Official Code of Georgia Annotated

Title 8. BUILDINGS AND HOUSING · Chapter 3. HOUSING GENERALLY · Article 4. FAIR HOUSING

8-3-204. Discrimination in residential real estate related transactions; appraisals.

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(a)
As used in this Code section, the term “residential real estate related transaction” means any of the following:#
1. (1)
  The making or purchasing of loans or providing other financial assistance:#
  (A)
  For purchasing, constructing, improving, repairing, or maintaining a dwelling; or#
  (B)
  Secured by residential real estate; or#
2. (2)
  The selling, brokering, or appraising of residential real property.#
(b)
It shall be unlawful for any person or other entity whose business includes engaging in residential real estate related transactions to discriminate against any person in making available such a transaction or in the terms or conditions of such a transaction because of race, color, religion, sex, handicap, familial status, or national origin.#
(c)
Nothing in this article shall be construed to prohibit a person engaged in the business of furnishing appraisals of real property from taking into consideration factors other than race, color, religion, national origin, sex, handicap, or familial status.#

The notes below are printed with the section but are not enacted law (O.C.G.A. § 1-1-1(c)). They are shown apart from the text.

History

Code 1981, § 8-3-204, enacted by Ga. L. 1990, p. 1284, § 1.

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