344.370 Unlawful financial practices.

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It is an unlawful practice for a financial institution or for any person or other entity whose business includes engaging in real estate-related transactions:

(1)To discriminate against an individual because of the race, color, religion, or national

origin, familial status, disability, sex, or age of the individual or the present or

prospective owner, tenant, or occupant of the real property or of a member,

stockholder, director, officer, employee, or representative of any of these, in the

granting, withholding, extending, modifying, or renewing the rates, terms,

conditions, privileges, or other provisions of financial assistance or in the extension

of services in connection therewith;

(2)To use a form of application for financial assistance or to make or keep a record or

inquiry in connection with applications for financial assistance which indicate,

directly or indirectly, a limitation, specification, or discrimination as to race, color,

religion, familial status, disability, or national origin or an intent to make such a

limitation, specification, or discrimination;

(3)To discriminate by refusing to give full recognition, because of sex, to the income

of each spouse or the total income and expenses of both spouses where both

spouses become or are prepared to become joint or several obligors in real estate

transactions; or

(4)As used in this section, the term "real estate-related transaction" means any of the

following:

(a)The making or purchasing of loans or providing other financial assistance;

1. For purchasing, constructing, improving, repairing, or maintaining a

housing accommodation; or

2. Secured by real estate.

(b)The selling, brokering, or appraising of real property except that a person

engaged in the business of furnishing appraisals of real property may take into

consideration factors other than race, color, religion, national origin, sex,

disability, or familial status.