Chapter 4.04 HUMAN RIGHTS
Section 4.04.540 Threat of force or intimidation; penalty.
1. A person commits a public offense if the person, whether or not acting under
color of law, by force or
threat of force, intentionally intimidates or interferes with or attempts to interfere with a person
under any of
the following circumstances:
a. Because of the person's race, color, creed, sex,
membership in any protected class defined by the
Iowa Civil Rights Act and/or the Federal Civil Rights Act, religion, national origin, disability, or
familial
status, and because the person is or has been selling, purchasing, renting, occupying, or financing,
contracting for, or negotiating for the sale, purchase, rental or occupation of any dwelling, or applying
for or
participating in a service, organization, or facility relating to the business of selling or renting
dwellings.
b. Because the person is or has been doing any of the
following:
(1) Participating, without discrimination
because of race, color, creed, sex, membership in any
protected class defined by the Iowa Civil Rights Act and/or the Federal Civil Rights Act, religion,
national
origin, disability, or familial status, in an activity service, organization, or facility described
in subsection
(a)(1) of this section.
(2) Affording another person
the opportunity or protection to so participate.
(3) Lawfully aiding or encouraging
other persons to participate, without discrimination because of
race, color, sex, membership in any protected class defined by the Iowa Civil Rights Act and/or the
Federal
Civil Rights Act, religion, national origin, disability, or familial status, in an activity, service,
organization,
or facility described in subsection (a)(1) of this section.
2. Any person who fails to perform an act required by this section or who commits
an act prohibited by
this section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by fine or imprisonment as provided by Section
1.04 of this Code. (Ord. 2008-0235)