§ 4-21-604. Restrictive Covenants and Conditions
Every provision in an oral agreement or a written instrument relating to real property that purports to forbid or restrict the conveyance, encumbrance, occupancy or lease thereof to individuals of a specified race, color, creed, religion, sex or national origin is void. Every condition, restriction or prohibition, including a right of entry or possibility of […]
§ 4-21-605. Agency No Defense in Proceeding
It shall be no defense to a violation of this chapter by a real estate operator, real estate broker, real estate salesperson, financial institution, or other person subject to this chapter that the violation was requested, sought or otherwise procured by a person not subject to this chapter.
§ 4-21-606. Residential Real Estate-Related Transactions
It is an unlawful practice for any person or other entity whose business includes engaging in residential real estate-related transactions to discriminate against any person in making available such transaction, or in the terms and conditions of such transaction, because of race, color, creed, religion, sex, disability, familial status or national origin. As used in […]
§ 4-21-607. Violations by Real Estate Brokers or Salespersons — Notice to Real Estate Commission
Where a real estate broker or a real estate salesperson has failed to comply with any order issued by the commission or has been found to have committed a discriminatory housing practice in violation of § 4-21-601 or § 4-21-603, the commission shall notify in writing the real estate commission of the failure to comply […]
§ 4-21-701. Creation of Civil Action — Damages
There is hereby created a civil cause of action for malicious harassment. A person may be liable to the victim of malicious harassment for both special and general damages, including, but not limited to, damages for emotional distress, reasonable attorney’s fees and costs, and punitive damages.
§ 4-21-406. Religion or Sex as Bona Fide Occupational Qualifications — Affirmative Action Plans
It is not a discriminatory practice for: An employer to employ employees; An employment agency to classify, or refer for employment any individual; A labor organization to classify its members or to classify or refer for employment any individual; or An employer, labor organization, or joint training or retraining programs to admit or employ any […]
§ 4-21-407. Age Discrimination
It is not unlawful for an employer, employment agency or labor organization to: Discriminate in employment on the basis of age where age is a bona fide occupational qualification reasonably necessary to the normal operation of the particular business, or where the differentiation is based on reasonable factors other than age; or Observe the terms […]
§ 4-21-408. Leave for Adoption, Pregnancy, Childbirth and Nursing an Infant
Employees who have been employed by the same employer for at least twelve (12) consecutive months as full-time employees, as determined by the employer at the job site or location, may be absent from such employment for a period not to exceed four (4) months for adoption, pregnancy, childbirth and nursing an infant, where applicable, […]
§ 4-21-501. Discrimination Prohibited
Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, it is a discriminatory practice for a person to deny an individual the full and equal enjoyment of the goods, services, facilities, privileges, advantages and accommodations of a place of public accommodation, resort or amusement, as defined in this chapter, on the grounds of race, creed, color, religion, […]
§ 4-21-314. Simultaneous Action in State and Federal Courts Concerning Common Nucleus of Operative Facts Prohibited
No employee may concurrently maintain any cause of action in state court under § 4-21-401, § 8-50-103, or § 50-1-304, while at the same time prosecuting an action in federal court based on a common nucleus of operative facts. Upon motion of the employer, the state court shall dismiss any action maintained under § 4-21-401, […]