Washington Administrative Code
Title 162 - Human Rights Commission
Chapter 162-36 - Real estate transactions
Section 162-36-005 - Discrimination
Current through Register Vol. 24-06, March 15, 2024
(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:
(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.
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.