Chapter 2.58 HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION
Section 2.58.020 Filing statement of complaint.
2.58.020 Filing statement of complaint.
A compliant shall be written, signed and notarized with the
notary service available at the
commission office free of charge to the complainant, and the complaint shall then be filed directly
with the commission and shall provide substantially the following information:
A. The full name and address of complainant;
B. The name and address and business
address of the person against whom the complaint is
made;
C. The alleged discriminatory act or
practice and a statement of particulars;
D. The date or dates of such alleged
discriminatory act; or
E. A statement as to any other action,
civil or criminal, instituted in any other form based upon
such grievance as is alleged in the complaint, together with a statement as to the status or
disposition of such action;
E. No complaint, except those filed under
Chapter 9.28, shall be held valid unless it is filed
within ninety days from the date of the occurrence of such alleged discrimination, or from the date
of the termination of a published and meaningful grievance procedure provided by a respondent
employer or union. Complaints filed under Chapter 9.28 shall meet the jurisdictional time
requirements of Chapter 9.28.
6. A person who files a complaint with
this commission shall have no recourse to the Indiana
Civil Rights Commission concerning any of the matters alleged in such complaints; however,
nothing shall affect such person's right to pursue any and all other rights and remedies available in
any other state or federal forum. Additionally, this section shall not affect the transfer to the
Indiana Civil Rights Commission of a complaint or the deferral of a complaint to the Columbus
Human Rights Commission from the Indiana Civil Rights Commission or the department of
housing and urban development and shall not affect the election available in Section 9.28.360.
(Ord. 92-45 (part), 1992: prior code § 12-12)