inform you that we are unable to rent to you at this time for the following reason(s):___ Another applicant was already approved___ Too many negatives on your credit report (see attached Adverse Action Letter)___ Criminal history___ Bad/Missing Landlord reference___ Income failed to meet requirements___ Other: _______________________________________________________________________________Save this as a canned response and send it for every denial. 90% of them will accept it and move on.

I obviously do criminal law, and must do a bit of employment and contract law to advise the other elected officials.