Colorado Code § 24-34-501

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As used in this part 5, unless the context otherwise requires:
(1) "Aggrieved person" means any person who claims to have been injured by a
discriminatory housing practice or believes that he will be injured by a discriminatory housing
practice that is about to occur.
(1.3) (a) "Disability" means a physical impairment which substantially limits one or
more of a person's major life activities and includes a record of such an impairment and being
regarded as having such an impairment.
(b) (I) On and after July 1, 1990, as to this part 5, "disability" also includes a person who
has a mental impairment, but the term does not include any person currently involved in the
illegal use of a controlled substance or a substance use disorder with respect to a controlled
substance.
(II) The term "mental impairment" as used in subsection (1.3)(b)(I) of this section means
any behavioral, mental, or psychological disorder, such as an intellectual and developmental
disability, organic brain syndrome, behavioral or mental health disorder, or specific learning
disability.
(1.5) "Discriminate" includes both segregate and separate.
(1.6) "Familial status" means one or more individuals, who have not attained eighteen
years of age, being domiciled with a parent or another person having legal custody of or parental
responsibilities for such individual or individuals or the designee of such parent or other persons
having such custody or parental responsibilities with the written permission of such parent or
other person. Familial status shall apply to any person who is pregnant or is in the process of
securing legal custody or parental responsibilities of any individual who has not attained
eighteen years of age.
(2) "Housing" means any building, structure, vacant land, or part thereof offered for sale,
lease, rent, or transfer of ownership.
(3) "Person" has the same meaning as set forth in section 24-34-301 and includes any
owner, lessee, proprietor, manager, employee, or any agent of a person; but, for purposes of this
part 5, "person" does not include any private club not open to the public that, as an incident to its
primary purpose or purposes, provides lodgings that it owns or operates for other than a
commercial purpose, unless the club has the purpose of promoting discrimination in the matter
of housing against any person because of disability, race, creed, color, religion, sex, sexual
orientation, gender identity, gender expression, marital status, familial status, veteran or military
status, national origin, or ancestry.
(4) "Restrictive covenant" means any specification limiting the transfer, rental, or lease
of any housing because of disability, race, creed, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender
identity, gender expression, marital status, familial status, national origin, ancestry, or veteran or
military status, or limiting the rental or lease of any housing because of source of income.
(4.5) "Source of income" means any lawful and verifiable source of money paid directly,
indirectly, or on behalf of a person, including:
(a) Income derived from any lawful profession or occupation; and
(b) Income or rental payments derived from any government or private assistance, grant,
or loan program.
(5) "Transfer", as used in this part 5, shall not apply to transfer of property by will or by
gift.
(6) "Unfair housing practices" means those practices specified in section 24-34-502.
(7) "Veteran or military status" means a member or veteran of the United States Armed
Forces, United States Armed Forces Reserve, or United States National Guard. "Veteran or
military status" does not include an individual who was dishonorably discharged from military
service.

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