910 IAC 2-2-14 Unlawful practices in selling, brokering, or appraising residential real property

Sec. 14. (a) It shall be unlawful for any person or other entity whose business includes engaging in selling, brokering, or appraising residential real property to discriminate against any person in making available such services, or in the performance of such services, because of race, color, religion, sex, handicap, familial status, or national origin. (b) As used in this rule, "appraisal" means an estimate or opinion of the value of specified residential real property made in a business context in connection with the sale, rental, financing, or refinancing of a dwelling or in connection with any activity that otherwise affects the availability of a residential real estate related transaction, whether the appraisal is oral, written, or transmitted formally or informally. The appraisal includes all written comments and other documents submitted as support for the estimate or opinion of value. (c) Nothing in this rule prohibits a person engaged in the business of making or furnishing appraisals of residential real property from taking into consideration factors other than race, color, religion, sex, handicap, familial status, or national origin. (d) Practices which are unlawful under this rule include, but are not limited to, using an appraisal of residential real property in connection with the sale, rental, or financing of any dwelling where the person knows or reasonably should know that the appraisal improperly takes into consideration race, color, religion, sex, handicap, familial status, or national origin.