so my landlord says i have to give em a copy of my passport, drivers license, green card, social security card, current work address and phone number (blood sample, stool sample, DNA sample, library card, subway card, mothers WWF name, blockbuster card, etc ) in compliance with some provision of the patriot act.

anyone know anything about this. any landlord tenant resources y'all can point me at. nothing i have looked at so far says anythign about that.

it seems a litte invasive. just a little you know; like that alien from men in black up my arse invasive. im a tad uncomfortable about it.
cheers

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long live the legend

i don't think so but that's their house and you'll have to comply with it or move.. with all this paranoia in the US, it's only the beginning..

good luck

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No you don't.

http://www.defendingamerica.org/Articles/patriot-act.htm

Such laws are for the government only and are not enforcable by private individuals. That comes unher the heading of 'Taking the law into your own hands.'

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Warren

Currently 1965 220Sb, 2002 FORD Crown Vic Police Interceptor

Had 1965 220SEb, 1967 230S, 280SE 4.5, 300SE (W126), 420SEL

ENTER > = (HP RPN)

Not part of the in-crowd since 1952.

He has the right to know the person he is renting to is who they say they are.....................

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"He who fights with monsters might take care lest he thereby become a monster. And if you gaze for long into an abyss, the abyss gazes also into you." - Friedrich Nietzsche

Speaking as a LEGAL alien I can only say that it is completely acceptable for a landlord to ask for a form of ID, and also a SS#. Many companies use the SS# to see if the prospective renter has a good credit rating. For example, we did not have to pay deposits for our utilities thanks to our good credit.
A landlord can not ask for your green card or similar immigration "proof" as far as I know. With so many types and flavours of visas in the US, the landlord will have to retain an immigration lawyer. I also know that an estate agent can not inquire into ones immigration status when buying a house.

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When you get a job, you have to furnish proof that you can legally live/work in this country, why would a landlord not be able to ask the same? Or is a SS number now acceptable as such proof?