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2021 Code of Alabama
Title 21 - Handicapped Persons.
Chapter 7 - Rights of Blind and Otherwise Physically Disabled Persons.
Section 21-7-7 - Rights of Blind Persons Not Using Cane or Service Animal.

Universal Citation:
AL Code § 21-7-7 (2021)
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Section 21-7-7

Rights of blind persons not using cane or service animal.

A totally or partially blind pedestrian not carrying a cane as described in Section 21-7-6 or any totally or partially blind individual not using a service animal in a public accommodation shall have all of the rights and privileges conferred by law upon other individuals, and the failure of a totally or partially blind pedestrian to carry a cane or of a totally or partially blind individual to use a service animal in a public accommodation may not be held to constitute nor be evidence of contributory negligence.

(Acts 1975, No. 869, p. 1711, §3; Act 2019-478, §1.)

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