Okla. Stat. tit. 25, § 25-1452

of persons protected - Jurisdiction of Attorney General's Office of

Civil Rights Enforcement.

A. It shall be an unlawful discriminatory housing practice for

any person, or any agent or employee of such person:

1. To refuse to sell or rent after the making of a bona fide

offer, or to refuse to negotiate for the sale or rental of any

housing, or otherwise make unavailable or deny any housing because

of race, color, religion, gender, national origin, age, familial

status, or disability;

2. To discriminate against any person in the terms, conditions,

or privileges of sale or rental of housing, or in the provision of

services or facilities in connection with any housing because of

race, color, religion, gender, national origin, age, familial

status, or disability;

3. To make, print, publish, or cause to be made, printed, or

published any notice, statement, or advertisement, with respect to

the sale or rental of housing that indicates any preference,

limitation, discrimination, or intention to make any such

preference, limitation, or discrimination because of race, color,

religion, gender, national origin, age, familial status, or

disability;

4. To represent to any person, for reasons of discrimination,

that any housing is not available for inspection, sale, or rental

when such housing is in fact so available because of race, color,

religion, gender, national origin, age, familial status, or

disability;

5. To deny any person access to, or membership or participation

in, a multiple-listing service, real estate brokers' organization or

other service, organization, or facility relating to the business of

selling or renting dwellings, or discriminate against a person in

the terms or conditions of access, membership, or participation in

such an organization, service, or facility because of race, color,

religion, gender, national origin, age, familial status, or

disability;

6. To include in any transfer, sale, rental, or lease of

housing any restrictive covenant that discriminates, or for any

person to honor or exercise, or attempt to honor or exercise, any

discriminatory covenant pertaining to housing because of race,

color, religion, gender, national origin, age, familial status, or

disability;

7. To refuse to consider the income of both applicants when

both applicants seek to buy or lease housing because of race, color,

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religion, gender, national origin, age, familial status, or

disability;

8. To refuse to consider as a valid source of income any public

assistance, alimony, or child support, awarded by a court, when that

source can be verified as to its amount, length of time received,

regularity, or receipt because of race, color, religion, gender,

national origin, age, familial status, or disability;

9. To discriminate against a person in the terms, conditions,

or privileges relating to the obtaining or use of financial

assistance for the acquisition, construction, rehabilitation,

repair, or maintenance of any housing because of race, color,

religion, gender, national origin, age, familial status, or

disability;

10. To discharge, demote, or discriminate in matters of

compensation or working conditions against any employee or agent

because of the obedience of the employee or agent to the provisions

of this section;

11. To solicit or attempt to solicit the listing of housing for

sale or lease, by door to door solicitation, in person, or by

telephone, or by distribution of circulars, if one of the purposes

is to change the racial composition of the neighborhood;

12. To knowingly induce or attempt to induce another person to

transfer an interest in real property, or to discourage another

person from purchasing real property, by representations regarding

the existing or potential proximity of real property owned, used, or

occupied by persons of any particular race, color, religion, gender,
poses

is to change the racial composition of the neighborhood;

12. To knowingly induce or attempt to induce another person to

transfer an interest in real property, or to discourage another

person from purchasing real property, by representations regarding

the existing or potential proximity of real property owned, used, or

occupied by persons of any particular race, color, religion, gender,

national origin, age, familial status or disability, or to represent

that such existing or potential proximity shall or may result in:

a. the lowering of property values,

b. a change in the racial, religious, or ethnic character

of the block, neighborhood, or area in which the

property is located,

c. an increase in criminal or antisocial behavior in the

area, or

d. a decline in quality of the schools serving the area;

13. To refuse to rent or lease housing to a blind, deaf, or

disabled person on the basis of the person's use or possession of a

bona fide, properly trained guide, signal, or service dog;

14. To demand the payment of an additional nonrefundable fee or

an unreasonable deposit for rent from a blind, deaf, or disabled

person for such dog. Such blind, deaf, or disabled person may be

liable for any damage done to the dwelling by such dog;

