Ely, Nev., Mun. Code ch. 9-10 § 9-10-3

No person may, because of race, color, religious creed, national origin, ancestry, sex, handicap or familial status:


A. Refuse to sell or rent or refuse to negotiate for sale or rental of, or otherwise make unavailable or deny, a dwelling to any person.


B. Discriminate against any person in the terms, conditions or privileges of sale or rental of a dwelling, including the amount of brokerage fees, deposits or other undue penalties, or in the provision of services or facilities in connection therewith.


C. 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 a dwelling that indicates any preference, limitation or discrimination, or an intention to make any such preference, limitation or discrimination.


D. Represent to any person because of race, religious creed, color, national origin, ancestry, sex, handicap or familial status, that any dwelling is not available for inspection, sale or rental when such dwelling is in fact so available.


E. For profit, to induce or attempt to induce any person to sell or rent any dwelling by representations regarding the entry or prospective entry into the neighborhood of a person of a particular race, religious creed, color, national origin, ancestry, sex, handicap, or familial status.


F. Discriminate against a person in the terms, conditions or privileges of the sale, purchase, rental or leasing of any housing accommodation, or in the furnishing of facilities of services in connection therewith.


G. Refuse to receive or transmit a bona fide offer to sell, purchase, rent or lease any housing accommodation from or to a person because of his race, religious creed, color, national origin, ancestry, sex, handicap, or familial status.


H. Offer, solicit, accept or use a listing of any housing accommodation for sale, purchase, rental or lease with the understanding that a person may be subjected to discrimination in connection with such sale, purchase, rental or lease, or in the furnishing of facilities or services in connection therewith;


I. Induce directly or indirectly, or attempt to induce directly or indirectly, the sale, purchase, rental or lease, or the listing for any of the above of any housing accommodation by representing that the presence or anticipated presence of persons of any particular race, color, religious creed, national origin, ancestry, sex, handicap, familial status, or place of birth, in the area to be affected by such sale, purchase, rental or lease will or may result in either:


1. The lowering of property values in the area;


2. An increase in criminal or antisocial behavior in the area; or


3. A decline in the quality of schools serving the area.


J. Make any misrepresentations concerning the listing for sale, purchase, rental or lease, or the anticipated listing for any of the above, or the sale, purchase, rental or lease of any housing accommodation in any area in the city for the purpose of inducing or attempting to induce any such listing or any of the above transactions.


K. Engaging in, or hire to be done, or the conspiring with others to commit acts or activities of any nature, the purpose of which is to coerce, cause panic, incite unrest or create or play upon fear, with the purpose of either discouraging or inducing, or attempting to induce, the sale, purchase, rental or lease, or the listing for any of the above, of any housing accommodation.


L. Retaliate or discriminate in any manner against a person because he has filed complaint, testified, assisted or participated in any manner in any investigation, proceeding, hearing or conference under this chapter.


M. Aid, abet, incite, compel or coerce any person to engage in any of the practices prohibited by this chapter; or to obstruct or prevent any person from complying with the provisions of this chapter; or any order issued thereunder.


N. By canvassing, commit any unlawful practices prohibited by this chapter.


O. Otherwise deny to, or withhold any housing accommodation from a person because of his race, color, religious creed, national origin, ancestry, sex, handicap or familial status.


P. For any bank, building and loan association, insurance company or other corporation, association, firm, or enterprise whose business consists in whole or in part, in the making of commercial real estate loans, to deny a loan or other financial assistance to a person applying therefore for the purpose of purchasing, constructing, improving, repairing or maintaining a dwelling, or to discriminate against him in the fixing of the amount, interest rate, duration or other financial assistance, because of the race, color, religious creed, national origin, ancestry, sex, handicap or familial status of such person or of any person associated with him in connection with such loan or other financial assistance or the purpose of such loan or other financial assistance or of the present or prospective owners, lessees, tenants, or occupants of the dwelling or dwellings in relation to which such loan or other financial assistance is to be made or given.


Q. Deny any qualified person access to or membership or participation in any multiple-listing service, real estate broker's organization, or other service, organization, or facility relating to the business of selling or renting dwellings, or to discriminate against him in their terms or conditions of such access, membership, or participation, on account of race, color, religious creed, national origin, ancestry, sex, handicap or familial status.


R. Refuse to rent a dwelling solely because a guide dog, hearing dog or helping dog will be residing with the prospective tenant in the dwelling. A landlord may require proof that a dog is a guide dog, hearing dog or helping dog. This requirement may be satisfied by way of example and not of limitation, by exhibition or the identification card normally presented to a visually, aurally or physically handicapped person upon his graduation from a school for guide dogs, school for hearing dogs or school for helping dogs. For the purpose of this section, the terms "guide dog", "hearing dog", "helping dog", "school for guide dogs", "school for hearing dogs", and "school for helping dogs" have the meanings ascribed to them in Nevada Revised Statutes sections 426.075 to 426.095, inclusive. (Ord. 461, 6-10-1991; amd. Ord. 746, 8-18-2022)