Alaska Statutes
Alaska Stat. § 18.80.240 (2026)
Unlawful practices in the sale or rental of real property
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Sec. 18.80.240. Unlawful practices in the sale or rental of real property.
It is unlawful for the owner, lessee, manager, or other person having the right to sell, lease, or rent real property
(1) to refuse to sell, lease, or rent the real property to a person because of sex, marital status, changes in marital status, pregnancy, race, religion, physical or mental disability, color, or national origin; however, nothing in this paragraph prohibits the sale, lease, or rental of classes of real property commonly known as housing for “singles” or “married couples” only;
(2) to discriminate against a person because of sex, marital status, changes in marital status, pregnancy, race, religion, physical or mental disability, color, or national origin in a term, condition, or privilege relating to the use, sale, lease, or rental of real property; however, nothing in this paragraph prohibits the sale, lease, or rental of classes of real property commonly known as housing for “singles” or “married couples” only;
(3) to make a written or oral inquiry or record of the sex, marital status, changes in marital status, race, religion, physical or mental disability, color, or national origin of a person seeking to buy, lease, or rent real property;
(4) to offer, solicit, accept, use, or retain a listing of real property with the understanding that a person may be discriminated against in a real estate transaction or in the furnishing of facilities or sources in connection therewith because of a person's sex, marital status, changes in marital status, pregnancy, race, religion, physical or mental disability, color, national origin, or age;
(5) to represent to a person that real property is not available for inspection, sale, rental, or lease when in fact it is so available, or to refuse to allow a person to inspect real property because of the race, religion, physical or mental disability, color, national origin, age, sex, marital status, change in marital status, or pregnancy of that person or of any person associated with that person;
(6) to engage in blockbusting;
(7) to make, print, or publish, or cause to be made, printed, or published, any notice, statement, or advertisement with respect to the sale or rental of real property that indicates any preference, limitation, or discrimination based on race, color, religion, physical or mental disability, sex, or national origin, or an intention to make the preference, limitation, or discrimination.
It is unlawful for the owner, lessee, manager, or other person having the right to sell, lease, or rent real property
(1) to refuse to sell, lease, or rent the real property to a person because of sex, marital status, changes in marital status, pregnancy, race, religion, physical or mental disability, color, or national origin; however, nothing in this paragraph prohibits the sale, lease, or rental of classes of real property commonly known as housing for “singles” or “married couples” only;
(2) to discriminate against a person because of sex, marital status, changes in marital status, pregnancy, race, religion, physical or mental disability, color, or national origin in a term, condition, or privilege relating to the use, sale, lease, or rental of real property; however, nothing in this paragraph prohibits the sale, lease, or rental of classes of real property commonly known as housing for “singles” or “married couples” only;
(3) to make a written or oral inquiry or record of the sex, marital status, changes in marital status, race, religion, physical or mental disability, color, or national origin of a person seeking to buy, lease, or rent real property;
(4) to offer, solicit, accept, use, or retain a listing of real property with the understanding that a person may be discriminated against in a real estate transaction or in the furnishing of facilities or sources in connection therewith because of a person's sex, marital status, changes in marital status, pregnancy, race, religion, physical or mental disability, color, national origin, or age;
(5) to represent to a person that real property is not available for inspection, sale, rental, or lease when in fact it is so available, or to refuse to allow a person to inspect real property because of the race, religion, physical or mental disability, color, national origin, age, sex, marital status, change in marital status, or pregnancy of that person or of any person associated with that person;
(6) to engage in blockbusting;
(7) to make, print, or publish, or cause to be made, printed, or published, any notice, statement, or advertisement with respect to the sale or rental of real property that indicates any preference, limitation, or discrimination based on race, color, religion, physical or mental disability, sex, or national origin, or an intention to make the preference, limitation, or discrimination.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 14
cases (1 in the last 5 years), 1983–2021 · leading case: Swanner v. Anchorage Equal Rights Comm'n, 874 P.2d 274 (Alaska 1994).
