Oklahoma § 25-1451 - Definitions

§ 25-1451. Definitions

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;

Oklahoma Statutes - Title 25. Definitions and General Provisions

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

less than eighteen (18) years of age.

Oklahoma Statutes - Title 25. Definitions and General Provisions

Added by Laws 1985, c. 289, § 1. Amended by Laws 1991, c. 177, § 2;

Laws 2011, c. 270, § 13, eff. Nov. 1, 2011; Laws 2013, c. 214, § 6,

emerg. eff. May 7, 2013.