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Local Service Dog Laws
Local Service a Dog Laws
​This table compares all 50 states' assistance animal laws for several categories. Included are assistance animal accommodation laws, criminal interference laws, licensing laws, disabled pedestrian laws, and service animal misrepresentation laws. Links to the text of the various laws are provided.
Definitions Under Chapter 7 - Rights of Blind and Otherwise Physically Disabled Persons:
​Ala. Code 1975 § 21-7-4.
​​​​​Every person with a disability, including a person who is: totally or partially blind, hearing-impaired, diagnosed on the autism spectrum shall have the right to be accompanied by a service animal in any public place, including a public or private school, and any of the places listed in Section 21-7-3.
(a)	​The person may not be required to pay an extra charge for the service animal.
​​Ala. Code 1975 § 21-7-5.
​Ala. Code 1975 § 21-7-6.
​​Alaska
Definitions - Under driver duty law:
​A. S. 09.65.150
​​A.S. 11.76.130
​​A.S. 11.76.133​​​​
Accommodation Law-Interference with rights of person using service animal:
(a)	​​Interference with the rights of a physically or mentally challenged person is a class B misdemeanor.
​​A. S. 11.76.130
​Interference with the training of a service animal is a violation.
​A. S. 11.76.133
Driving Law:
​A. S. 09.65.150​
​Definitions-Under rights/discrimination law:
​​A. R. S. § 11-1024
​A.R.S. § 13-2910
​​Accommodation Law
(a)	​​Violation is a class 2 misdemeanor.
Harassment of/Interference with Service Dogs:
Per A.R.S. § 13-2910, a person commits cruelty to animals if the person does any of the following:​
​Intentionally or knowingly interferes with, kills or harms a working or service animal without either legal privilege or consent of the owner (class 6 felony).
​(a)	Intentionally or knowingly allows any dog that is under the person's custody or control to interfere with, kill or cause physical injury to a service animal (class 6 felony).
(b)	​Recklessly allows any dog that is under the person's custody or control to interfere with, kill or cause physical injury to a service animal (class 1 misdemeanor).
(c)	​Intentionally or knowingly obtains or exerts unauthorized control over a service animal with the intent to deprive the service animal handler of the service animal (class 6 felony).​
The driver of a vehicle approaching a legally blind pedestrian who is using a service animal shall yield the right-of-way and take reasonable precautions to avoid injury to the pedestrian and the service animal.
(a)	​​A driver who violates this subsection is liable for damages for any injury caused to the pedestrian or the service animal.
(b)	​Also a class 2 misdemeanor.
​​A.R.S. § 13-2910
Accommodation Law:
​A.C.A. § 20-14-304
​A.C.A. § 20-14-308
​​Harassment of/Interference with Service Dogs:
​A.C.A. § 20-14-306​​
​​​Definitions - Under public accommodation law:
​​West's Ann. Cal. Civ. Code § 54.1
(a)	​A violation of the right under the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 also constitutes a violation of this section, and nothing in this section shall be construed to limit the access of any person in violation of that act.
​West's Ann. Cal. Civ. Code § 54.2
(a)	​"Interfere," for purposes of this section, includes, but is not limited to, preventing or causing the prevention of a guide dog, signal dog, or service dog from carrying out its functions in assisting a disabled person.
​​West's Ann. Cal. Civ. Code § 54.3
Trained guide dogs, signal dogs, and service dogs trained may be transported in a school bus when accompanied by disabled pupils enrolled in a public or private school or by disabled teachers employed in a public or private school or community college or by persons training the dogs.
​​West's Ann.Cal.Educ.Code § 39839
​Any person who intentionally interferes with the use of a guide, signal, or service dog or mobility aid by harassing or obstructing is guilty of a misdemeanor, punishable by imprisonment in a county jail up to 6 months, or fine of not less than $1,500 nor more than $2,500, or both.
​West's Ann. Cal. Penal Code § 365.6
​Unlawful to permit any dog to injure or kill any service dog while the service dog is in discharge of its duties. Violation is infraction punishable by a fine if the injury is caused by the person's failure to exercise ordinary care.
(a)	​Violation is a misdemeanor if the injury is caused by reckless disregard in the exercise of control over his or her dog punishable by fine of not less $2,500 nor more than $5,000, or both. Upon conviction, the defendant shall make restitution, including veterinary bills and replacement costs.
​West's Ann. Cal. Penal Code § 600.2
Any person who intentionally causes injury to or the death of any service dog, while the dog is in discharge of its duties, is guilty of a misdemeanor is guilty, punishable by imprisonment up to 1-year, or by fine up to $10,000, or by both. Upon conviction, a defendant must make restitution to the person with a disability who has custody or ownership of the dog for any veterinary bills and replacement costs of the dog if it is disabled or killed.
​West's Ann. Cal. Penal Code § 600.5
​West's Ann. Cal. Vehicle Code § 21963
​​West's Ann. Cal. Food & Agric. Code § 30850.
​West's Ann. Cal. Penal Code § 365.7
​Under Rights Law:
“Service animal” has the same meaning as set forth in the implementing regulations of Title II and Title III of the federal “Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990”, 42 U.S.C. sec. 12101 et seq & C. R. S. A. § 24-34-803
​C.R.S.A § 18-1.3-602(3.5)
(a)	​A trainer of a service animal, or an individual with a disability accompanied by an animal that is being trained to be a service animal, has the right to be accompanied by the service animal in training without being required to pay an extra charge for the service animal.
​C.R.S.A. § 24-34-803
​​C.R.S.A. § 24-34-804
​​C.R.S.A. § 18-13-107
Driver who approaches a person with a disability (including use of a service animal) must come to a full stop to avoid accident. Failure to do so is class A traffic offense.
​C.R.S.A. § 42-4-808
​​C.R.S.A. § 24-34-803
​Violation is class 1 petty offense.
​C.R.S.A. § 18-13-107
"Guide dog" or "assistance dog" includes a dog being trained as a guide dog or assistance dog and "person training a dog" as a guide dog for a blind person or a dog to assist a deaf or mobility impaired person" means a person who is employed by and authorized to engage in designated training activities by a guide dog organization or assistance dog organization that complies with the criteria as described.
​​C. G. S. A. § 46a-44.
​​C. G. S. A. § 46a-44​
(a)	​Any person who violates any provision of this section shall be fined not less than $25 or more than $100 or imprisoned not more than 30 days, or both.
​​​C. G. S. A. § 46a-64
Violation is an infraction:
​​C. G. S. A. § 22-364b
​​C. G. S. A. § 22-345
​In chapter on "Equal Accommodations" (6 Del.C. § 4502):
"Support animal" means any animal individually trained to do work or perform tasks to meet the requirements of a person with a physical disability, including, but not limited to, minimal protection work, rescue work, pulling a wheelchair or fetching dropped items.
​​​​​Under chapter on Commission for the Blind:
​Any person who by reason of loss or impairment of eyesight or hearing is accompanied a “seeing eye dog,” is entitled to the full and equal accommodations and shall be entitled to take the dog into such conveyances and places.
​(a)	Deprivation of this right results in a fine of not more than $100, or be imprisoned for a period not exceeding 3 months, or both.
​31 Del.C. § 2117
​No person being the owner, lessee, proprietor, manager, director, supervisor, superintendent, agent or employee of any place of public accommodation, shall directly or indirectly refuse, withhold from or deny to any person, on account of disability any of the accommodations, facilities, advantages or privileges thereof. For the purpose of training support animals to be used by persons with disabilities, all trainers and their support animals shall be included within those covered by this subsection (§ 4504).
(a)	​​Complaints is sent to State Human Relations Commission where civil penalty can range from $5,000 to $25,000 depending on how many prior discriminatory public accommodations practice have occurred.
​​6 Del.C. § 4504
​No person shall intentionally interfere with the use of a service dog by obstructing, intimidating or otherwise jeopardizing the safety of the user or animal (class B misdemeanor).
​DE ST TI 9 § 916
​Every driver of a vehicle shall exercise due care to avoid colliding with any pedestrian upon any roadway and shall give warning by sounding the horn when necessary and shall exercise proper precaution upon observing a person wholly or partially blind, accompanied by a guide dog, upon a roadway.
​DE ST TI 21 § 4144
​The license fee set by the county pursuant to subsection
​(a)	of this section shall not be required to be paid when the dog is one which qualifies as a seeing eye, lead or guide dog or as a dog which has previously served in a branch of the United States armed forces. The county shall issue either a metal license tag or an alternative method for identification in accordance with subsection
​(b) of this section to such persons without the necessity of the payment of the dog license fee.
