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Old 10-24-2022, 06:48 AM
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Originally Posted by Debbraham View Post
Just like applying for a handicap sign for your car, people with service animals should have to have a doctors order and then apply thru the state for a card that would be required to be displayed or shown at stores in order to admit the dog. You can buy a service jacket for a dog online without any documentation. Means nothing!
The handicap signs are required and controlled by the state under state law.

The problem with service dogs is that the state cannot require anything that would supercede a Federal law. The Federal disability law specifically provides that the owner of a service dog does not need any documentation for the dog. So, no state could enact the requirement you suggest.