213.065. Discrimination in public accommodations prohibited, exceptions. - Missouri Statutes

Discrimination in public accommodations prohibited, exceptions.

213.065. 1. All persons within the jurisdiction of the state ofMissouri are free and equal and shall be entitled to the full and equal useand enjoyment within this state of any place of public accommodation, ashereinafter defined, without discrimination or segregation on the groundsof race, color, religion, national origin, sex, ancestry, or disability.

2. It is an unlawful discriminatory practice for any person, directlyor indirectly, to refuse, withhold from or deny any other person, or toattempt to refuse, withhold from or deny any other person, any of theaccommodations, advantages, facilities, services, or privileges madeavailable in any place of public accommodation, as defined in section213.010 and this section, or to segregate or discriminate against any suchperson in the use thereof on the grounds of race, color, religion, nationalorigin, sex, ancestry, or disability.

3. The provisions of this section shall not apply to a private club,a place of accommodation owned by or operated on behalf of a religiouscorporation, association or society, or other establishment which is not infact open to the public, unless the facilities of such establishments aremade available to the customers or patrons of a place of publicaccommodation as defined in section 213.010 and this section.

(L. 1986 S.B. 513, A.L. 1992 H.B. 1619, A.L. 1998 S.B. 786)

(1999) Statute grants a cause of action for associational discrimination. Missouri Commission on Human Rights v. Red Dragon Restaurant, Inc., 991 S.W.2d 161 (W.D.Mo.).