​DE ST TI 9 § 902
​​D.C. (District of Columbia)
​Has no status--default to the Federal A.D.A Laws
​“Service animal” means an animal that is trained to do work or perform tasks for an individual with a disability, including a physical, sensory, psychiatric, intellectual, or other mental disability.
The work done or tasks performed must be directly related to the individual's disability and may include, but are not limited to, guiding an individual who is visually impaired or blind, alerting an individual who is deaf or hard of hearing, pulling a wheelchair, assisting with mobility or balance, alerting and protecting an individual who is having a seizure, retrieving objects, alerting an individual to the presence of allergens, providing physical support and assistance with balance and stability to an individual with a mobility disability, helping an individual with a psychiatric or neurological disability by preventing or interrupting impulsive or destructive behaviors, reminding an individual with mental illness to take prescribed medications, calming an individual with post-traumatic stress disorder during an anxiety attack, or doing other specific work or performing other special tasks.
​​West's F. S. A. § 413.08
​​​​​An individual with a disability has the right to be accompanied by a service animal in all areas of a public accommodation that the public or customers are normally permitted to occupy.
​a)	The service animal must be under the control of its handler and must have a harness, leash, or other tether, unless either the handler is unable because of a disability;
​​i)	no documentation is required
​ii) a public accommodation may ask if an animal is a service animal required because of a disability and what work or tasks the animal has been trained to perform
​​iii)	​	can remove or exclude service animal if the animal is out of control ​and the animal's handler does not take effective action to control it, the animal is not housebroken, or the animal poses direct threat to the health and safety of others
​("allergies and fear of animals are not valid reasons for denying access or refusing service to an individual with a service animal")​
​​Denial ​​or interference with these rights is misdemeanor of second degree and must perform 30 hours of community service for an organization that serves individuals with disabilities, or for another entity or organization at the discretion of the court, to be completed in not more than 6 months.
​West's F. S. A. § 413.08
​​​Harassment of/Interference with Service Dogs
​​(a)	A person who, with reckless disregard, interferes with, or permits a dog that he or she owns or is in the immediate control of to interfere with, the use of a service animal by obstructing, intimidating, or otherwise jeopardizing the safety of the service animal or its user commits a misdemeanor of the second degree for the first offense and a misdemeanor of the first degree for each subsequent offense.
​(a)	A person who, with reckless disregard, injures or kills, or permits a dog that he or she owns or is in the immediate control of to injure or kill, a service animal commits a misdemeanor of the first degree.
(a)	​	A person who intentionally injures or kills, or permits a dog that he or she owns or is in the immediate control of to injure or kill, a service animal commits a felony of the third degree.
A person who is convicted must make full restitution for all damages.
​West's F. S. A. § 413.081
​​​Driving Law
​​West's F. S. A. § 316.1303
​​Fraudulent Representation
​"Assistance dog" means a dog that is or has been trained by a licensed or certified person, organization, or agency to perform physical tasks for a physically challenged person. Assistance dogs include guide or leader dogs that guide individuals who are legally blind; hearing dogs that alert individuals who are deaf or hard of hearing to specific sounds; and service dogs for individuals with disabilities other than blindness or deafness, which are trained to perform a variety of physical tasks, including, but not limited to, pulling a wheelchair, lending balance support, picking up dropped objects, or providing assistance in a medical crisis.
​Ga. Code Ann., § 16-11-107.1
​​Ga. Code Ann., § 30-4-2
​Accommodation Law:
​​Harassment of/Interference with Service Dogs
​Punishable by imprisonment for not less than 90 days or a fine not to exceed $500.00, or both.
​Punishable by imprisonment for not less than 90 days or a fine not to exceed $500.00, or both
​(a)	(second violation punished as a misdemeanor of a high and aggravated nature).
​​Ga. Code Ann., § 16-11-107.1
​Driving Law
​​Ga. Code Ann.§ 40-6-94
​​Under accommodation law:
​“Service dog” means any dog that is individually trained to do work or perform tasks for the benefit of an individual with a disability, including a physical, sensory, intellectual, or other mental disability. A companion or comfort animal is not a service dog unless it meets the requirements of this definition and it accompanies a person for the purpose of performing the work or tasks for which it has been trained.
​​H R S § 347-2.5
​Accommodation Law
​​H R S § 347-13
Person injured by violation may bring a civil action to recover three times the person's actual damages or $1,000, whichever sum is greater, for each violation (also costs and attorney fees). ​H R S § 347-13.5
​​H R S § 347-14
​Harassment of/Interference with Service Dogs
Intentional Interference:
​A person commits the offense of intentional interference with the use of a service dog if the person, with no legal justification, intentionally or knowingly:
​(a) Harms a service dog; or
​​(b) Strikes or kicks a service dog;
​while the service dog is in the discharge of its duties.
​Violation is misdemeanor.
​​H R S § 711-1109.5
Causing death to service dog:
​​(a) The person recklessly causes injury to or the death of any service dog while the service dog is in the discharge of its duties; or
​​(b) The person is the owner of a dog and recklessly permits that dog to attack a service dog while the service dog is in the discharge of its duties, resulting in the injury or death of the service dog.
​(a)	For a first offense by a fine of not more than $2,000, imprisonment of not more than thirty days, or both; and
​​(b) For a second or subsequent offense by a fine of not more than $5,000, imprisonment of not more than thirty days, or both.​
​(c)	Also must make restitution
​H R S § 711-1109.4
​​H R S § 347-17
​H R S § 347-18
​Licensing Law
​​Idaho​
​“Assistance dog” means a dog that has been trained as a guide dog for a blind or visually impaired person, a hearing dog for a hearing impaired person, or a service dog for a physically disabled person.
​​I.C. § 56-701A
(a)	​Any person, firm, association or corporation or agent of any person, firm, association or corporation intentionally violating the provisions of this section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.
​I.C. § 18-5812A
Every disabled person or person who is specially training or socializing a dog for the purpose of being an assistance dog shall have the right to be accompanied by an assistance dog, in any of the places listed in § 56-703 and I.C. § 56-704, 704A
(a)	​Any person or persons, firm or corporation, or the agent of any person or persons, firm or corporation who denies or interferes with admittance to or enjoyment of the public facilities enumerated in this chapter or otherwise interferes with the rights of a totally or partially blind, hearing impaired, or otherwise disabled person under this chapter shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.
​​I.C. § 56-706
​6 month imprisonment/$50 - 1,000 misdemeanor to approach on foot or in vehicle an individual appearing to be a disabled person or lawfully using an assistance device or assistance dog and:(a) ​intentionally fail to stop, change course, speak or take such other action to avoid any accident or injury to the disabled person, the assistance device or dog
​(b)	​intentionally startle or frighten such person's dog
​(c)	​intentionally interfere with use of an assistance dog or assistance device by obstructing, battering or intimidating the user or the dog.
​​​I.C. § 18-5811
(a) ​misdemeanor to allow any animal to cause injury/death to assistance dog or dog-in-training
(b) ​​misdemeanor punishable of jail up to 1 year/fine of up to $5,000 or both to intentionally causes injury to or the death of any assistance dog or dog-in-training
(c) ​in addition violator must make full restitution.
​​I.C. § 18-5812
​​I.C. § 18-5811
​Fraudulent Representation
​​I.C. § 18-5811A.
​Under Humane Care for Animals Act:
​"Service animal" an animal trained in obedience and task skills to meet the needs of a person with a disability.
​​510 ILCS 70/2.01c
​“Guide dog” means a dog that is trained to lead or guide a blind person.
(a)	​guide dogs; hearing ear dogs; an animal trained to pull a wheelchair; an animal trained to fetch dropped items; and an animal trained to perform balance work.
​​IL ST CH 740 § 13/5
​Public accommodation law:
​Every totally or partially blind or hearing impaired person, person who is subject to epilepsy or other seizure disorders, or person who has any other physical disability or a trainer of support dogs, guide dogs, seizure-alert dogs, seizure-response dogs, or hearing dogs shall have the right to be accompanied by a support dog or guide dog especially trained for the purpose, or a dog that is being trained to be a support dog, guide dog, seizure-alert dog, seizure-response dog, or hearing dog, in any of the places listed in this Section without being required to pay an extra charge for the guide, support, seizure-alert, seizure-response, or hearing dog; provided that he shall be liable for any damage done to the premises or facilities by such dog.
