{"data":{"id":"us-fl/fla.-stat.-83.515","jurisdiction":"us-fl","citation":"Fla. Stat. § 83.515","heading":"Background screening of apartment employees; employment disqualification.","body":"(1) The landlord of a public lodging establishment classified under s. 509.242(1)(d) or (e) as a nontransient apartment or transient apartment, respectively, must require that each employee of the establishment undergo a background screening as a condition of employment.\n(2) The background screening required under subsection (1) must be performed by a consumer reporting agency in accordance with the federal Fair Credit Reporting Act and must include a screening of criminal history records and sexual predator and sexual offender registries of all 50 states and the District of Columbia.\n(3) A landlord may disqualify a person from employment if the person has been convicted or found guilty of, or entered a plea of guilty or nolo contendere to, regardless of adjudication, any of the following offenses:\n(a) A criminal offense involving disregard for the safety of others which, if committed in this state, is a felony or a misdemeanor of the first degree or, if committed in another state, would be a felony or a misdemeanor of the first degree if committed in this state.\n(b) A criminal offense committed in any jurisdiction which involves violence, including, but not limited to, murder, sexual battery, robbery, carjacking, home-invasion robbery, and stalking.\nHistory.—s. 2, ch. 2022-222.","path":["CHAPTER 83 LANDLORD AND TENANT"],"source_url":"https://www.leg.state.fl.us/statutes/index.cfm?App_mode=Display_Statute\u0026URL=0000-0099/0083/0083.html","current_through":"2026 Florida Statutes","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:58:37Z","sha256":"ecbfd949afda39305f1d4f145caafbcf6a7967f7873bc82bb1da44bf0f377836","source_id":"us-fl","stale":false,"prev":"us-fl/fla.-stat.-83.512","next":"us-fl/fla.-stat.-83.52"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}