Government Code 12955 - 12957
The California Fair Employment and Housing Act prohibits discrimination in housing based on age, race, color, religion, sex, gender, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, familial status, marital status, disability, veteran or military status, national origin, source of income as defined in subdivision (p) of Section 12955, or ancestry. Government Code section 12956.2(a) provides that any deed or other recorded instrument that contains unlawfully discriminatory language forbidding or restricting the right of any person to sell, buy, lease, rent, use or occupy the property on account of any of the characteristics specified above, may be revised to remove such unlawful language. A title company, escrow company, county recorder, real estate broker, real estate agent, or other person also may submit for recordation a Restrictive Covenant Modification document. If the existence of unlawfully restrictive language is confirmed by County Counsel, the modification document is recorded with the unlawful restrictive covenant redacted.
Additionally, California Government Code Section 12956.2(h) states if a person causes to be recorded a modified document pursuant to this section that contains modifications not authorized by this section, the county recorder shall not incur liability for recording the document. The liability that may result from the unauthorized recordation is the sole responsibility of the person who caused the modified recordation as provided in subdivision (a).
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