Okla. Stat. tit. 25, § 25-1451
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Definitions
Official statutory text
A. As used in Sections 1451 through 1453 of this title:
1. "Elderly person" means any natural person fifty-five (55)
years of age or older;
2. "Dwelling" means:
a. any building, structure, or part of a building or
structure that is occupied as, or designed or intended
for occupancy as, a residence by one or more families,
or
b. any vacant land that is offered for sale or lease for
the construction or location of a building, structure,
or part of a building or structure described in
subparagraph a of this paragraph;
3. "Person" includes one or more individuals, corporations,
partnerships, associations, labor organizations, legal
representatives, mutual companies, joint-stock companies, trusts,
unincorporated organizations, trustees, trustees in bankruptcy,
receivers and fiduciaries, the state, and all political subdivisions
and agencies thereof;
4. "Restrictive covenants" means any specification limiting the
transfer, rental, or lease of any dwelling because of race, color,
religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, or familial status;
5. "Discriminatory housing practices" means an act that is
prohibited pursuant to Section 1452 of this title;
6. "Disability" means a mental or physical impairment that
substantially limits at least one major life activity, when there is
a record of such an impairment, or the individual is regarded as
having such an impairment. The term does not include current
illegal use of or addiction to any drug or illegal or federally
controlled substance. For purposes of Sections 1451 through 1453 of
this title, "an individual with a disability" or "disability" does
not apply to an individual because of sexual orientation or the
sexual preference of the individual or because that individual is a
transvestite;
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7. "Unlawful discriminatory practice because of age" means an
act prohibited pursuant to Section 1452 of this title against a
person at least eighteen (18) years of age or older solely on that
basis;
8. "Aggrieved person" means any person who:
a. claims to have been injured by a discriminatory
housing practice, or
b. believes that he or she will be injured by a
discriminatory housing practice that is about to
occur;
9. "Complainant" means a person or the Attorney General who
files a complaint pursuant to Section 1452 of this title;
10. "Conciliation" means the attempted resolution of issues
raised by a complaint or by the investigation of the complaint,
through informal negotiations involving the aggrieved person, the
respondent, and the Attorney General’s Office of Civil Rights
Enforcement;
11. "Conciliation agreement" means a written agreement setting
forth the resolution of the issues in conciliation;
12. "Discriminatory housing practice" means an act prohibited
by Section 1452 of this title;
13. "Family" includes a single individual;
14. "Respondent" means:
a. the person accused of a violation of Sections 1451
through 1453 of this title in a complaint of a
discriminatory housing practice, or
b. any person identified as an additional or substitute
respondent pursuant to Section 1502.5 of this title or
an agent of an additional or substitute respondent;
and
15. "To rent" means to lease, to sublease, to let, or to
otherwise grant for a consideration the right to occupy premises not
owned by the occupant.
B. For purposes of Sections 1451 through 1453 of this title, a
discriminatory act is committed because of familial status only if
the act is committed because the person who is the subject of
discrimination is:
1. Pregnant;
2. Domiciled with an individual less than eighteen (18) years
of age in regard to whom the person:
a. is the parent or legal custodian, or
b. has the written permission of the parent or legal
custodian for domicile with that person; or
3. In the process of obtaining legal custody of an individual
the act is committed because the person who is the subject of
discrimination is:
1. Pregnant;
2. Domiciled with an individual less than eighteen (18) years
of age in regard to whom the person:
a. is the parent or legal custodian, or
b. has the written permission of the parent or legal
custodian for domicile with that person; or
3. In the process of obtaining legal custody of an individual
less than eighteen (18) years of age.
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1. "Elderly person" means any natural person fifty-five (55)
years of age or older;
2. "Dwelling" means:
a. any building, structure, or part of a building or
structure that is occupied as, or designed or intended
for occupancy as, a residence by one or more families,
or
b. any vacant land that is offered for sale or lease for
the construction or location of a building, structure,
or part of a building or structure described in
subparagraph a of this paragraph;
3. "Person" includes one or more individuals, corporations,
partnerships, associations, labor organizations, legal
representatives, mutual companies, joint-stock companies, trusts,
unincorporated organizations, trustees, trustees in bankruptcy,
receivers and fiduciaries, the state, and all political subdivisions
and agencies thereof;
4. "Restrictive covenants" means any specification limiting the
transfer, rental, or lease of any dwelling because of race, color,
religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, or familial status;
5. "Discriminatory housing practices" means an act that is
prohibited pursuant to Section 1452 of this title;
6. "Disability" means a mental or physical impairment that
substantially limits at least one major life activity, when there is
a record of such an impairment, or the individual is regarded as
having such an impairment. The term does not include current
illegal use of or addiction to any drug or illegal or federally
controlled substance. For purposes of Sections 1451 through 1453 of
this title, "an individual with a disability" or "disability" does
not apply to an individual because of sexual orientation or the
sexual preference of the individual or because that individual is a
transvestite;
Oklahoma Statutes - Title 25. Definitions and General Provisions Page 67
7. "Unlawful discriminatory practice because of age" means an
act prohibited pursuant to Section 1452 of this title against a
person at least eighteen (18) years of age or older solely on that
basis;
8. "Aggrieved person" means any person who:
a. claims to have been injured by a discriminatory
housing practice, or
b. believes that he or she will be injured by a
discriminatory housing practice that is about to
occur;
9. "Complainant" means a person or the Attorney General who
files a complaint pursuant to Section 1452 of this title;
10. "Conciliation" means the attempted resolution of issues
raised by a complaint or by the investigation of the complaint,
through informal negotiations involving the aggrieved person, the
respondent, and the Attorney General’s Office of Civil Rights
Enforcement;
11. "Conciliation agreement" means a written agreement setting
forth the resolution of the issues in conciliation;
12. "Discriminatory housing practice" means an act prohibited
by Section 1452 of this title;
13. "Family" includes a single individual;
14. "Respondent" means:
a. the person accused of a violation of Sections 1451
through 1453 of this title in a complaint of a
discriminatory housing practice, or
b. any person identified as an additional or substitute
respondent pursuant to Section 1502.5 of this title or
an agent of an additional or substitute respondent;
and
15. "To rent" means to lease, to sublease, to let, or to
otherwise grant for a consideration the right to occupy premises not
owned by the occupant.
B. For purposes of Sections 1451 through 1453 of this title, a
discriminatory act is committed because of familial status only if
the act is committed because the person who is the subject of
discrimination is:
1. Pregnant;
2. Domiciled with an individual less than eighteen (18) years
of age in regard to whom the person:
a. is the parent or legal custodian, or
b. has the written permission of the parent or legal
custodian for domicile with that person; or
3. In the process of obtaining legal custody of an individual
the act is committed because the person who is the subject of
discrimination is:
1. Pregnant;
2. Domiciled with an individual less than eighteen (18) years
of age in regard to whom the person:
a. is the parent or legal custodian, or
b. has the written permission of the parent or legal
custodian for domicile with that person; or
3. In the process of obtaining legal custody of an individual
less than eighteen (18) years of age.
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