Indiana § 22-9.5-6-15 Determination at hearing that respondent has or is about to engage in
discriminatory practice; relief; civil penalties; previous violation

Indiana Statutes

§ 22-9.5-6-15 — Determination at hearing that respondent has or is about to engage in discriminatory practice; relief; civil penalties; previous violation

Indiana § 22-9.5-6-15

Art. 9.5INDIANA FAIR HOUSING

Ch. 6Administrative Enforcement

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Ind. Code § 22-9.5-6-15 (2026).

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(a)If the commission determines at a hearing under section 14 of this chapter that a respondent has engaged in or is about to engage in a discriminatory housing practice, the commission may order the appropriate relief, including actual damages, reasonable attorney's fees, court costs, and other injunctive or equitable relief.

(b)To vindicate the public interest, the commission may assess a civil penalty against the respondent in an amount that does not exceed the following:

(1)Ten thousand dollars ($10,000) if the respondent has not been adjudged by order of the commission or a court to have committed a prior discriminatory housing practice.

(2)Except as provided by subsection (c), twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000) if the respondent has been adjudged by order of the commission or

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(a) If the commission determines at a
hearing under section 14 of this chapter that a respondent has engaged
in or is about to engage in a discriminatory housing practice, the
commission may order the appropriate relief, including actual damages,
reasonable attorney's fees, court costs, and other injunctive or equitable
relief.
(b) To vindicate the public interest, the commission may assess a
civil penalty against the respondent in an amount that does not exceed
the following:
(1) Ten thousand dollars ($10,000) if the respondent has not been
adjudged by order of the commission or a court to have
committed a prior discriminatory housing practice.
(2) Except as provided by subsection (c), twenty-five thousand
dollars ($25,000) if the respondent has been adjudged by order of
the commission or a court to have committed one (1) other
discriminatory housing practice during the five (5) year period
ending on the date of the filing of the finding of reasonable cause.
(3) Except as provided by subsection (c), fifty thousand dollars
($50,000) if the respondent has been adjudged by order of the
commission or a court to have committed two (2) or more
discriminatory housing practices during the seven (7) year period
ending on the date of the filing of the finding of reasonable cause.
(c) If the acts constituting the discriminatory housing practice that
is the object of the finding of reasonable cause are committed by the
same individual who has been previously adjudged to have committed
acts constituting a discriminatory housing practice, the civil penalties
in subsection (b)(2) and (b)(3) may be imposed without regard to the
period of time within which any other discriminatory housing practice
occurred.
(d) The commission may sue to recover a civil penalty due under
this section.