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AL - Assistance Animals - Assistance Animal/Guide Dog Laws | Animal Legal & Historical Center
Full Statute Name: Code of Alabama. Title 21. Handicapped Persons. Chapter 7. Rights of Blind and Otherwise Physically Disabled Persons. Title 3. Animals. Chapter 1. General Provisions Title 32. Motor Vehicles and Traffic. Chapter 5A. Rules of the Road. Article 10. Pedestrians' Rights and Duties.
Primary Citation: Ala.Code 1975 § § 21-7-1 - 10; 3-1-7; § 32-5A-220; § 24-8A-1 - 5 Country of Origin: United States Last Checked: August, 2018 Alternate Citation: AL ST § 21-7-1 - 10; § 3-1-7; § 32-5A-220; § 24-8A-1 - 5
§ 3-1-7 . Refusal to permit guide dog to accompany blind person into place of public accommodation, etc.
TITLE 21. HANDICAPPED PERSONS. CHAPTER 7. RIGHTS OF BLIND AND OTHERWISE PHYSICALLY DISABLED PERSONS.
§ 21-7-1 . Declaration of policy.
§ 21-7-2 . Right to full use of streets, sidewalks, public buildings, public facilities, etc.
§ 21-7-3 . Right to use of public conveyances and transportation facilities, lodging places, places of public accommodation, etc.
§ 21-7-4 . Right of person with a disability to be accompanied by service animal.
§ 21-7-5 . Penalty for denial of or interference with enumerated rights.
§ 21-7-6 . Duty of drivers to pedestrians carrying cane or accompanied by guide dog.
§ 21-7-7 . Rights of blind persons not using cane or guide dog; failure to use cane or guide dog not evidence of contributory negligence.
§ 21-7-8 . Employment by state, political subdivisions of state, public schools, etc.
§ 21-7-9 . Right to housing accommodations.
§ 21-7-10 . Annual proclamation of White Cane Safety Day.
Title 24. Housing. Chapter 8A. Alabama Assistance and Service Animal Integrity in Housing Act.
§ 24-8A-1. Short title.
§ 24-8A-2. Definitions.
§ 24-8A-3. Documentation requirements.
§ 24-8A-4. Misrepresentation of entitlement to assistance animal or service animal.
§ 24-8A-5. Misrepresentation of animal as assistance animal or service animal.
TITLE 32. MOTOR VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC. CHAPTER 5A. RULES OF THE ROAD. ARTICLE 10. PEDESTRIAN'S RIGHTS AND DUTIES.
§ 32-5A-220 . Right-of-way to blind persons, guide dogs in training.
§ 3-1-7. Refusal to permit guide dog to accompany blind person into place of public accommodation, etc.
No owner, lessee, proprietor, manager, superintendent, agent, or employee of any place of public accommodation, amusement or recreation, including, but not limited to, any inn, hotel, restaurant, eating establishment, barbershop, billiard parlor, store, public conveyance, theater, motion-picture house, public educational institution, or elevator shall refuse to permit a guide dog to accompany a blind person entering the place or making use of the accommodations available when the blind person is being led by the guide dog; if the guide dog is wearing a harness; and the blind person presents for inspection credentials issued by an accredited school for training guide dogs or the dog is being trained by a person employed by an accredited school for training guide dogs. Any person who violates this section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction shall be fined an amount not to exceed fifty dollars ($50).
(Acts 1967, No. 518, p. 1242; Act 99-698, 2nd Sp. Sess., p. 207, § 1.)
§ 21-7-1. Declaration of policy.
(Acts 1975, No. 869, p. 1711, § 1.)
§ 21-7-2. Right to full use of streets, sidewalks, public buildings, public facilities, etc.
The blind, the visually handicapped and the otherwise physically disabled have the same right as the able-bodied to the full and free use of the streets, highways, sidewalks, walkways, public buildings, public facilities and other public places.
(Acts 1975, No. 869, p. 1711, § 2.)
§ 21-7-3. Right to use of public conveyances and transportation facilities, lodging places, places of public accommodation, etc.
The blind, the visually handicapped and the otherwise physically disabled are entitled to full and equal accommodations, advantages, facilities and privileges of all common carriers, airplanes, motor vehicles, railroad trains, motor buses, streetcars, boats or any other public conveyances or modes of transportation, hotels, lodging places, places of public accommodation, amusement or resort and other places to which the general public is invited, subject only to the conditions and limitations established by law and applicable alike to all persons.
§ 21-7-4. Right of person with a disability to be accompanied by service animal.
(Acts 1975, No. 869, p. 1711, § 2; Acts 1982, No. 82-527, p. 877, § 1; Act 99-698, 2nd Sp. Sess., p. 298, § 1; Act 2001-344, p. 446, § 1; Act 2011-578, § 1.)
The 1999 amendment, effective March 1, 2000, inserted “and every person employed by an accredited school for training guide dogs”, substituted “dog however, the” for “guide or hearing dog; provided, that such”, and substituted “the dog” for “such dog”.
The 2001 amendment, effective May 1, 2001, inserted “shall have the right to be accompanied by a guide dog in training”.
