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PART II. REAL AND PERSONAL PROPERTY AND DOMESTIC RELATIONS

TITLE I. TITLE TO REAL PROPERTY

CHAPTER 184. GENERAL PROVISIONS RELATIVE TO REAL PROPERTY

Chapter 184: Section 23B. Restrictive covenants based on race, religion, national origin or sex; validity; exception

Section 23B. A provision in an instrument relating to real property which purports to forbid or restrict the conveyance, encumbrance, occupancy, or lease thereof to individuals of a specified race, color, religion, national origin or sex shall be void. Any condition, restriction or prohibition, including a right of entry or a possibility of reverter, which directly or indirectly limits the use for occupancy of real property on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin or sex shall be void, excepting a limitation on the basis of religion on the use of real property held by a religious or denominational institution or organization or by an organization operated for charitable or educational purposes which is operated, supervised or controlled by or in connection with a religious organization.