Emotional support animal california

A california landlord s guide to emotional support animals. Emotional support animal laws in california. According to california law one only need to be limited by a disability to qualify for the use of an esa. The esa letter must be 1 written on the lmhp s professional letterhead and 2 must include their licensing information along with their signature. Landlord tenant law by brewer firm team. In order to qualify your animal in california as an emotional support animal you must have an esa letter written by a california licensed mental health professional. An emotional support animal esa is defined as a dog or other animal which provides companionship emotional support and a sense of well being and safety to their owner aiding in the treatment of one or more mental health condition such as anxiety or depression. Service animals are working animals not pets. The work or task a dog has been trained to provide must be directly related to the person s disability. The service animal registry of california is also a registry where owners of emotional support animals and service animals can easily and quickly register the status of their animal online. Several different california laws set out the rights of people with disabilities who use animals to assist them. Explicitly does not apply to emotional support animals. In california tenants have the right to bring their service dogs and emotional support animals to live with them in many circumstances. Support animals are different from service animals in that they are not trained to work or perform specific tasks. Service animals where this means any dog that is individually trained to do work or perform tasks for the benefit of an individual with a disability in some circumstances this can also extend to miniature horses.

Landlords and other housing providers in california may not refuse to make reasonable accommodations in their rules or policies if such accommodations are necessary to afford a person with a disability the equal opportunity to use and enjoy a house or apartment. California law allows persons with disabilities to bring trained service dogs and psychiatric service dogs but not emotional support animals to all public places. Dogs whose sole function is to provide comfort or emotional support do not qualify as service animals under the ada. 35 104 36 104 35 136 i 2010. Both federal and california laws allow those suffering from a mental or physical disability to keep support animals.

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