(a) No proprietor of a place of public accommodations, or his or her employee, keeper or manager, shall deny to any person, except for reasons applicable alike to all persons regardless of race, color, religion, national origin or ancestry, the full enjoyment of the accommodations, advantages, facilities or privileges thereof.
(b) No person shall:
(1) Refuse to sell, transfer, assign, rent, lease, sublease or finance or otherwise deny or withhold, housing accommodations from any person because of the race, color, religion, ancestry or national origin of any prospective owner, occupant or user of such housing;
(2) Represent to any person that housing is not available for inspection when it is in fact so available;
(3) Refuse to lend money, whether or not secured by a mortgage or otherwise, for the acquisition, construction, rehabilitation, repair or maintenance of housing, or otherwise withhold financing of housing from any person, because of the race, color, religion, ancestry or national origin of any present or prospective owner, occupant or user of such housing, provided that such person, whether an individual, a corporation or an association of any type, lends money as one of the principal aspects of his, her or its business or incidental to his, her or its principal business, and not only as a part of the purchase price of the owner-occupied residence he, she or it is selling, nor merely casually or occasionally to a friend or relative;
(4) Discriminate against any person in the terms or conditions of selling, transferring, assigning, renting, leasing or subleasing any housing, or in furnishing facilities, services or privileges in connection with the ownership, occupancy or use of any housing, because of the race, color, religion, ancestry or national origin of any present or prospective owner, occupant or user of such housing;
(5) Discriminate against any person in the terms or conditions of any loan of money, whether or not secured by a mortgage or otherwise, for the acquisition, construction, rehabilitation, repair or maintenance of housing because of the race, color, religion, ancestry or national origin of any present or prospective owner, occupant or user of such housing;
(6) Print, publish or circulate any statement or advertisement relating to the sale, transfer, assignment, rental, lease, sublease or acquisition of any housing or the loan of money, whether or not secured by a mortgage or otherwise, for the acquisition, construction, rehabilitation, repair or maintenance of housing, which statement or advertisement indicates any preference, limitation, specification or discrimination based upon race, color, religion, ancestry or national origin;
(7) Make any inquiry, illicit any information, make or keep any record, or use any form of application containing questions or entries, concerning race, color, religion, ancestry or national origin in the connection with the sale or lease of any housing 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;
(8) Include in any transfer, rental or lease of housing any restrictive covenant, or honor or exercise, or attempt to honor or exercise, any restrictive covenant provided, however, that the prior inclusion of a restrictive covenant in a chain of title shall not be deemed a violation of this provision;
(9) Induce or solicit or attempt to induce or solicit a housing listing, sale or transaction by representing that a change has occurred or may occur with respect to the racial, 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, 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 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; or
D. A decline in the quality of the schools serving the area;
(10) 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 his or her race, color, religion, national origin or ancestry and because he or she is or has been selling, purchasing, renting, financing or occupying, or contracting or negotiating for the sale, purchase, rental, financing or occupation of, any dwelling, or applying for or participating in any service or organization relating to the business of selling or renting housing accommodations;
B. Any person because he or she is or has been participating, without discrimination on account of race, color, religion, national origin or ancestry, in any of the activities, services, organizations or facilities described in this chapter, or attempts to so participate;
(11) Discourage or attempt to discourage a purchase by a prospective purchaser of housing by representing that any block, neighborhood or area has or might undergo a change with respect to the religious, racial or national composition of the block, neighborhood or area; or
(12) Refuse to sell, transfer, assign, rent, lease or sublease burial lots to, or to finance burial lots for, or otherwise deny or withhold burial lots from, any person because of such person's race, color, ancestry or national origin.
(1980 Code § 557.02)
(c) Whoever violates any provision of this section shall be fined not more than five hundred dollars ($500.00). Such penalty shall be in addition to the civil remedy provided in Section 622.03.
(1980 Code § 557.99)