Label code (short name, no spaces) | Label descriptive name | Color (Hex code, e.g. #80BFB9) |
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Label-2 | State without a law | #8C510A |
Label-1 | State with a law | #01665E |
State | URL (relative path, e.g. /statute/name-of-page) | Label code (must match Label code from Label creation table) |
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Alabama | /statute/al-assistance-animals-assistance-animalguide-dog-laws#s8A_1 | Label-1 |
Alaska | Label-2 | |
Arizona | Label-2 | |
Arkansas | Label-2 | |
California | Label-2 | |
Colorado | Label-2 | |
Connecticut | Label-2 | |
Delaware | Label-2 | |
Florida | /statute/fl-assistance-animal-floridas-assistance-animalguide-dog-laws#s817_265 | Label-1 |
Georgia | Label-2 | |
Hawaii | Label-2 | |
Idaho | Label-2 | |
Illinois | Label-2 | |
Indiana | /statute/assistance-animal-assistance-animalguide-dog-laws#s22_9_7_12 | Label-1 |
Iowa | Label-2 | |
Kansas | Label-2 | |
Kentucky | /statute/ky-assistance-animal-assistance-animalguide-dog-laws#s383_085 | Label-1 |
Louisiana | Label-2 | |
Maine | Label-2 | |
Maryland | Label-2 | |
Massachusetts | Label-2 | |
Michigan | Label-2 | |
Minnesota | /statute/mn-assistance-animal-assistance-animalsguide-dog-laws#s504B_113 | Label-1 |
Mississippi | Label-2 | |
Missouri | /statute/mo-assistance-animal-assistance-animalguide-dog-laws#s204 | Label-1 |
Montana | Label-2 | |
Nebraska | Label-2 | |
Nevada | Label-2 | |
New Hampshire | Label-2 | |
New Jersey | Label-2 | |
New Mexico | Label-2 | |
New York | Label-2 | |
North Carolina | Label-2 | |
North Dakota | /statute/nd-assistance-animals-assistance-animalguide-dog-laws#s076 | Label-1 |
Ohio | Label-2 | |
Oklahoma | /statute/ok-assistance-animals-assistance-animalguide-dog-laws#s113_2 | Label-1 |
Oregon | Label-2 | |
Pennsylvania | /statute/pa-assistance-animals-assistance-animalguide-dog-laws#s405_6 | Label-1 |
Rhode Island | Label-2 | |
South Carolina | Label-2 | |
South Dakota | /statute/sd-cruelty-consolidated-cruelty-statutes#s40_1_38 | Label-1 |
Tennessee | /statute/tn-assistance-animal-assistance-animalguide-dog-laws#s66_7_111 | Label-1 |
Texas | Label-2 | |
Utah | Label-2 | |
Vermont | Label-2 | |
Virginia | Label-2 | |
Washington | Label-2 | |
West Virginia | Label-2 | |
Wisconsin | Label-2 | |
Wyoming | Label-2 |
Summary:
This map covers states with laws on fraudulent assistance animals in housing. These laws establish a procedure for requesting an emotional support animal or other assistance animal in housing for a person with a disability and also establish a penalty for fraudulently claiming an assistance animal. As of 2022, only eleven (11) states have such laws. This laws are different from laws that penalize individuals for falsely presenting their pets as service animals in places of public accommodation (that map can be found here). The state of Iowa has a new law that establishes a state procedure for assistance animal requests, but does not create a penalty for false representation.