40-26-121. Additional or substitute respondent. The enforcing authority may join a person not named in the complaint as an additional or substitute respondent if during the investigation the enforcing authority determines that the person is alleged to be engaged, to have engaged, or to be about to engage in the discriminatory housing practice upon which […]
40-26-122. Conciliation. The enforcing authority shall, during the period beginning with the filing of a complaint and ending with the filing of a charge or a dismissal by the enforcing authority, to the extent feasible, engage in conciliation with respect to the complaint. A conciliation agreement between a respondent and the complainant is subject to […]
40-26-123. Temporary or preliminary relief. The enforcing authority may authorize a claim for relief for temporary or preliminary relief pending the final disposition of a complaint, if the enforcing authority concludes after the filing of the complaint that prompt judicial action is necessary to carry out the purposes of this chapter. A temporary restraining order […]
40-26-124. Investigative report. The enforcing authority shall prepare a final investigative report, including the names of and dates of contacts with witnesses, a summary of correspondence and other contacts with the aggrieved person and the respondent showing the dates of the correspondence and contacts, a summary description of other pertinent records, a summary of witness […]
40-26-125. Reasonable cause determination. (a) The enforcing authority shall determine from the facts whether reasonable cause exists to believe that a discriminatory housing practice has occurred or is about to occur. The enforcing authority shall make this determination not later than the one hundredth day after the date a complaint is filed unless making the […]
40-26-126. Charge. (a) A charge issued under W.S. 40-26-125 shall consist of a short and plain statement of the facts on which the enforcing authority finds reasonable cause to believe that a discriminatory housing practice has occurred or is about to occur, shall be based on the final investigative report, and is not limited to […]
40-26-127. Land use law. If the enforcing authority determines that the matter involves the legality of a state or local zoning or other land use law or ordinance, the enforcing authority may issue a charge and proceed with the appropriate action.
40-26-128. Dismissal. If the enforcing authority determines that no reasonable cause exists to believe that a discriminatory housing practice that is the subject of a complaint has occurred or is about to occur, the enforcing authority shall promptly dismiss the complaint. The enforcing authority shall make public disclosure of each dismissal.
40-26-129. Pending civil trial. The enforcing authority may not issue a charge alleging a discriminatory housing practice after the beginning of the trial of a civil action commenced by the aggrieved party under federal or state law seeking relief with respect to that discriminatory housing practice.
40-26-130. Election of judicial determination. A complainant, a respondent, or an aggrieved person on whose behalf a complaint was filed may elect to have the claims asserted in the charge decided in a civil action as provided by W.S. 40-26-136. The election shall be made not later than the twentieth day after the date the […]
40-26-131. Administrative hearing. If a timely election is not made under W.S. 40-26-130, the enforcing authority shall provide for a hearing on the charge. A hearing under this section on an alleged discriminatory housing practice may not continue after the beginning of the trial of a claim for relief commenced by the aggrieved person under […]
40-26-132. Administrative penalties. (a) If the enforcing authority determines at a hearing under W.S. 40-26-131 that a respondent has engaged in or is about to engage in a discriminatory housing practice, the enforcing authority may order the appropriate relief, including actual damages, reasonable attorney’s fees, court costs and other injunctive or equitable relief. (b) To […]
40-26-133. Effect of enforcing authority order. An enforcing authority order under W.S. 40-26-132 does not affect a contract, sale, encumbrance or lease that is consummated before the enforcing authority issues the order and involves a bona fide purchaser, encumbrancer or tenant who did not have actual notice of the charge filed under this chapter.
40-26-134. Licensed or regulated business. If the enforcing authority issues an order with respect to a discriminatory housing practice that occurs in the course of a business subject to a licensing or regulation by a governmental agency, the enforcing authority, not later than the thirtieth day after the date the order is issued, shall send […]
40-26-135. Order in preceding five years. If the enforcing authority issues an order against a respondent against whom another order was issued within the preceding five (5) years under W.S. 40-26-133, the enforcing authority shall send a copy of each order to the attorney general.
40-26-136. Attorney general action for enforcement. If a timely election is made under W.S. 40-26-130, the attorney general may file not later than the thirtieth day after the date of the election a claim for relief in a district court. Venue for an action is in the county in which the alleged discriminatory housing practice […]
40-26-137. Pattern or practice case; penalties. (a) The attorney general may file a claim for relief in district court for appropriate relief if the enforcing authority has reasonable cause to believe that a person is engaged in a pattern or practice of resistance to the full enjoyment of a right granted under this chapter or […]
40-26-138. Subpoena enforcement. The enforcing authority or another party at whose request a subpoena is issued under this chapter, may enforce the subpoena in appropriate proceedings in district court.
40-26-139. Civil action. (a) An aggrieved person may file a civil action in district court not later than the second year after the date of the occurrence or the termination of an alleged discriminatory housing practice or the breach of a conciliation agreement entered under this chapter, whichever occurs last, to obtain appropriate relief with […]
40-26-140. Relief granted. If the court finds that a discriminatory housing practice has occurred or is about to occur, the court may award to the plaintiff actual and punitive damages, reasonable attorney’s fees, court costs, and subject to W.S. 40-26-142, a permanent or temporary injunction, temporary restraining order, or other order, including an order enjoining […]
