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Originally Posted by retiredguy123

I agree with the law, but, I read the law, and it looks to me like it is pretty much unenforceable. First of all, the violator must have a dog with a vest or other item identifying the dog as a service animal. If so, then they can be charged with fraud, if the identifying item is a fake. However, the Federal ADA law does not even require a service animal to have anything that identifies it as a service animal. And, no one is allowed to ask for proof that the animal is a service animal. So, it appears that all someone needs to do to avoid prosecution is to not have a vest or identifying item on the dog, and claim that it is a service animal.

Originally Posted by CFrance

It's the ADA requirements that need to be changed in order to strengthen them. It's too easy for fraud to occur. There needs to be some registration and certificate issued for service dogs that without one, the dog doesn't qualify.

I agree with both of the above posts, but trying to undo this scam has to start somewhere. Once the snowball starts rolling downhill it keeps getting bigger. Hopefully more states will try to address the problem and eventually the Federal laws will catch on?