​IL ST CH 775 § 30/3
​Violation is a Class A misdemeanor.
​​IL ST CH 775 § 30/4
​Service animals such as guide dogs, signal dogs or any other animal individually trained to perform tasks for the benefit of a student with a disability shall be permitted to accompany that student at all school functions, whether in or outside the classroom.
​105 I.L.C.S. 5/14-6.02
​It is the duty of a licensee under this Act to allow the use of service animals if the service animal has been trained to perform a specific task or work in the water and the use of such animal does not pose a direct threat to the health and safety of the patrons of the facility or the function or sanitary conditions of the facility.
​625 I.L.C.S. 60/15
​It is a civil rights violation for the owner or agent of any housing accommodation to:
​(a)	​refuse to sell or rent after the making of a bonafide offer, or to refuse to negotiate for the sale or rental of, or otherwise make unavailable or deny property to any blind or hearing impaired person or person with a physical disability because he has a guide, hearing or support dog
​(b) ​​discriminate against any blind or hearing impaired person or person with a physical disability in the terms, conditions, or privileges of sale or rental property, or in the provision of services or facilities in connection therewith, because he has a guide, hearing or support dog
​775 I.L.C.S. 5/3-104.1
​Harassment of/Interference with Service Dogs​
​Unlawful for any person to willfully or maliciously torture, mutilate, injure, disable, poison, or kill any service animal.
​(a)	Class 4 felony if the animal is not killed or totally disabled.
​(b) Class 3 felony if the animal is killed or totally disabled
​510 ILCS 70/4.04​
Sub-Sect 7.15. Guide, hearing, and support dogs:
​A person may not willfully and maliciously annoy, taunt, tease, harass, torment, beat, or strike a guide, hearing, or support dog or otherwise engage in any conduct directed toward a guide, hearing, or support dog that is likely to impede or interfere with the dog's performance of its duties.
​(b) A person may not willfully and maliciously torture, injure, or kill a guide, hearing, or support dog.
​(c) A person may not willfully and maliciously permit a dog that is owned, harbored, or controlled by the person to cause injury to or the death of a guide, hearing, or support dog while the guide, hearing, or support dog is in discharge of its duties.​
Violation is a Class A misdemeanor,
(a)	​a second or subsequent violation is a Class 4 felony.
​A person convicted of violating subsection (b) or (c) of this Section is guilty of a Class 4 felony if the dog is killed or totally disabled, and may be ordered by the court to make restitution to the disabled person. ​
​510 ILCS 70/7.15
​Under Assistance Animal Damages Act:
​(a) ​veterinary medical expenses
​(b) ​replacement value of an equally trained assistance animal, without any differentiation for the age or the experience of the animal
​(c) ​costs of temporary replacement assistance services, whether provided by another assistance animal or a person
​(a) veterinary medical expenses
​(b) costs of temporary replacement assistance services, whether provided by another assistance animal or a person
​(c) any other costs and expenses incurred by the physically impaired person or owner as a result of the theft of or injury to the animal
​IL ST CH 740 § 13/10
​An operator of a vehicle shall stop the vehicle before approaching closer than 10 feet to a pedestrian with a disability who is accompanied by a visibly identifiable service animal.
​Under public accommodations law:
​“Service animal” refers to an animal trained as:
​(a) ​a hearing animal;
​(b)	​a guide animal;
​(c)	​an assistance animal;
(d) a seizure alert animal;
(e) a mobility animal;
​(f) ​	a psychiatric service animal;
​(g) ​	or an autism service animal.
​​I.C. 16-32-3-1.5
​"Service animal" means an animal that a person who is impaired by:
​(a) ​blindness or any other visual impairment;
(b)	deafness or any other aural impairment;
(c) a physical disability;
(d) ​or a medical condition;
​relies on for navigation, assistance in performing daily activities, or alert signals regarding the onset of the person's medical condition. ​
​​I.C. 35-46-3-11.5
​Place of public accommodation commits Class C infraction if:
(a) refuses access to a public accommodation
(b) charges a fee for access to a public accommodation
(c) ​to person using service dog/service animal trainer
​​I.C. 22-9-6-5
​​I.C. 3-11-9-5
​​A person who knowingly or intentionally:
(a)	​interferes with the actions of a service anim​al; or
(b) strikes, torments, injures, or otherwise mistreats a service animal;
​while the service animal is engaged in assisting an impaired person commits a Class A misdemeanor.
​Level 6 felony if the act results in the serious permanent disfigurement; unconsciousness; permanent or protracted loss or impairment of the function of a bodily member or organ; or death of the service animal.
​A person who drives a vehicle shall yield the right-of-way to a blind pedestrian carrying a clearly visible white cane or accompanied by a guide dog.
​​I.C. 9-21-17-21
​(a) approaches a totally or partially blind pedestrian carrying a cane predominantly white or metallic in color, with or without a red tip, or using a service animal; and
​(b) fails to take all necessary precautions to avoid injury to the blind pedestrian
(c) commits a Class C infraction.
​I.C. 16-32-3-3
​Under equal accommodation law:
​“Service dog” means a dog specially trained to assist a person with a disability, whether described as a service dog, a support dog, an independence dog, or otherwise.
​“Assistive animal” means a simian or other animal specially trained or in the process of being trained to assist a person with a disability.
​I. C. A. § 216C.11
​I. C. A. § 216C.5
(a)	​A person who denies or interferes with the right of a deaf or hard-of-hearing person under this section is, upon conviction, guilty of a simple misdemeanor.
​​I. C. A. § 216C.10
​​I. C. A. § 216C.7
​​Any driver of a vehicle or operator of a motor-driven vehicle who approaches a person wholly or partially blind carrying a cane or being led by a guide dog wearing a harness shall immediately come to a complete stop, and take such precautions as may be necessary.
​I. C. A. § 321.333
​I. C. A. § 216C.6
​"Assistance dog" means any guide dog, hearing assistance dog or service dog.
​​K. S. A. 39-1113
(Procedure for verification of person's right to be accompanied by assistance dog or professional therapy dog set forth in K.S.A. 39-1111).​​
​​Accommodation Laws
​Every legally blind person shall have the right to be accompanied by a guide dog, specially selected, trained and tested for the purpose.
​​K. S. A. 39-1102
​K. S. A. 39-1107
​K. S. A. 39-1108
​K. S. A. 39-1109
​K. S. A. 39-1110
Any person, firm, corporation, or the agent of any person, firm or corporation, who denies or interferes with the exercise of the rights recognized in K.S.A. 39-1101, 39-1102, 39-1107, 39-1108 or 39-1109, ​and amendments thereto, is guilty of a misdemeanor.
​K. S. A. 39-1103
​Inflicting harm, disability or death to a police dog, arson dog, assistance dog, game warden dog or search and rescue dog is a nonperson felony.
​​K. S. A. 21-6416
​It is a class A nonperson misdemeanor for any person to:
(a) ​represent that such person has the right to be accompanied by an assistance dog or that such person has a right to be accompanied by a professional therapy dog
(b) ​represent that such person has a disability for the purpose of acquiring an assistance dog unless such person has such disability.
​K. S. A. 39-1112
​"Service animal" includes a:
​(a)	"Bomb detection dog," which means a dog that is trained to locate bombs or explosives by scent;
​(b)	"Narcotic detection dog," which means a dog that is trained to locate narcotics by scent;
​(c)	"Patrol dog," which means a dog that is trained to protect a peace officer and to apprehend a person;
​(d)	"Tracking dog," which means a dog that is trained to track and find a missing person, escaped inmate, or fleeing felon;
​(e)	"Search and Rescue dog," which means a dog that is trained to locate lost or missing persons, victims of natural or man-made disasters, and human bodies;
​(f)	"Accelerant detection dog," which means a dog that is trained for accelerant detection, commonly referred to as arson canines;"Cadaver dog," which means a dog that is trained to find human remains;
(g)	​"Assistance dog," which means any dog that is trained to meet the requirements of KRS 258.500;
​KRS § 258.500
​If a person is accompanied by an assistance dog, neither the person nor the dog shall be denied:
(a) ​	admittance to/full and equal accommodations, facilities, and privileges of all public places of amusement, theater, or resort when accompanied by an assistance dog
(b) ​	full and equal accommodations on all public transportation, if the dog does not occupy a seat in any public conveyance, nor endanger the public safety
(c)	​	use of any public building, nor denied the use of any elevator operated for public use
(d)	​any person accompanied by an assistance dog may keep the dog in his immediate custody while a tenant in any apartment, or building used as a public lodging
​KRS § 258.991
​Assault on a service animal in the first degree
​(a) ​	Intentionally and without legal justification or lawful authority kills or causes physical injury to a service animal to the extent that a service animal becomes physically incapable of ever returning to service.