15. a. to discriminate in the sale or rental or otherwise

make available or deny a dwelling to any buyer or

renter because of a disability of:

(1) that buyer or renter,

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(2) a person residing in or intending to reside in

that dwelling after it is sold, rented, or made

available, or

(3) any person associated with that buyer or renter,

or

b. to discriminate against any person in the terms,

conditions, or privileges of sale or rental of a

dwelling or in the provision of services or facilities

in connection with the dwelling because of a

disability of:

(1) that person,

(2) a person residing in or intending to reside in

that dwelling after it is so sold, rented, or

made available, or

(3) any person associated with that person;

16. For purposes of disability discrimination in housing

pursuant to Sections 1451 through 1453 of this title, discrimination

includes:

a. a refusal to permit, at the expense of the disabled

person, reasonable modifications of existing premises

occupied or to be occupied by the person if the

modifications may be necessary to afford the person

full enjoyment of the premises, provided that such

person also provides a surety bond guaranteeing

restoration of the premises to their prior condition,

if necessary to make the premises suitable for

nondisabled tenants,

b. a refusal to make reasonable accommodations in rules,

policies, practices, or services, when the

accommodations may be necessary to afford the person

equal opportunity to use and enjoy a dwelling, or

c. in connection with the design and construction of

covered multifamily dwellings for first occupancy

thirty (30) months after the date of enactment of the

federal Fair Housing Amendments Act of 1988 (Public

Law 100-430), a failure to design and construct those

dwellings in a manner that:

(1) the public use and common use portions of the

dwellings are readily accessible to and usable by

disabled persons,

(2) all the doors designed to allow passage into and

within all premises within the dwellings are

sufficiently wide to allow passage by disabled

persons in wheelchairs, and

(3) all premises within the dwellings contain the

following features of adaptive design:

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(a) an accessible route into and through the

dwelling,

(b) light switches, electrical outlets,

thermostats, and other environmental

controls in accessible locations,

(c) reinforcements in bathroom walls to allow

later installation of grab bars, and
thin the dwellings contain the

following features of adaptive design:

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(a) an accessible route into and through the

dwelling,

(b) light switches, electrical outlets,

thermostats, and other environmental

controls in accessible locations,

(c) reinforcements in bathroom walls to allow

later installation of grab bars, and

(d) usable kitchen and bathrooms so that an

individual in a wheelchair can maneuver

about the space,

(4) compliance with the appropriate requirements of

the American National Standard for buildings and

facilities providing accessibility and usability

for physically disabled people, commonly cited as

"ANSI A 117.1", suffices to satisfy the

requirements of division (3) of this

subparagraph,

(5) as used in this subsection, the term "covered

multifamily dwellings" means:

(a) buildings consisting of four or more units

if the buildings have one or more elevators,

and

(b) ground floor units in other buildings

consisting of four or more units,

(6) nothing in this subsection requires that a

dwelling be made available to an individual whose

tenancy would constitute a direct threat to the

health or safety of other individuals or whose

tenancy would result in substantial physical

damage to the property of others; or

17. a. A person whose business includes engaging in

residential real estate related transactions may not

discriminate against a person in making a real estate

related transaction available or in the terms or

conditions of a real estate related transaction

because of race, color, religion, gender, disability,

familial status, national origin or age.

b. In this section, "residential real estate related

transaction" means:

(1) making or purchasing loans or providing other

financial assistance:

(a) to purchase, construct, improve, repair, or

maintain a dwelling, or

(b) to secure residential real estate, or

(2) selling, brokering, or appraising residential

real property.

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B. This section does not prohibit discrimination against a

person because the person has been convicted under federal law or

the law of any state of the illegal manufacture or distribution of a

controlled substance.

C. No other categories or classes of persons are protected

pursuant to Sections 1451 through 1453 of this title. The Attorney

General's Office of Civil Rights Enforcement shall have no authority

or jurisdiction to act on complaints based on any kind of

discrimination other than those kinds of discrimination prohibited

pursuant to Section 1101 et seq. of this title or any other

specifically authorized by law.