OCR Intake Questionnaire

INTAKE QUESTIONNAIRE

If you complete and return an Intake Questionnaire, you have not filed a formal complaint. OCR staff will review your form, then contact you to finalize the process.

Before you fill out an intake form, make sure that King County OCR has authority to handle your complaint! Click here

Intake Questionnaire Forms

If you feel that you experienced discrimination, you can complete and submit a form to our office. Click on a link below to open the appropriate questionnaire–

Fair Employment PDF

Fair Housing PDF

Public Accommodations PDF (places that provide goods or services to the public)
Fair Contracting PDF

Disability Grievance PDF (disability access to King County programs, services, activities)

Title VI PDF (discrimination in King County programs and activities)

Three ways you can submit
an intake questionnaire:

– Fax it to OCR at 206-296-4329
– E-mail it to Civil-Rights.OCR@kingcounty.gov
– Mail it to:
      King County Office of Civil Rights
      400 Yesler Way, Room 260
      Seattle, WA 98104-2683

QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS ABOUT THE KING COUNTY OFFICE OF CIVIL RIGHTS (OCR)

What kind of discrimination complaints does OCR investigate?

OCR enforces four King County ordinances–

     Fair Employment
     Fair Housing
     Public Accommodations
     Fair Contracting

OCR handles these other grievances and complaints–

     Disability Access
     Title VI

What happens when I file a complaint?

See our Web page about the investigation process– Filing a Discrimination Complaint.

When can complaints be filed with OCR?

Employment– within 180 days of the time of the alleged unfair employment practice (or within 180 days of when you had notice or became aware of it)

Housing– within 365 days after the occurrence or termination of the alleged unfair housing practice

Public Accommodations– within 180 days of the occurrence of the alleged discrimination (or within 180 days of when you had notice or became aware of it)

Contracting– within 180 days of the time of the alleged unfair contracting practice (or within 180 days of when you had notice or became aware of it)

Disability Access– within 180 days of the alleged discriminatory act

Title VI– within 180 days of the alleged discriminatory act

OCR CAN'T HANDLE DISCRIMINATION COMPLAINTS EVERYWHERE IN KING COUNTY!
We have authority to accept and investigate complaints only when:

– the employer, housing or business is in unincorporated King County
– when the employer or provider of public accommodations is King County government.

Unincorporated King County is the area that is NOT inside the cities or towns. For example:

– OCR does not have jurisdiction to take complaints about an employer within the city limits of
   Issaquah, a landlord inside the city of Federal Way, or a business in Renton.
– OCR does have authority to take complaints about an employer outside the city limits of Auburn,
   a landlord in Skyway, or a business in the unincorporated town of Vashon.

Unsure whether your possible complaint is in unincorporated King County? Call or e-mail us!

If the discrimination happened in an incorporated city or in another county, contact–
     – City of Seattle: Seattle Office for Civil Rights, www.seattle.gov/civilrights
     – City of Tacoma: Tacoma Human Rights Department, www.cityoftacoma.org/humanrights
     – Elsewhere in Washington: Washington State Human Rights Commission, www.hum.wa.gov

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To contact OCR, call 206-296-7592 or 296-7596 TTY, or e-mail Civil-Rights.OCR@kingcounty.gov

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Updated: Sept. 5, 2007

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