Wash. Admin. Code § 162-36-005 - Discrimination
(1) It is an unfair
practice for any person, whether acting for himself, herself, or another,
because of sex, sexual orientation, gender expression or gender identity,
marital status, race, creed, color, national origin, families with children
status, the presence of any sensory, mental, or physical disability, or the use
of a trained dog guide or service animal by a disabled person:
(a) To refuse to engage in a real estate
transaction with a person;
(b) To
discriminate against a person in the terms, conditions, or privileges or a real
estate transaction or in the furnishing of facilities or services in connection
therewith;
(c) To refuse to receive
or to fail to transmit a bona fide offer to engage in a real estate transaction
from a person;
(d) To refuse to
negotiate for a real estate transaction with a person;
(e) To represent to a person that real
property is not available for inspection, sale, rental, or lease when in fact
it is so available, or to fail to bring a property listing to his or her
attention, or to refuse to permit the person to inspect real
property;
(f) To discriminate in
the sale or rental, or to otherwise make unavailable or deny a dwelling, to any
person; or to a person residing in or intending to reside in that dwelling
after it is sold, rented, or made available; or to any person associated with
the person buying or renting;
(g)
To make, print, publish, circulate, post, mail, or cause to be so made or
published a statement, advertisement, or sign, or to use a form of application
for a real estate transaction, or to make a record or inquiry in connection
with a prospective real estate transaction, which indicates, directly or
indirectly, an intent to make a limitation, specification, or discrimination
with respect thereto;
(h) To offer,
solicit, accept, use, or retain listing of real property with the understanding
that a person may be discriminated against in a real estate transaction or in
the furnishing of facilities or services in connection therewith;
(i) To expel a person from occupancy of real
property;
(j) To discriminate in
the course of negotiating, executing, or financing a real estate transaction
whether by mortgage, deed of trust, contract, or other instrument imposing a
lien or other security in real property, or in negotiating or executing any
item or service related thereto including issuance of title insurance, mortgage
insurance, loan guarantee, or other aspect of the transaction. Nothing in this
section shall limit the effect of
RCW
49.60.176 relating to unfair practices in
credit transactions;
(k) To attempt
to do any of the unfair practices defined in this chapter or
chapter
49.60 RCW.
(2) It is an unfair practice for
any person, for profit, to induce or attempt to induce any person to sell or
rent any real property by representations regarding the entry or prospective
entry into the neighborhood of a person or persons of a particular race, creed,
color, sex, sexual orientation, gender expression or gender identity, national
origin, families with children status, or with any sensory, mental or physical
disability and/or the use of a trained dog guide or service animal by a
disabled person.
(3) It is an
unfair practice to insert in a written instrument relating to real property a
provision that is void under
RCW
49.60.224(1) or to honor or
attempt to honor such a provision in the chain of title.
(4) Nothing in this chapter prohibits a
person engaged in the business of furnishing appraisals of real property to
take into consideration factors other than race, color, creed, national origin,
sex, sexual orientation, gender expression or gender identity, disability, the
use of a trained dog guide or service animal by a disabled person, or families
with children status.
(5) Nothing
in this chapter limits the applicability of any reasonable federal, state or
local restrictions regarding the maximum number of occupants permitted to
occupy a dwelling.
(6) Nothing in
this chapter prohibiting discrimination based on families with children status
applies to housing for older persons as defined by the federal Fair Housing
Amendments Act of 1988, 42 U.S.C. Sec. 3607 (b)(1) through (3), as amended by
the Housing for Older Persons Act of 1995,
P.L.
104-76 , as enacted on December 28, 1995.
Notes
Statutory Authority: RCW 49.60.120(3) and 1997 c 271. 98-08-035, § 162-36-005, filed 3/23/98, effective 4/23/98. Statutory Authority: RCW 49.60.120(3) and 49.60.240. 96-13-045, § 162-36-005, filed 6/13/96, effective 7/14/96.
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