Iowa Code § 216.1
Citation
This chapter may be known and may be cited as the “Iowa Civil Rights Act of 1965”.
Iowa Code Chapter 216 — Office of Civil Rights
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Iowa Code § 216.2
Definitions
When used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires: 1. “Agency” means the administrative function of the Iowa office of civil rights, including the director and staff. “Agency” does not include a member of the Iowa state civil rights commission. 2. “Commission” means the Iowa state civil rights commission…
Iowa Code § 216.3
Commission and director appointed
1. The Iowa state civil rights commission is created consisting of five members appointed by the governor subject to confirmation by the senate. Appointments shall be made to provide geographical area representation insofar as practicable. No more than three members of the commission shall belong to the same political…
Iowa Code § 216.4
Compensation and expenses procedures
Commissioners shall be paid a per diem as specified in section 7E.6 and shall be reimbursed for actual and necessary expenses incurred while on official commission business. All per diem and expense moneys paid to commissioners shall be paid from funds appropriated to the office. The commission shall adopt, amend, or r…
Iowa Code § 216.5
Powers and duties of agency
The agency shall have the following powers and duties: 1. To receive, investigate, mediate, conciliate, and determine the merits of complaints alleging illegal discriminatory practices. The agency shall not disclose the filing of a complaint, the information gathered during the investigation, or the endeavors to elimin…
Iowa Code § 216.5A
Powers and duties of commission
The commission shall have the following powers and duties: 1. To adopt, amend, or rescind procedures as necessary for the conduct of commission meetings. 2. To sit as the final reviewing body for decisions issued by an administrative law judge following an appeal from a contested case hearing. 3. To make policy recomme…
Iowa Code § 216.6
Unfair employment practices
1. It shall be an unfair or discriminatory practice for any: a. Person to refuse to hire, accept, register, classify, or refer for employment, to discharge any employee, or to otherwise discriminate in employment against any applicant for employment or any employee because of the age, race, creed, color, sex, sexual or…
Iowa Code § 216.6A
Additional unfair or discriminatory practice — wage discrimination in employment
1. a. The general assembly finds that the practice of discriminating against any employee because of the age, race, creed, color, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, religion, or disability of such employee by paying wages to such employee at a rate less than the rate paid to other employees does all of the follo…
Iowa Code § 216.7
Unfair practices — accommodations or services
1. It shall be an unfair or discriminatory practice for any owner, lessee, sublessee, proprietor, manager, or superintendent of any public accommodation or any agent or employee thereof: a. To refuse or deny to any person because of race, creed, color, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, religion, or disability t…
Iowa Code § 216.8
Unfair or discriminatory practices — housing
1. It shall be an unfair or discriminatory practice for any person, owner, or person acting for an owner, of rights to housing or real property, with or without compensation, including but not limited to persons licensed as real estate brokers or salespersons, attorneys, auctioneers, agents or representatives by power…
Iowa Code § 216.8A
Additional unfair or discriminatory practices — housing
1. A person shall not induce or attempt to induce another person to sell or rent a dwelling by representations regarding the entry or prospective entry into a neighborhood of a person of a particular race, color, creed, sex, sexual orientation, religion, national origin, disability, or familial status. 2. A person shal…
Iowa Code § 216.8B
Assistance animals and service animals in housing
1. For purposes of this section, unless the context otherwise requires: a. “Assistance animal” means an animal that qualifies as a reasonable accommodation under the federal Fair Housing Act, 42 U.S.C. §3601 et seq., as amended, or section 504 of the federal Rehabilitation Act of 1973, 29 U.S.C. §794, as amended. b. “S…
Iowa Code § 216.8C
Finding of disability and need for an assistance animal in housing
1. Upon a request for documentation pursuant to section 216.8B, subsection 3, a licensee under chapter 148, 148C, 152, 154B, 154C, or 154D, or a licensee of another state who is licensed under a similar law and who is in good standing with that state, shall make a written finding that includes all of the following: a.…
Iowa Code § 216.9
Unfair or discriminatory practices — education
1. It is an unfair or discriminatory practice for any educational institution to discriminate on the basis of race, creed, color, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, religion, or disability in any program or activity. Such discriminatory practices shall include but not be limited to the following practices: a. Ex…
Iowa Code § 216.9A
Single and multiple occupancy restrooms or changing areas in schools use by persons of same biological sex
It shall not be an unfair or discriminatory practice for a school to require a single or multiple occupancy restroom or changing area to be designated only for and used by persons of the same biological sex as provided in section 280.33. It shall not be an unfair or discriminatory practice to prohibit a person from usi…
Iowa Code § 216.10
Unfair credit practices
1. It shall be an unfair or discriminatory practice for any: a. Creditor to refuse to enter into a consumer credit transaction or impose finance charges or other terms or conditions more onerous than those regularly extended by that creditor to consumers of similar economic backgrounds because of age, color, creed, nat…
Iowa Code § 216.11
Aiding, abetting, or retaliation
It shall be an unfair or discriminatory practice for: 1. Any person to intentionally aid, abet, compel, or coerce another person to engage in any of the practices declared unfair or discriminatory by this chapter. 2. Any person to discriminate or retaliate against another person in any of the rights protected against d…
Iowa Code § 216.11A
Interference, coercion, or intimidation
It shall be unlawful to coerce, intimidate, threaten, or interfere with any person in the exercise or enjoyment of, on account of the person having exercised or enjoyed, or on account of the person having aided or encouraged any other person in the exercise or enjoyment of, any right granted or protected by section 216…
Iowa Code § 216.12
Exceptions
1. The provisions of sections 216.8 and 216.8A shall not apply to: a. Any bona fide religious institution with respect to any qualifications it may impose based on religion or sexual orientation when the qualifications are related to a bona fide religious purpose, unless the religious institution owns or operates prope…
Iowa Code § 216.12A
Additional housing exception
Sections 216.8 and 216.8A do not prohibit a person engaged in the business of furnishing appraisals of real estate from taking into consideration factors other than race, color, creed, sex, sexual orientation, religion, national origin, disability, or familial status in appraising real estate.
Iowa Code § 216.13
Exceptions for retirement plans, abortion coverage, life, disability, and health benefits
The provisions of this chapter relating to discrimination because of age do not apply to a retirement plan or benefit system of an employer unless the plan or system is a mere subterfuge adopted for the purpose of evading this chapter. 1. However, a retirement plan or benefit system shall not require the involuntary re…
Iowa Code § 216.14
Promotion or transfer
After a person with a disability is employed, the employer shall not be required under this chapter to promote or transfer the person to another job or occupation, unless, prior to the transfer, the person with the disability, by training or experience, is qualified for the job or occupation. Any collective bargaining…
Iowa Code § 216.15
Complaint hearing
1. Any person claiming to be aggrieved by a discriminatory or unfair practice may, in person or by an attorney, make, sign, and file with the agency a verified, written complaint, which shall state the name and address of the person, employer, employment agency, or labor organization alleged to have committed the discr…
Iowa Code § 216.15A
Additional proceedings housing discrimination
1. a. The agency may join a person not named in the complaint as an additional or substitute respondent if in the course of the investigation, the agency determines that the person should be alleged to have committed a discriminatory housing or real estate practice. b. In addition to the information required in the not…
Iowa Code § 216.15B
Formal mediation — confidentiality
1. A mediator may be designated in writing by the agency to conduct formal mediation of a complaint filed under this chapter. The written designation must specifically refer to this section. 2. If formal mediation is conducted by a mediator pursuant to this section, the confidentiality of all mediation communications i…
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