I have had to give up my driver's license to apartment employees. In one, the person "argued" with me that it would be safe because it would be in her desk drawer (in an open area) and there are "the others around". Well, one of the others was an idle elderly resident who had to be asked to move from desks the employees needed to sit at. I'm sure they remembered me after I said my ID absolutely had to be locked up. I would like to even go so far as to notice which way it was laid down and how it was held when it was picked up to see if anyone handled it in the meantime. People who have had their identities stolen have told me it is extremely costly to take care of the problem. I'm more concerned about other people knowing who I am. I don't want it getting out by word of mouth what I do. I do definitely put that complaint about not locking up the ID on my reports. I have done very few apartment shops because the location, timing and dates are usually inconvenient for me. I have done fewer than a dozen new home assignments. I didn't have to give up my ID. I'm sure all of those employees, and especially real estate agents, have their backgrounds extensively checked, but there is always a bad apple who didn't go rotten right away.
I first heard about that requirement for ID's after someone was murdered on the job and wasn't found right away, but I think that was in a new home.
If I remember correctly, I had to give up or show my ID in order to test drive a car.
(I also merchandise, and a few months ago one of the large chains started requiring an ID in order to get a vendor tag. I absolutely refused. For a while, I gave them my library card. Another vendor said, "Shhh, I just give them keys to my house where I used to live in another state." I finally refused to give them keys. They did the "we're all here watching" routine, but I told them that they go to the restroom, many times I have been in that department when no one was on duty, and there is a key maker in the building. Then I heard, "You are the only one who complains." I replied, "Maybe I have a different lawyer." After that, I heard nothing more. They stopped watching to see what was put there, and eventually no one else left private possessions, either.)