557.02 FAIR HOUSING.
   (a)    No person shall recklessly:
      (1)    Refuse to sell, transfer, assign, rent, lease, sublease, finance or otherwise deny or withhold housing accommodations from any person because of race, sex, color, religion, ancestry, or national origin of any prospective owner, occupant or user of such housing accommodations;
      (2)    Represent to any person that housing accommodations are not available for inspection when in fact they are so available;
      (3)    Refuse to lend money, whether or not secured by mortgage or otherwise, for the acquisition, construction, rehabilitation, repair or maintenance of housing accommodations or otherwise withhold financing of housing accommodations from any person because of race, sex, color, religion, ancestry, or national origin of any present or prospective owner, occupant, or user of such housing accommodations provided such person, whether an individual, corporation or association of any type lends money as one of the principal aspects of their business or incidental to their principal business and not only as a part of the purchase price of an owner-occupied residence they are selling nor merely casually or occasionally to a relative or friend;
      (4)    Discriminate against any person in the terms or conditions of selling, transferring, assigning, renting, leasing or subleasing any housing accommodations or in furnishing facilities, services or privileges in connection with the ownership, occupancy or use of any housing accommodations because of race, sex, color, religion, ancestry or national origin of any present or prospective owner, occupant or user of such housing accommodations;
      (5)    Discriminate against any person in the terms or conditions of any loan of money, whether or not secured by mortgage or otherwise, for the acquisition, construction, rehabilitation, repair or maintenance of any housing accommodations because of race, sex, color, religion, ancestry, or national origin of any present or prospective owner, occupant or user of such housing accommodations;
      (6)    Print, publish or circulate any statement or advertisement relating to the sale, transfer, assignment, rental, lease, sublease, or acquisition of any housing accommodations or the loan of money, whether or not secured by mortgage or otherwise, for the acquisition, construction, rehabilitation, repair or maintenance of housing accommodations which indicates any preference, limitation, specification or discrimination based upon race, sex, color, religion, ancestry or national origin;
      (7)    Make any inquiry, elicit any information, make or keep any record or use any form of application containing questions or entries concerning race, sex, color, religion, ancestry or national origin in connection with the sale or lease of any housing accommodations or the loan of any money, whether or not secured by a mortgage or otherwise, for the acquisition, construction, rehabilitation, repair or maintenance of housing accommodations;
      (8)    Include in any deed, land contract or lease of any housing accommodations any restrictive covenant, or honor or exercise, or attempt to honor or exercise, any such restrictive covenant, provided that the prior inclusion of a restrictive covenant in the chain of title shall not be deemed a violation of this provision;
      (9)    Induce or solicit or attempt to induce or solicit housing accommodations listing, sale, or transaction by representing that a change has occurred or may occur with respect to the racial, sexual, religious, or ethnic composition of the block, neighborhood, or area in which the property is located, or induce or solicit or attempt to induce or solicit such sale or listing by representing that the presence or anticipated presence of persons of any race, sex, color, religion, ancestry or national origin in the area will or may have results such as the following:
         A.    The lowering of property values;
         B.    A change in the racial, religious, sexual or ethnic composition of the block, neighborhood, or area in which the property is located;
         C.    An increase in criminal or anti-social behavior in the area;
         D.    A decline in the quality of schools serving the area.
      (10)    Discourage or attempt to discourage the purchase by prospective purchasers of any housing accommodations by representing that any block, neighborhood or area has or might undergo a change with respect to the religious, racial, sexual or national composition of the block, neighborhood or area.
      (11)    Deny any person access to or membership or participation in any multiple listing service, real estate brokers' organization, or other service, organization, or facility relating to the business of selling or renting housing accommodations, or to discriminate against them in the terms or conditions of such access, membership or participation on account of race, sex, color, religion, national origin or ancestry.
      (12)    Coerce, intimidate, threaten or interfere with any person in the exercise or enjoyment of, or on account of their having exercised or enjoyed, or on account of their having aided or encouraged any other person in the exercise or enjoyment of, any right granted or protected by this section.
      (13)    Whether or not acting under color of law, by force or threat of force willfully injure, intimidate or interfere with, or attempt to injure, intimidate or interfere with:
          A.    Any person because of their race, sex, color, religion, national origin, or ancestry and because that person is or has been selling, purchasing, renting, financing, occupying, or contracting or negotiating for the sale, purchase, rental, financing or occupation of any dwelling or applying for or participating in any service, organization, or facility relating to the business of selling or renting housing accommodations;
          B.    Any person because that person is or has been, or in order to intimidate such person or any other person or any class of persons from:
            1.    Participating, without discrimination on account of race, sex, color, religion, national origin or ancestry, in any of the activities, services, organizations or facilities described in subsection (a) (13) A. hereof.
            2.    Affording another person or class of persons opportunity or protection so to participate;
         C.    Any person because that person is or has been, or in order to discourage such person or any other person from lawfully aiding or encouraging other persons to participate, without discrimination on account of race, sex, color, religion, national origin, or ancestry, in any of the activities, services, organizations or facilities described in subsection (a) (13) A. hereof, or participating lawfully in speech or peaceful assembly opposing any denial of the opportunity to so participate.
      (14)    Refuse to sell, transfer, assign, rent or lease, sublease, finance, or otherwise deny or withhold a burial lot from any person because of race, sex, color, ancestry or national origin of any prospective owner or user of such lot.
      (15)    For any person to discriminate in any manner against any other person because that person has opposed any unlawful practice defined in this chapter, or because that person has made a charge, testified, assisted, or participated in any manner, in any investigation, proceeding, or hearing under the provisions of this chapter.
   (b)    Nothing in this section shall bar any religious or denominational institution or organization, or any charitable or educational organization, which is operated, supervised or controlled by or in connection with a religious organization or any bona fide private or fraternal organization from giving preference to persons of the same religion or denomination or to members of such private or fraternal organization, or from making such selection as is calculated by such organization to promote the religious principles or the aims, purposes or fraternal principles for which it is established or maintained.
   (c)    Whoever violates this section is guilty of a minor misdemeanor. Any subsequent offense under this section is a misdemeanor of the fourth degree.