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2006 Utah Code - 26-30-2 — Right to be accompanied by guide or service animal or animal in training.
26-30-2. Right to be accompanied by guide or service animal or animal in training.
(1) (a) The blind, visually impaired, hearing impaired, or otherwise physically disabled person has the right to be accompanied by a guide or service animal, as defined by the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, 42 U.S.C. 12102, specially trained for that purpose, in any of the places specified in Section 26-30-1 without additional charge for the guide or service animal.
(b) This section does not prohibit an owner or lessor of private housing accommodations from charging a reasonable deposit as security for any damage or wear and tear that might be caused by the service animal.
(c) An owner or lessor of private housing accommodations may not, in any manner, discriminate against a blind, visually impaired, hearing impaired, or otherwise physically disabled person on the basis of the person's possession of a guide or service animal specially trained for that purpose.
(2) A person, whether or not the person is blind, visually impaired, hearing impaired, or otherwise physically disabled, has the right to be accompanied by an animal that is in training to become a guide or service animal in any of the places specified in Section 26-30-1 without additional charge for the animal.
(3) A blind, visually impaired, hearing impaired, or otherwise physically disabled person is liable for any loss or damage caused or inflicted to the premises by the individual's guide or service animal.
(4) Persons accompanied by a specially trained guide or service animal, or by an animal that is in training to become a guide or service animal, may first be required to identify the animal by exhibiting the animal's laminated identification card or other form of identification, before these provisions apply.
(1) (a) The blind, visually impaired, hearing impaired, or otherwise physically disabled person has the right to be accompanied by a guide or service animal, as defined by the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, 42 U.S.C. 12102, specially trained for that purpose, in any of the places specified in Section 26-30-1 without additional charge for the guide or service animal.
(b) This section does not prohibit an owner or lessor of private housing accommodations from charging a reasonable deposit as security for any damage or wear and tear that might be caused by the service animal.
(c) An owner or lessor of private housing accommodations may not, in any manner, discriminate against a blind, visually impaired, hearing impaired, or otherwise physically disabled person on the basis of the person's possession of a guide or service animal specially trained for that purpose.
(2) A person, whether or not the person is blind, visually impaired, hearing impaired, or otherwise physically disabled, has the right to be accompanied by an animal that is in training to become a guide or service animal in any of the places specified in Section 26-30-1 without additional charge for the animal.
(3) A blind, visually impaired, hearing impaired, or otherwise physically disabled person is liable for any loss or damage caused or inflicted to the premises by the individual's guide or service animal.
(4) Persons accompanied by a specially trained guide or service animal, or by an animal that is in training to become a guide or service animal, may first be required to identify the animal by exhibiting the animal's laminated identification card or other form of identification, before these provisions apply.
Amended by Chapter 73, 2001 General Session
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