Swanner v. Anchorage Equal Rights Comm'n, 874 P.2d 274 (Alaska 1994). “020 and AS 18.80.240. Swanner refused to rent or allow inspection of residential properties after learning that each complainant intended *277 to live with a member of the opposite sex to whom he or she was not married.”
Foreman v. Anchorage Equal Rights Comm'n, 779 P.2d 1199 (Alaska 1989). “Both AS 18.80.240 and AMC 05.20.020 plainly prohibit discrimination based on marital status.”
Thomas v. Anchorage Equal Rights Comm'n, 102 P.3d 937 (Alaska 2004). “AS 18.80.240; AMC 5.20.020. 2 . 874 P.2d 274, 276 (Alaska 1994).”
Smith v. Fair Emp. & Hous. Comm'n, 913 P.2d 909 (Cal. 1996). “2d 274 ] [interpreting Alaska Stat. § 18.80.240 ]; Attorney General v.”
Pub. Saf. Employees Ass'n v. State, 658 P.2d 769 (Alaska 1983). “200 and AS 18.80.240. 10 This claim does not call into question the meaning of a contract term or whether the contract has been correctly applied.”
Ratcliff v. Sec. Nat'l Bank, 670 P.2d 1139 (Alaska 1983). “230 (unlawful practices in places of public accommodation), AS 18.80.240 (unlawful practices in the sale of real property), and AS 18.”
Univ. of Alaska v. Tumeo, 933 P.2d 1147 (Alaska 1997). “The Human Rights Act deals specifically with discrimination in the housing market in AS 18.80.240. 10 . As enacted in 1981, AS 14.”
Thomas v. Anchorage Equal Rights Comm'n, 220 F.3d 1134 (9th Cir. 2000). “” Alaska Stat. § 18.80.240 (1), (2). The Anchorage ordinance is parallel in this respect.”
Thomas v. Anchorage Equal Rights Comm'n, 165 F.3d 692 (9th Cir. 1999). “” Alaska Stat. § 18.80.240 (1). The Anchorage ordinance is in all material respects identical.”
Brause v. State, Dep't of Health & Soc. Servs., 21 P.3d 357 (Alaska 2001). “Brause and Dugan cite AS 18.80.220(c)(1). That statute uses the same terms-'"marital status" and "changes in marital status"-as other statutes in the chapter prohibiting discrimination, including AS 18.”
Metcalfe Investments, Inc. v. Garrison, 919 P.2d 1356 (Alaska 1996). “See AS 18.80.240(1) and 12 AAC 64.130(19). It is difficult to see how her compliance with the noncompetition agreement would cause her to violate Alaska’s housing discrimination laws.”
Brause v. State, Dept. of H. & Ss, 21 P.3d 357 (Alaska 2001). “265(15) (defining married to "include[] a person who is divorced but is required by the decree of divorce to contribute to the support of his former spouse"). [42] Brause and Dugan cite AS 18.”
— Alaska Stat. § 18.80.240(1) — 2 cases
Thomas v. Anchorage Equal Rights Comm'n, 102 P.3d 937 (Alaska 2004). “AS 18.80.240; AMC 5.20.020. 2 . 874 P.2d 274, 276 (Alaska 1994).”
Metcalfe Investments, Inc. v. Garrison, 919 P.2d 1356 (Alaska 1996). “See AS 18.80.240(1) and 12 AAC 64.130(19). It is difficult to see how her compliance with the noncompetition agreement would cause her to violate Alaska’s housing discrimination laws.”
— Alaska Stat. § 18.80.240(2) — 3 cases
Foreman v. Anchorage Equal Rights Comm'n, 779 P.2d 1199 (Alaska 1989). “Both AS 18.80.240 and AMC 05.20.020 plainly prohibit discrimination based on marital status.”
Thomas v. Anchorage Equal Rights Comm'n, 102 P.3d 937 (Alaska 2004). “AS 18.80.240; AMC 5.20.020. 2 . 874 P.2d 274, 276 (Alaska 1994).”
Winters Ex Rel. Winters v. Chugiak Senior Citizens, 531 F. Supp. 2d 1075 (D. Alaska 2007).
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