(b)	​​Class D felony
​​KRS ​§ 525.200
Assault on a service animal in the second degree
​(a) Intentionally and without legal justification or lawful authority causes physical injury to a service animal.
(b)	​Class B misdemeanor
​​KRS § 525.205​
​​KRS § 525.210
​KRS § 525.215
​The operator of a vehicle shall yield the right-of-way to any blind pedestrian carrying a clearly visible white cane or accompanied by an assistance dog.
​KRS § 189.575
​Assistance dogs are exempt from all state and local licensing fees.
​​KRS § 258.500
​“Service dog” means a dog who has been trained or is being trained to do work or perform a task for a person with a disability.
​“Service dog” refers to a dog trained as any of the following:
​​(a) A hearing dog.
​​(b) A guide dog.
​(c) A seizure alert dog.
​(d) A mobility dog.
​(e) An autism service dog.
​(f) A dog providing assistance during a medical crisis.
​(g) A service dog providing assistance to persons, including veterans with traumatic brain injury or post traumatic stress disorder.
​​LSA-R.S. 46:1952
​Every person with a disability may be accompanied by an assistance dog, especially trained to aid such person, in places like common carriers, educational institutions, lodging places, restaurants, etc. without being required to pay an extra charge for such dog.
​LSA-R.S. 46:1953
​​LSA-R.S. 46:1954
​​LSA-R.S. 46:1955
​​LSA-R.S. 46:1956
​Any person who purposely or negligently injures a service dog or any owner of a dog who allows that dog to injure a service dog because he fails to control or leash the dog shall also be guilty of a misdemeanor and fined not less than one hundred dollars nor more than five hundred dollars or imprisoned for not more than six months, or both. Such person shall also be liable for any injuries to the service dog and, if necessary, the replacement and compensation for the loss of the service dog.
​LSA-R.S. 46:1956
​Any such operator who fails to take all necessary precautions to avoid injury to a pedestrian with a disability shall be liable in damages for any injury caused to the pedestrian and any injury caused to the pedestrian's service dog.
​​LSA-R.S. 46:1957
​Service dogs shall be exempt from any state or local license fee.
​LSA-R.S. 46:1958
​Under 5 M. R. S. A. § 4553(9-E), for purposes of subchapter 4 (fair housing):
​“Service animal” means:
​(a) An animal that has been determined necessary to mitigate the effects of a physical or mental disability by a physician, psychologist, physician's assistant, nurse practitioner or licensed social worker; or
​​​(b)	An animal individually trained to do work or perform tasks for the benefit of an individual with a physical or mental disability, including, but not limited to, guiding individuals with impaired vision, alerting individuals who are deaf or hard of hearing to intruders or sounds, providing reasonable protection or rescue work, pulling a wheelchair or retrieving dropped items; and
​(a)	A dog that is individually trained to do work or perform tasks for the benefit of an individual with a disability, including a physical, sensory, psychiatric, intellectual or other mental disability.
(b) Other species of animals, whether wild or domestic, trained or untrained, are not service animals for the purposes of this definition. The work or tasks performed by a service animal must be directly related to the individual's disability.
​​(c)	Examples of such work or tasks include, but are not limited to, assisting an individual who is totally or partially blind with navigation and other tasks, alerting an individual who is deaf or hard of hearing to the presence of people or sounds, providing nonviolent protection or rescue work, pulling a wheelchair, assisting an individual during a seizure, alerting an individual to the presence of allergens, retrieving items such as medicine or a telephone, providing physical support and assistance with balance and stability to an individual with a mobility disability and helping a person with a psychiatric or neurological disability by preventing or interrupting impulsive or destructive behaviors.
​(d)​	The crime deterrent effects of an animal's presence and the provision of emotional support, well-being, comfort or companionship do not constitute work or tasks for the purposes of this definition.
​​5 M. R. S. A. § 4553
​Every totally or partially blind or otherwise physically or mentally disabled person has the right to be accompanied by a service dog, especially trained for the purpose.
​17 M. R. S. A. § 1312
​17 M. R. S. A. § 1314
A deaf or hard-of-hearing person not using a guide dog in any of the places, accommodations or conveyances listed in section 1420-A has all of the rights and privileges conferred by law upon other persons.
​(a) ​The failure of a deaf or hard-of-hearing person to use a guide dog in those places, accommodations or conveyances does not constitute nor is it evidence of contributory negligence.
​26 M. R. S. A. § 1420-B
​A person who owns or keeps a dog that attacks, injures or kills a service animal while the service animal is in discharge of its duties commits a civil violation for which a forfeiture of not more than $1,000 may be adjudged.
​7 M.R.S.A. §3961-A
​The driver of a vehicle approaching a totally or partially blind or otherwise physically disabled pedestrian who is using a service dog, shall take all necessary precautions to avoid injury; any driver who fails to take such precautions is liable in damages for any injury caused the pedestrian.
​17 M. R. S. A. § 1313
​If a service dog has not been previously registered or licensed by the municipal clerk to whom the application is being made, the clerk may not register the dog nor issue to its owner or keeper a license and tag that identifies the dog as a service dog unless the applicant presents written evidence to the municipal clerk that the dog meets the definition of “service dog.”
(a)	​For the purpose of this subsection “written evidence” means a service dog certification form approved by the department in consultation with the Maine Human Rights Commission. 7 M.R.S.A. §3922
​7 M.R.S.A. §3923-A
​A person who fits a dog with a harness, collar, vest or sign of the type commonly used by blind/disabled person in order to represent that the dog is a service dog when training of the type that guide dogs normally receive has not been provided or when the dog does not meet the definition of “service dog” commits a civil violation for which a fine of not more than $500 may be adjudged.
​17 M. R. S. A. § 1314-A
​"Service animal" means a guide dog, signal dog, or other animal individually trained to do work or perform tasks for the benefit of an individual with a disability, including:
​guiding individuals with impaired vision;
​alerting individuals with impaired hearing to an intruder or sounds;providing minimal protection or rescue work;
​pulling a wheelchair;
​fetching dropped items; or
​detecting the onset of a seizure.
​MD Code, Human Services, § 7-701
​(a) blind or visually impaired;
​(b) deaf or hard of hearing; or
​(c) mobility impaired.
​Individuals with disabilities and, the parents of a minor child with a disability, and service animal trainers who are accompanied by an animal being trained or raised as a service animal are entitled to full and equal rights and privileges with respect to:
​(a) roads, sidewalks, public buildings, public facilities, and other public places common carriers and other public conveyances or modes of transportation, places of public accommodations, and other places to which the general public is invited housing accommodations.
​MD Code, ​Human Services, § 7-704
​MD Code, Human Services, § 7-705
​The driver of a vehicle shall yield the right-of-way to a deaf or hearing impaired pedestrian accompanied by a guide dog.
​MD Code, Transportation, § 21-511
​If an application meets certain requirements and the local licensing agency is satisfied that the dog for which a license is sought is a service dog and is actually in use as a service dog: the dog owner is not required to pay a fee for issuance of the license; and the local licensing agency shall inscribe across the face of the license in red ink the words “service dog"
​MD Code, Local Government, § 13-104
Violation results in a fine of not more $300 and civil damages as described. ​
​M.G.L.A. 272 § 98A
A person accompanied by and engaged in the raising or training of a service dog, including a hearing, guide or assistance dog, shall have the same rights, privileges and responsibilities as those afforded to an individual with a disability under the ​​Americans with Disabilities Act, 42 U.S.C. sections 12101 et seq.
​M.G.L.A. 129 § 39F
(a)	​veterinary medical expenses
(b)	​replacement cost of an equally trained assistance animal, without any differentiation for the age or the experience of the animal
​M.G.L.A. 272 § 85B
​M.G.L.A. 90 § 14A
​No fee shall be charged for a license for a dog specially trained to lead or serve a blind person.
