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Tenants in many respects are just like children. Their job is to push the boundaries but you as a landlord have one chance to make a first impression. During that chance they need to calculate in their head that the boss man is no joke and that crossing him will bring bad results and that they would be better taking their chances with a landlord elsewhere.

When you are showing them the house check them and the car out for evidence of Rover. Let them know from the beginning that they are in competition with another person for the home. This way you have a built in way out.

I learned this lesson the hard way. I’m definitely not built to be a landlord under any circumstances. I love dogs, not in a rental though. Sorry Spot! Get lost.

Let the dog stay.
Chuck out the dog owner! :shrug:

This would violate HIPAA laws.... And then comes the lawsuit!!

Can the landlord demand the renter (with the service animal) buy renter's insurance coverage and name the landlord as insured ?

You couldn't be more wrong [add obligatory !!]
HIPAA only applies to health care entities not to private persons, or landlords, or newspapers, or gossiping neighbors.

Your Rights Under HIPAA | HHS.gov.


Who Must Follow These Laws
We call the entities that must follow the HIPAA regulations "covered entities."

Covered entities include:

Health Plans, including health insurance companies, HMOs, company health plans, and certain government programs that pay for health care, such as Medicare and Medicaid.
Most Health Care Providers—those that conduct certain business electronically, such as electronically billing your health insurance—including most doctors, clinics, hospitals, psychologists, chiropractors, nursing homes, pharmacies, and dentists.
Health Care Clearinghouses—entities that process nonstandard health information they receive from another entity into a standard (i.e., standard electronic format or data content), or vice versa.

I doubt it. The landlord cannot even charge a security deposit for a service dog.

How about an allergy cleaning fee on departure, when a dog has been present?

I don't think that you can charge the owner of a service animal any fees that you wouldn't charge a tenant who has no pets. The law considers it discrimination to charge extra for having a service animal.

The laws don't protect the landlord. I had a tenant a few years back w/a service dog. I was stuck and when they left the home was trashed.

Landlords sure have drawn a short straw!

Large deposits and Wyoming land trust. Entity choice matters