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Terms Used In Utah Code 57-21-6

  • Disability: means a physical or mental impairment that substantially limits one or more of a person's major life activities, including a person having a record of such an impairment or being regarded as having such an impairment. See Utah Code 57-21-2
  • Discriminate: includes segregate or separate. See Utah Code 57-21-2
  • Discriminatory housing practice: means an act that is unlawful under this chapter. See Utah Code 57-21-2
  • Dwelling: means :
(a) a building or structure, or a portion of a building or structure, occupied as, designed as, or intended for occupancy as a residence of one or more families; or
(b) vacant land that is offered for sale or lease for the construction or location of a dwelling as described in Subsection (14)(a). See Utah Code 57-21-2
  • Familial status: means one or more individuals who have not attained the age of 18 years being domiciled with:
    (i) a parent or another person having legal custody of the one or more individuals; or
    (ii) the designee of the parent or other person having custody, with the written permission of the parent or other person. See Utah Code 57-21-2
  • Gender identity: has the meaning provided in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual (DSM-5). See Utah Code 57-21-2
  • National origin: means the place of birth of an individual or of any lineal ancestors. See Utah Code 57-21-2
  • Person: includes one or more individuals, corporations, limited liability companies, partnerships, associations, labor organizations, legal representatives, mutual companies, joint-stock companies, trusts, unincorporated organizations, trustees, trustees in cases under the United States Bankruptcy Code, receivers, and fiduciaries. See Utah Code 57-21-2
  • real estate: means any right, title, estate, or interest in land, including all nonextracted minerals located in, on, or under the land, all buildings, fixtures and improvements on the land, and all water rights, rights-of-way, easements, rents, issues, profits, income, tenements, hereditaments, possessory rights, claims, including mining claims, privileges, and appurtenances belonging to, used, or enjoyed with the land or any part of the land. See Utah Code 57-1-1
  • Sex: means gender and includes pregnancy, childbirth, and disabilities related to pregnancy or childbirth. See Utah Code 57-21-2
  • Sexual orientation: means an individual's actual or perceived orientation as heterosexual, homosexual, or bisexual. See Utah Code 57-21-2
  • Source of income: means the verifiable condition of being a recipient of federal, state, or local assistance, including medical assistance, or of being a tenant receiving federal, state, or local subsidies, including rental assistance or rent supplements. See Utah Code 57-21-2
  • (a)  It is a discriminatory housing practice for a person whose business includes engaging in residential real estate-related transactions to discriminate against a person in making available a residential real estate-related transaction, or in the terms or conditions of the residential real estate-related transaction, because of race, color, religion, sex, disability, familial status, source of income, national origin, sexual orientation, or gender identity.

    (b)  Residential real estate-related transactions include:

    (i)  making or purchasing loans or providing other financial assistance:

    (A)  for purchasing, constructing, improving, repairing, or maintaining a dwelling; or

    (B)  secured by residential real estate; or

    (ii)  selling, brokering, or appraising residential real property.
  • (2)  It is a discriminatory housing practice to, because of race, color, religion, sex, disability, familial status, source of income, national origin, sexual orientation, or gender identity:

    (a)  deny a 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

    (b)  discriminate against a person in the terms or conditions of access, membership, or participation in the organization, service, or facility.

    (3)  This section also applies to a discriminatory housing practice because of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, familial status, source of income, disability, sexual orientation, or gender identity based upon a person’s association with another person.

    Amended by Chapter 13, 2015 General Session