​The office on disability shall adopt rules and regulations for the licensing of service dogs and no fee shall be charged for a license for a dog recognized as a service dog
​M.G.L.A. 140 § 139
​A proprietor who refuses to permit a person with disabilities to enter or use the place because the person with disabilities is being led or accompanied by a guide or leader dog, hearing dog, or service dog is guilty of a misdemeanor if:
(a)	t​he guide or leader dog is wearing a harness or
(b)​	the hearing dog or service dog is wearing a blaze orange leash and collar, hearing dog cape, or service dog backpack
(c)	and the person with disabilities being led or accompanied has in his or her possession a pictured identification card certifying that the dog was trained by a qualified organization or trainer.
(d) Also applies to trainers of guide, hearing, or service dogs.
​MI ST 750.502c
​An individual shall not do either of the following to a dog that he or she knows or has reason to believe is a guide or leader dog for a blind individual, a hearing dog for a deaf or audibly impaired individual, or a service dog for a physically limited individual:
(a)	​Willfully and maliciously assault, beat, harass, injure, or attempt to assault, beat, harass or injure
(b)	​Willfully and maliciously impede or interfere with, or attempt to impede or interfere with duties performed
(c) Violation is a misdemeanor punishable by imprisonment for not more than 90 days or a fine of not more than $500.00, or both.
​MCL 750.50a
​A driver of a vehicle shall not approach a crosswalk or any other pedestrian crossing without taking all necessary precautions to avoid accident or injury to a blind pedestrian using a dog guide or walker. If driver fails to take precautions, liable in damages to blind pedestrian. Can also face investigation by peace officer for violation and possible referral to prosecuting attorney.
​MCL 752.52
​Dog is not subject to any fee for licensing if either of the following applies:
​(a) The dog is used as a guide or leader dog for a blind person, a hearing dog for a deaf or audibly impaired person, or a service dog for a physically limited person.
​MCL 287.291
​A person, except a person who is deaf, audibly impaired, or otherwise physically limited shall not use or be in possession of a dog that is wearing a blaze orange leash and collar or harness in any public place.​
Violation is a misdemeanor, punishable by a fine of not more than $10.00. ​
​​MCL 752.61 - 63
​Under cruelty chapter that deals with harm to service animal:
​​"Service animal" means an animal trained to assist a person with a disability.
​M. S. A. § 343.20
​​Housing:
​It is an unfair discriminatory practice for a person to deny full and equal access to real property to a person who is totally or partially blind, deaf, or has a physical or sensory disability and who uses a service animal, if the service animal can be properly identified as being from a recognized program which trains service animals to aid persons who are totally or partially blind or deaf or have physical or sensory disabilities.
​​M. S. A. § 363A.09
​M. S. A. § 256C.025
​It is an unfair discriminatory practice for an owner, operator, or manager of a hotel, restaurant, public conveyance, or other public place to prohibit a blind or deaf person or a person with a physical or sensory disability from taking a service animal into the public place or conveyance to aid blind or deaf persons or persons with physical or sensory disabilities, and if the service animal is properly harnessed or leashed so that the blind or deaf person or a person with a physical or sensory disability may maintain control of the service animal.
​M. S. A. § 363A.19
​M. S. A. § 256C.02
​No person shall intentionally and without justification do either of the following to a service animal while it is providing service or while it is in the custody of the person it serves:
​(a)	cause bodily harm to the animal; or
​(b)	otherwise render the animal unable to perform its duties.
​​(a) where the violation renders the service animal unable to perform its duties is guilty of a gross misdemeanor.
​​(b)	where the violation results in substantial bodily harm to a service animal may be sentenced to imprisonment for not more than two years or to payment of a fine of not more than $5,000, or both.
​(c)	​	Mandatory restitution including the service animal user's loss of income, veterinary expenses, transportation costs, and other expenses of temporary replacement assistance services, and service animal replacement or retraining costs incurred by a school, agency, or individual.
​M. S. A. § 343.21
​Any person operating a motor vehicle shall bring such motor vehicle to a stop and give the right-of-way to a blind pedestrian using a guide dog.
​​M. S. A. § 169.202
​​Every totally or partially blind person and every deaf person shall have the right to be accompanied by a guide dog or hearing ear dog on a blaze orange leash, especially trained for the purpose.
​​Miss. Code Ann. § 43-6-7
​​Miss. Code Ann. § 43-6-11
​Miss. Code Ann. § 43-6-155
​An individual shall not do either of the following to a dog that he or she knows or has reason to believe is a guide or leader dog for a blind individual, a hearing dog for a deaf or audibly impaired individual, a service dog for a physically limited individual, or a support dog for a mobility impaired person:
(a)	​​	Willfully and maliciously assault, beat, harass, injure, or attempt to assault, beat, harass or injure
(b)	​	Willfully and maliciously impede or interfere with, or attempt to impede or interfere with, duties performed
(c)	​	Violation is a misdemeanor punishable by imprisonment for not more than 90 days or a fine of not more than $500.00, or both.
​​Miss. Code Ann. § 97-41-21
​The driver of every vehicle approaching an intersection or crosswalk must take necessary precautions to avoid injuring or endangering a pedestrian guided by a guide dog.
​Miss. Code Ann. § 63-3-1111
​Under Chapter 209, equal access law:
​​As used in sections 209.150 to 209.190, the term "service dog" means any dog specifically trained to assist a person with a physical or mental disability by performing necessary tasks or doing work which the person cannot perform.
​Such tasks shall include, but not be limited to, pulling a wheelchair, retrieving items, carrying supplies, and search and rescue of an individual with a disability.
​ V. A. M. S. 209.150
​​Under harm to service dogs provision:
​"Service dog", a dog that is being or has been specially trained to do work or perform tasks which benefit a particular person with a disability.
​(a) ​	"Guide dog", a dog that is being or has been specially trained to assist a particular blind or visually impaired person;
​​(b)​	"Hearing dog", a dog that is being or has been specially trained to assist a particular deaf or hearing-impaired person;
​(c)	​	"Medical alert or respond dog", a dog that is being or has been trained to alert a person with a disability that a particular medical event is about to occur or to respond to a medical event that has occurred;
​(d) "Mobility dog", a dog that is being or has been specially trained to assist a person with a disability caused by physical impairments.
​(e)	​	“Professional therapy dog”, a dog which is selected, trained, and tested to provide specific physical therapeutic functions, under the direction and control of a qualified handler who works with the dog as a team as a part of the handler's occupation or profession. Such dogs, with their handlers, perform such functions in institutional settings, community-based group settings, or when providing services to specific persons who have disabilities.
i) Professional therapy dogs do not include dogs, certified or not, which are used by volunteers in visitation therapy;
​​(f) “Search and rescue dog”, a dog that is being or has been trained to search for or prevent a person with a mental disability, including but not limited to verbal and nonverbal autism, from becoming lost;
​(g)	​​	“Service dog team”, a team consisting of a trained service dog, a disabled person or child, and a person who is an adult and who has been trained to handle the service dog.
​​V. A. M. S. 209.200
​​Every person with a visual, aural or other disability including diabetes shall have the right to be accompanied by a guide dog, hearing dog, or service dog, which is especially trained for the purpose,
(a)	​in any of the places listed in subsection 2 of this section without being required to pay an extra charge for the guide dog, hearing dog or service dog;
​(b)	provided that such person shall be liable for any damage done to the premises or facilities by such dog.
Any trainer, from a recognized training center, of a guide dog, hearing assistance dog or service dog, or any member of a service dog team,
(a)	​	shall have the right to be accompanied by such dog in or upon any of the premises listed in section 209.150
(b)	​	while engaged in the training of the dog without being required to pay an extra charge for such dog.
​V. A. M. S. 209.152
​Violation is a class B misdemeanor. ​​
​V. A. M. S. 209.160
It is an unlawful employment practice for any employer to discriminate against any person with a visual, aural or physical disability by interfering, directly or indirectly, with the use of an aid or appliance, including a guide dog, hearing dog or service dog by such person.
(a)	​Any person aggrieved by a violation of this section may make a verified complaint to the Missouri commission on human rights pursuant to the provisions of section 213.075,
​RSMo. V. A. M. S. 209.162
​Any person who knowingly, intentionally, or recklessly causes substantial physical injury to or the death of a service dog is guilty of a class A misdemeanor.
​Any person who knowingly or intentionally fails to exercise sufficient control over an animal such person owns, keeps, harbors, or exercises control over to prevent the animal from causing the substantial physical injury to or death of a service dog, or the subsequent inability to function as a service dog as a result of the animal's attacking, chasing, or harassing the service dog is guilty of a class A misdemeanor.
