US Laws, Codes, Statutes & Cases

 
    §  8-116 Determination of probable cause. a. Except in connection with
  commission-initiated complaints which shall not require a  determination
  of  probable  cause, where the commission determines that probable cause
  exists to believe that the respondent has engaged or is engaging  in  an
  unlawful  discriminatory practice or an act of discriminatory harassment
  or violence as set forth in chapter six of this  title,  the  commission
  shall issue a written notice to complainant and respondent so stating. A
  determination  of  probable cause is not a final order of the commission
  and shall not be administratively or judicially reviewable.
    b.  If  there  is  a  determination  of  probable  cause  pursuant  to
  subdivision  a  of  this  section  in  relation  to a complaint alleging
  discrimination in housing accommodations, land or commercial space or an
  interest therein, or if a  commission-initiated  complaint  relating  to
  discrimination in housing accommodations, land or commercial space or an
  interest  therein  has been filed, and the property owner or the owner's
  duly authorized agent will not agree voluntarily to  withhold  from  the
  market  the  subject housing accommodations, land or commercial space or
  an interest therein for a period of ten  days  from  the  date  of  such
  request  the  commission may cause to be posted for a period of ten days
  from the date of such request, in a conspicuous place on the land or  on
  the  door  of  such housing accommodations or commercial space, a notice
  stating that such accommodations,  land  or  commercial  space  are  the
  subject  of  a  complaint  before  the  commission  and that prospective
  transferees will take such accommodations, land or commercial  space  at
  their  peril. Any destruction, defacement, alteration or removal of such
  notice by the owner or the  owner's  agents  or  employees  shall  be  a
  misdemeanor  punishable on conviction thereof by a fine of not more than
  one thousand dollars or by imprisonment for not more than  one  year  or
  both.
    c.  If  a  determination  is  made  pursuant  to subdivision a of this
  section  that  probable  cause  exists,  or  if  a  commission-initiated
  complaint has been filed, the commission shall refer the complaint to an
  administrative  law judge and shall serve a notice upon the complainant,
  respondent and any necessary  party  that  the  complaint  has  been  so
  referred.