The 2011 amendment, effective September 1, 2011, rewrote this section.
§ 21-7-5. Penalty for denial of or interference with enumerated rights.
(Acts 1975, No. 869, p. 1711, § 4.)
§ 21-7-6. Duty of drivers to pedestrians carrying cane or accompanied by guide dog.
(Acts 1975, No. 869, p. 1711, § 3; Act 99-698, 2nd Sp. Sess., p. 298, § 1.)
§ 21-7-7. Rights of blind persons not using cane or guide dog; failure to use cane or guide dog not evidence of contributory negligence.
A totally or partially blind pedestrian not carrying a cane as described in Section 21-7-6 or any totally or partially blind person not using a guide dog in any of the places, accommodations or conveyances listed in Sections 21-7-2 and 21-7-3 shall have all of the rights and privileges conferred by law upon other persons, and the failure of a totally or partially blind pedestrian to carry such a cane or of a totally or partially blind person to use a guide dog in any such places, accommodations or conveyances shall not be held to constitute nor be evidence of contributory negligence.
(Acts 1975, No. 869, p. 1711, § 3.)
§ 21-7-8. Employment by state, political subdivisions of state, public schools, etc.
It is the policy of this state that the blind, the visually handicapped and the otherwise physically disabled shall be employed in the state service, the service of the political subdivisions of the state, in the public schools and in all other employment supported in whole or in part by public funds on the same terms and conditions as the able-bodied, unless it is shown that the particular disability prevents the performance of the work involved.
(Acts 1975, No. 869, p. 1711, § 6.)
§ 21-7-9. Right to housing accommodations.
(a) Blind persons, visually handicapped persons and other physically disabled persons shall be entitled to full and equal access, as are other members of the general public, to all housing accommodations offered for rent, lease or compensation in this state, subject to the conditions and limitations established by law and applicable alike to all persons.
(b) "Housing accommodations" means any real property or portion thereof which is used or occupied or is intended, arranged or designed to be used or occupied as the home, residence or sleeping place of one or more human beings, but shall not include any accommodations included within subsection (a) of this section or any single-family residence, the occupants of which rent, lease or furnish for compensation not more than one room therein.
(c) Nothing in this section shall require any person renting, leasing or providing for compensation real property to modify his property in any way or provide a higher degree of care for a blind person, visually handicapped person or other physically disabled person than for a person who is not physically disabled.
(Acts 1975, No. 869, p. 1711, § 7.)
§ 21-7-10. Annual proclamation of White Cane Safety Day.
(1) He comments upon the significance of the white cane;
(2) He calls upon the citizens of the state to observe the provisions of the White Cane Law and to take precautions necessary to the safety of the disabled;
(3) He reminds the citizens of the state of the policies with respect to the disabled herein declared and urges the citizens to cooperate in giving effect to them; and
(4) He emphasizes the need of the citizens to be aware of the presence of disabled persons in the community and to keep safe and functional for the disabled the streets, highways, sidewalks, walkways, public buildings, public facilities, other public places, places of public accommodation, amusement and resort and other places to which the public is invited, and to offer assistance to disabled persons upon appropriate occasions.
(Acts 1975, No. 869, p. 1711, § 5.)
This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the Alabama Assistance and Service Animal Integrity in Housing Act.
(Act 2018-235, § 1.)
(Act 2018-235, § 2.)
(a) A landlord who receives a request from a person to make an exception to a policy of the landlord that prohibits animals on the property of the landlord because the person requires the use of an assistance animal may require the person to produce reliable documentation of the following:
(1) A disability, only if the disability is not readily apparent or known to the landlord.
(2) A disability-related need for the animal, only if the disability-related need is not readily apparent or known to the landlord.
(b) All documentation obtained pursuant to this section must be kept confidential in accordance with the Fair Housing Act and the Rehabilitation Act of 1973.
(Act 2018-235, § 3.)
(a) A person commits the offense of misrepresentation of entitlement to an assistance animal or service animal if the person intentionally does either of the following:
(1) Misrepresents to another person that a person has a disability or disability-related need for the use of an assistance animal or service animal in housing.
(b)(1) Upon a first offense, a violation of subsection (a) shall be subject to a civil penalty of five hundred dollars ($500) or treated as a Class C misdemeanor.
(2) Upon a second or subsequent offense, a violation of subsection (a) shall be a Class B misdemeanor.
(Act 2018-235, § 4.)
(a) A person commits the offense of misrepresentation of an animal as an assistance animal or service animal if a person intentionally does any of the following:
(1) Creates a document that misrepresents an animal as an assistance animal or service animal for use in housing.
(2) Provides a document to another person falsely stating that an animal is an assistance animal or service animal for use in housing.
(3) Fits an animal, which is not an assistance animal or service animal, with a harness, collar, vest, or sign that the pet is an assistance animal or service animal for use in housing.
(Act 2018-235, § 5.)
§ 32-5A-220. Right-of-way to blind persons, guide dogs in training.
(Acts 1980, No. 80-434, p. 604, § 5-111; Act 99-698, 2nd Sp. Sess., p. 207, § 1.)