​Any person who harasses or chases a dog known to such person to be a service dog is guilty of a class B misdemeanor.
​Any person who owns, keeps, harbors, or exercises control over an animal and who knowingly or intentionally fails to exercise sufficient control over the animal to prevent such animal from chasing or harassing a service dog while such dog is carrying out the dog's function as a service dog, to the extent that the animal temporarily interferes with the service dog's ability to carry out the dog's function is guilty of a class B misdemeanor.
​Can also recover civil damages.
​V. A. M. S. 209.202
​The driver of a vehicle approaching a person using a guide dog, hearing dog or service dog shall yield to such pedestrian, and any driver who fails to take such precautions shall be liable in damages for any injury caused such pedestrian and any injury caused to the pedestrian's guide dog, hearing dog or service dog.
​V. A. M. S. 304.080
​Any person who knowingly impersonates a person with a disability for the purpose of receiving the accommodations regarding service dogs under the Americans with Disabilities Act is guilty of a class C misdemeanor and shall also be civilly liable for the amount of any actual damages resulting from such impersonation.
(a)	​Any second or subsequent violation of this section is a class B misdemeanor.
​V. A. M. S. 209.204
​"Service animal" means a dog or other animal individually trained to provide assistance to an individual with a disability.
​MCA 49-4-203
​A service animal in training that is a dog shall wear a leash, collar, cape, harness, or backpack that identifies in writing that the dog is a service animal in training.
Other service animals in training must also be identifiable by written identification as a service animal in training.
(b)	​
The written identification for service animals in training must be visible and legible from a distance of at least 20 feet.
​MCA 49-4-214
​A person with a disability has the right to be accompanied by a service animal or a service animal in training with identification.
(a)	​A person with a disability who has a service animal or who obtains a service animal is entitled to full and equal access to all housing accommodations.
​Violation is a misdemeanor.
​​MCA 49-4-215
​On a way of the state open to the public, the operator of a vehicle shall yield the right-of-way to a blind pedestrian who is accompanied by a guide dog.
​MCA 61-8-516
​Any person other than a person wholly or partially blind who shall fail to come to a full stop when approaching or coming in contact with a person so being led by a trained guide dog or who shall fail to take precaution against accidents or injury to such person after coming to a stop is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine not to exceed $25.
​MCA 49-4-217
​Service animal shall have the same meaning as in 28 C.F.R. 36.104, as such regulation existed on January 1, 2008.("Service animal means any dog that is individually trained to do work or perform tasks for the benefit of an individual with a disability, including a physical, sensory, psychiatric, intellectual, or other mental disability. Other species of animals, whether wild or domestic, trained or untrained, are not service animals for the purposes of this definition . . .")
​Neb. Rev. St. § 49-801
​A totally or partially blind person, deaf or hard of hearing person, or physically disabled person has the right to be accompanied by a service animal, especially trained for the purpose, and a bonafide trainer of a service animal has the right to be accompanied by such animal in training in any of the places listed.
​​Neb. Rev. St. § 20-127
​Any person or agent of such person who denies or interferes with admittance to or enjoyment of public facilities or otherwise interferes with the rights of a bonafide trainer of a service animal when training such animal is guilty of a Class III misdemeanor.
​Neb. Rev. St. § 20-129
​Every totally or partially blind person, hearing-impaired person, or physically disabled person who has a service animal or obtains a service animal shall have full and equal access to all housing accommodations with such animal
​Neb. Rev. St. § 20-131.04
​Two types of criminal interference:
​Violence on a service animal: when a person
​​(a)	intentionally injures, harasses, or threatens to injure or harass or
​​(b) attempts to intentionally injure, harass, or threaten an animal that he or she knows or has reason to believe is a service animal for a blind or visually impaired person, a deaf or hearing-impaired person, or a physically limited person.
​Interference with a service animal: when a person
​(a) intentionally impedes, interferes, or threatens to impede or interfere or
​​(b) attempts to intentionally impede, interfere, or threaten to impede or interfere with an animal that he or she knows or has reason to believe is a service animal for a blind or visually impaired person, a deaf or hearing-impaired person, or a physically limited person.
​Violence on a service animal or interference with a service animal is a Class III misdemeanor.
​Neb. Rev. St. § 28-1009.01
​A person commits the offense of failing to observe a blind person if when operating a vehicle, he or she fails to give special consideration to the bearer of a white cane or user of guide dog by stopping and remaining while bearer gets a safe distance beyond driving course.
(a)	​Failure to observe a blind person is a Class III misdemeanor.
​Neb. Rev. St. § 28-1314
​Every service animal shall be licensed as required by local ordinances or resolutions, but no license tax shall be charged.
​Neb. Rev. St. § 54-603
​A person commits unlawfully using a white cane or guide dog if not blind as defined by law and carries, displays, or otherwise makes use of a white cane or guide dog. Unlawful use of a white cane or guide dog is a Class III misdemeanor.
​​Neb. Rev. St. § 28-1313
​"Service animal" means an animal that has been trained to assist or accommodate a person with a disability.
​N. R. S. 426.097
​"Service animal in training" means an animal that is being trained to assist or accommodate a person with a disability.
​N. R. S. 426.099
​It is unlawful for a place of public accommodation to:
​refuse admittance or service to a person with a disability because he or she is accompanied by a service animal refuse admittance or service to a person training a service animal refuse to permit an employee of the place of public accommodation who is training a service animal to bring the service animal charge an additional fee or deposit for a service animal, service animal in training or a police dog as a condition of access to the place of public accommodation. require proof that an animal is a service animal or service animal in training
​N. R. S. 613.330
​A landlord may not refuse to rent a dwelling subject to the provisions of chapter 118A of NRS to a person with a disability solely because an animal will be residing with the prospective tenant in the dwelling if the animal assists, supports or provides service to the person with a disability.
​​N. R. S. 118.105
​A person shall not:
​Interfere with, or allow a dog or other animal he or she owns, harbors or controls to interfere with, the use of a service animal or service animal in training by obstructing, intimidating or otherwise jeopardizing the safety of the service animal or service animal in training or the person using the service animal or service animal in training (gross misdemeanor).
Willfully and maliciously beat a service animal or service animal in training (category E felony).
​Willfully and maliciously kill a service animal or service animal in training (category D felony).
​Also owes restitution that must cover all costs for aides, assistance, transportation and other hardships incurred during the absence, and until the replacement, of the service animal or service animal in training.
​​N. R. S. 426.790
​Also liable for civil damages
​N. R. S. 426.820
​Person who is blind and on foot and using a service animal or carrying a cane has the right-of-way. Driver must yield and take precautions.
(a)	​Violators shall be punished by imprisonment in the county jail for not more than 6 months or by a fine of not less than $100 nor more than $500, or by both fine and imprisonment.
​N.R.S. 484B.290
​​Any person other than a person who is blind, deaf, or a person with a physical disability who uses a service animal is guilty of a misdemeanor.
​N.R.S. 426.510
​Also, it is unlawful for a person to fraudulently misrepresent an animal as a service animal or service animal in training.
(a)	​Person is guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be punished by a fine of not more than $500. ​N.R.S. 426.805
​“Service animal” means any dog individually trained to do work or perform tasks for the benefit of an individual with a disability, including a physical, sensory, psychiatric, intellectual, or other mental disability.
(a)	​Other species of animals, whether wild or domestic, trained or untrained, are not service animals for purposes of this definition.
​​N.H. Rev. Stat. § 167-D:1
​It is lawful for any service animal to accompany his or her handler or trainer into any public facility, housing accommodation, or place of public accommodation to which the general public is invited.
​N.H. Rev. Stat. § 167-D:4
​A service animal trainer, while engaged in the actual training process, shall have the same rights and privileges with respect to access to public facilities, and the same responsibilities as are applicable to persons with disabilities using a service animal.
​N.H. Rev. Stat. § 167-D:6
​It is unlawful for a person, directly or indirectly, either to prohibit, hinder, or interfere with a service animal's handler or trainer who otherwise complies with the limitations applicable to persons without disabilities.
​​N.H. Rev. Stat. § 167-D:8
​Any person violating any provision of this chapter shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.
​N.H. Rev. Stat. § 167-D:10
​It is unlawful for a person, directly or indirectly, either to prohibit, hinder, or interfere with a service animal's handler or trainer who otherwise complies with the limitations applicable to persons without disabilities. It is unlawful for any person to willfully interfere or attempt to interfere with a service animal.
​N.H. Rev. Stat. § 167-D:8
​Any person violating any provision of this chapter shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. (effective until Jan. 5, 2015) <[RSA 167-D:10 effective January 1, 2015>
​Any person violating any provision of this chapter shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and subject to enhanced penalties in paragraphs II and III. II.
(a)	​​I. It is a misdemeanor if a person willfully causes physical injury to a service animal or willfully allows his or her animal to cause physical injury to a service animal.
(b)	​If the physical injury to a service animal is severe enough that a veterinarian or service animal trainer determines that the service animal is incapable of returning to service, that person shall be guilty of a class A misdemeanor.
​III. In any case where a person is convicted of harming a service animal as described in paragraph II, he or she may be ordered by the court to make restitution to the person or agency owning the animal for any bills for veterinary care, the replacement cost of the animal if it is incapable of returning to service, and the salary of the service animal handler or trainer for the period of time his or her services are lost to the agency or self employment.
​The driver of a vehicle approaching a person using a service animal shall take all necessary precautions to avoid injury to that person, and any driver who fails to take such precautions shall be liable in damages for any injury caused to that person.
​N.H. Rev. Stat. § 265:41-a
​No fee shall be required for the registration and licensing of a guide dog which is used as a guide for a blind person, a hearing ear dog which is used by a deaf person, or a service dog which is used by a mobility impaired person.
​N.H. Rev. Stat. § 466:8
​It is unlawful for any person to fit an animal with a collar, leash, vest, sign, or harness of the type which represents that the animal is a service animal, or service animal tag or to request a service animal tag if in fact said animal is not a service animal. (effective after Jan 5, 2015)
​Under Civil Rights law:
​“Service dog” means any dog individually trained to the requirements of a person with a disability including, but not limited to minimal protection work, rescue work, pulling a wheelchair or retrieving dropped items. This term shall include a “seizure dog” trained to alert or otherwise assist persons subject to epilepsy or other seizure disorders.
​​N. J. S. A. 10:5-5(dd)
​Dusty's Law definitions
​“Guide dog” shall mean a dog which has been or is being raised or trained to provide assistance to a blind or deaf person, including but not limited to a dog that has been or is being raised or trained by a volunteer puppy raiser or staff member of an organization generally recognized as being involved in the rehabilitation of the blind or deaf and reputable and competent to provide dogs with specialized training.
​“Service animal” shall have the same meaning as set forth in the federal “Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990” (42 U.S.C. s.12101 et seq.) and any regulations under the act.
​​N.J.S.A. 2C:29-3.2
​Any person with a disability accompanied by a service or guide dog trained by a recognized training agency or school is entitled, with his dog, to the full and equal enjoyment, advantages, facilities and privileges of all public facilities.
​N. J. S. A. 10:5-29
​A person with a disability who has a service or guide dog, or who obtains a service or guide dog, shall be entitled to full and equal access to all housing accommodations.
​N. J. S. A. 10:5-29.2
​A service or guide dog trainer, while engaged in the actual training process and activities of service dogs or guide dogs, shall have the same rights and privileges with respect to access to public facilities, and the same responsibilities as are applicable to a person with a disability.
​​N. J. S. A. 10:5-29.3
​Any person who intentionally interferes with the rights of a person with a disability, who is accompanied by a guide or service dog, or the function or the ability to function of a guide or service dog, shall be fined not less than $100 and not more than $500.
​​N. J. S. A. 10:5-29.5
​Also, person lawfully using "seeing-eye dog,” “hearing ear dog,“service dog,” or a guide or service dog trained by a recognized training agency or school may keep such animal in his or her immediate custody on public transportation.
​N. J. S. A. 48:3-33
​A student with a disability, including autism, shall be permitted access for a service animal in school buildings, including the classroom, and on school grounds.
​N. J. S. A. 18A:46-13.3
​No criminal interference provision, but under Civil Rights laws:
​Dusty's Law
​Any person who recklessly kills a service animal or guide dog, or who recklessly permits a dog that the person owns or over which the person has immediate control, to injure or kill a service animal or guide dog, is guilty of a crime of the fourth degree. Any person who recklessly injures a service animal or guide dog, or recklessly permits a dog that the person owns or over which the person has immediate control, to injure a service animal or guide dog, is guilty of a disorderly persons offense.
​Any person who recklessly interferes with the use of a service animal or guide dog, or who recklessly permits a dog that the person owns or over which that person has immediate control, to interfere with a service animal or guide dog, by obstructing, intimidating, or otherwise jeopardizing the safety of that service animal or guide dog or its handler, is guilty of a petty disorderly persons offense.
​Under Civil Rights laws:
​A person with a disability accompanied by a guide dog, or a guide dog instructor engaged in instructing a guide dog, shall have the right-of-way over vehicles while crossing a highway or any intersection.
​​N. J. S. A. 10:5-29.4
​Also under Traffic Regulation laws: Any blind person using as a guide a seeing-eye dog or other dog trained as a guide for the blind, equipped with a rigid "U"-shaped harness such as customarily used or any guide dog instructor engaged in instructing a guide dog shall have the right-of-way in crossing any highway or any intersection, and all drivers of vehicles shall yield the right-of-way.
​N. J. S. A. 39:4-37.1
​Dogs used as guides for blind persons and commonly known as "seeing-eye" dogs, dogs used to assist handicapped persons and commonly known as "service dogs," or dogs used to assist deaf persons and commonly known as "hearing ear" dogs shall be licensed and registered as other dogs, except that the owner or keeper of such dog shall not be required to pay any fee.
​N. J. S. A. 4:19-15.3
​Any person who fits a dog with a harness of the type commonly used by blind persons to represent that such dog is a guide dog when not trained as a guide dog shall be fined not less than $100 and not more than $500.
​As used in the Service Animal Act:
​“emotional support animal”, “comfort animal” or “therapy animal” means an animal selected to accompany an individual with a disability that does not work or perform tasks for the benefit of an individual with a disability and does not accompany at all times an individual with a disability;
​“qualified service animal” means any qualified service dog or qualified service miniature horse that has been or is being trained to provide assistance to an individual with a disability; but “qualified service animal” does not include a pet, an emotional support animal, a comfort animal or a therapy animal;
​“qualified service dog” means a dog that has been trained or is being trained to work or perform tasks for the benefit of an individual with a disability who has a physical or mental impairment that substantially limits one or more major life activities; and
​“qualified service miniature horse” means a miniature horse that has been trained or is being trained to work or perform tasks for the benefit of an individual with a disability who has a physical or mental impairment that substantially limits one or more major life activities.
​NMSA 1978, § 28-11-2
​Under Service Animal Act:
​a person with a disability who is using a qualified service animal shall be admitted to any building open to the public and to all other public accommodations and shall be allowed access to all common carriers.
​In an emergency requiring transportation or relocation of the owner or trainer of the qualified service animal, to the extent practicable, accommodations shall be made for the qualified service animal to remain or be reunited with the owner, trainer or handler.
​​NMSA 1978, § 28-11-3
​A person who violates a provision of the Service Animal Act shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.
​​NMSA 1978, § 28-11-4
​Also under Human Rights laws:
​Every totally or partially blind person shall have the right to be accompanied by a guide dog, specially trained for the purpose, in any of the places listed in this section without being required to pay an extra charge for the guide dog.
​NMSA 1978, § 28-7-3
​It is unlawful for any person, with no legal justification, to:
​intentionally interfere with the use of a qualified service animal by harassing or obstructing the owner or trainer of the qualified service animal or the qualified service animal; or
(a)	​​intentionally fail or refuse to control the person's unrestrained animal, which animal interferes with or obstructs the owner, trainer or handler of the qualified service animal.
​A person who violates the provisions of this section is guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction shall be punished pursuant to Section 31-19-1 NMSA 1978.
​A person convicted under this section may be ordered to pay restitution, including, but not limited to, actual damages.
​NMSA 1978, § 28-11-5
​The driver of a vehicle approaching a totally or partially blind pedestrian who is using a guide dog shall take all necessary precautions to avoid injury to such blind pedestrian, and any driver who fails to take such precautions shall be liable in damages for any injury caused to such pedestrian.
​NMSA 1978, § 28-7-4
​No license fee shall be charged for the licensure of qualified service animals who are trained to lead partially or totally blind persons, aid hearing impaired persons or assist mobility impaired persons.
​​NMSA 1978, § 77-1-15.1
​Fraudulent Representation:
​A person shall not knowingly present as a qualified service animal any animal that does not meet a definition of “qualified service animal” pursuant to Section 28-11-2 NMSA 1978.
(a)	​Violation is a misdemeanor.
​N. M. S. A. 1978, § 28-11-6
​Under Article 7 - Licensing, Identification and Control of Dogs: § 108.
​“Service dog” means any dog that has been or is being individually trained to do work or perform tasks for the benefit of a person with a disability, provided that the dog is or will be owned by such person or that person's parent, guardian or other legal representative.
​​McKinney's Agriculture and Markets Law § 108(22) § 123-b.
​Offenses against service animals and handlers:
​“Service animal” shall mean any animal that has been partnered with a person who has a disability and has been trained or is being trained, by a qualified person, to aid or guide a person with a disability.
​​McKinney's Agriculture and Markets Law § 123-b
​Under Article 4-B - Rights of Persons with a Disability:
​The term “guide dog”, “hearing dog” or “service dog” shall mean a dog which is properly harnessed and has been or is being trained by a qualified person, to aid and guide a person with a disability. McKinney's Civil Rights Law § 47-b
​​Under Article 242 - Offenses ​Against Service Animals and Handlers:
​​McKinney's Penal Law § 242.00
​No person shall be denied admittance to and/or the equal use of and enjoyment of any public facility solely because said person is a person with a disability and is accompanied by a guide dog, hearing dog or service dog.
​Persons qualified to train dogs to aid and guide persons with a disability, while engaged in such training activities, shall have the same rights and privileges set forth for persons with a disability in this article.
​​McKinney's Civil Rights Law § 47-b
​All common and contract carriers of passengers by motor vehicle shall permit a guide dog, hearing dog or service dog properly harnessed, accompanying a person with a disability.
​McKinney's Transportation Law § 147
​Animal interfering with/harming service animal:
​It shall be a violation for the owner or custodian of any dog to fail to exercise due diligence in handling his or her dog if the handling results in harm to another dog that is a guide, hearing or service dog.
​​McKinney's Agriculture and Markets Law § 118
​Any person who owns an animal or possesses control of such animal and who, through any act or omission, recklessly permits his or her animal to interfere with the proper working of a service animal, exposing the handler and service animal to danger or resulting in injury or death of the service animal shall be subject to a civil penalty not to exceed $1,000 in addition to any other applicable penalties.
​If previous incident, guilty of a violation punishable by a fine of not more than $2,000 or by a period of imprisonment not to exceed 15 days, or by both such fine and imprisonment in addition to any other applicable penalties.
​Service animal handler also has right to pursue any and all civil remedies available to recover damages for medical and veterinary expenses, rehabilitation or replacement of the service animal, and lost wages, transportation expenses or other expenses directly related to the temporary or permanent loss of the service animal.
​Person interfering with, harassing, or harming service animal:
​A person is guilty of interference, harassment or intimidation of a service animal when he or she commits an act with intent to and which does make it impractical, dangerous or impossible for a service animal to perform its assigned responsibilities of assisting a person with a disability.
(a)	​Class B misdemeanor
​McKinney's Penal Law § 242.05
​Harming a service animal in the second degree:
​A person is guilty of harming a service animal in the second degree when, with the intent to do so, he or she causes physical injury, or causes such injury that results in the death, of a service animal. ​
(a)	​Class A misdemeanor
​McKinney's Penal Law § 242.10
​Harming a service animal in the first degree:
​A person is guilty of harming a service animal in the first degree when, he or she commits the crime of harming a service animal in the second degree, and has been convicted of harming a service animal in the first or second degree within the prior 5 years. ​
(a)	​Class E felony
​McKinney's Penal Law § 242.15
​Every driver of a vehicle approaching an intersection or crosswalk shall yield the right of way to a pedestrian crossing or attempting to cross the roadway when such pedestrian is accompanied by a guide dog.
​​​McKinney's Vehicle and Traffic Law § 1153
​Municipalities may exempt from their licensing fees any guide dog, hearing dog, service dog, war dog, working search dog, detection dog, police work dog or therapy dog.
​Each copy of any license for such dogs shall be conspicuously marked “Guide Dog”, “Hearing Dog”, “Service Dog”, “Working Search Dog”, “War Dog”, “Detection Dog”, “Police Work Dog”, or “Therapy Dog”, as may be appropriate, by the clerk or authorized dog control officer.
​McKinney's Agriculture and Markets Law § 110
​It shall be a violation for any person to knowingly affix to any dog any false or improper identification tag, special identification tag for identifying guide, service or hearing dogs or purebred license tag.
​McKinney's Agriculture and Markets Law § 118
​Under "Assaulting a law enforcement agency animal or an assistance animal":
​Assistance animal.--An animal that is trained and may be used to assist a “person with a disability” as defined in G.S. 168A-3.
​The term “assistance animal” is not limited to a dog and includes any animal trained to assist a person with a disability as provided in Article 1 of Chapter 168 of the General Statutes.
​​N.C.G.S.A. § 14-163.1
​The term "service animal" is used in "Article 1 - Rights" law, but not defined.
​Every person with a disability has the right to be accompanied by a service animal trained to assist the person with his or her specific disability in any of the places listed in G.S. 168-3, and has the right to keep the service animal on any premises the person leases, rents, or uses.
​The person qualifies for these rights upon the showing of a tag, issued by the Department of Health and Human Services, under G.S. 168-4.3, stamped “NORTH CAROLINA SERVICE ANIMAL PERMANENT REGISTRATION” and stamped with a registration number, or upon a showing that the animal is being trained or has been trained as a service animal.
​The service animal may accompany a person in any of the places listed in ​G.S. 168-3.
​An animal in training to become a service animal may be taken into any of the places listed in ​G.S. 168-3 for the purpose of training when the animal is accompanied by a person who is training the service animal and the animal wears a collar and leash, harness, or cape that identifies the animal as a service animal in training.
​​N.C.G.S.A. § 168-4.2
​Killing of assistance animal:
​Any person who knows or has reason to know that an animal is a law enforcement agency animal, an assistance animal, or a search and rescue animal and who willfully kills the animal is guilty of a Class H felony.
​Serious harm to assistance animal:
​Any person who knows or has reason to know that an animal is a law enforcement agency animal, an assistance animal, or a search and rescue animal and who willfully causes or attempts to cause serious harm to the animal is guilty of a Class I felony.
​Any person who knows or has reason to know that an animal is a law enforcement agency animal, an assistance animal, or a search and rescue animal and who willfully causes or attempts to cause harm to the animal is guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor.
​Willful interference or attempt:
​Any person who knows or has reason to know that an animal is a law enforcement agency animal, an assistance animal, or a search and rescue animal and who willfully taunts, teases, harasses, delays, obstructs, or attempts to delay or obstruct the animal in the performance of its duty as a law enforcement agency animal, an assistance animal, or a search and rescue animal is guilty of a Class 2 misdemeanor.
​Defendant convicted of violating this section also owes restitution including:
​Veterinary, medical care, and boarding expenses Medical expenses for the person with the disability relating to the harm inflicted upon the assistance animal Replacement and training or retraining Expenses incurred to provide temporary mobility services to the person with a disability Wages or income lost while assistance animal receiving training or retraining
​Any blind or partially blind pedestrian shall be entitled to the right-of-way at a crossing or intersection if such blind or partially blind pedestrian is accompanied by a guide dog.
​​N.C.G.S.A. § 20-175.2
​It is unlawful to disguise a dog as an assistance dog.
​Violation of this section shall be a Class 3 misdemeanor.
​N.C.G.S.A. § 168-4.5
​“Service animal” means any guide dog, signal dog, or other animal trained to do work, perform tasks, or provide assistance for the benefit of an individual with a disability. The term includes an animal trained to provide assistance or protection services to an individual with a disability, pull a wheelchair, lend balance support, retrieve dropped objects, or provide assistance in a medical crisis.
​​NDCC § 25-13-01.1
​An individual with a disability is entitled to be accompanied by a service animal in places of public accommodations, common carriers, facilities of a health care provider, and all places to which the public is generally invited, without being required to pay an extra charge for the animal;
​(a)	​provided, that the individual is liable for any damage done to the premises or facility by the animal.
​NDCC § 25-13-02 ​
​Right to be accompanied by service animal applies to trainer of service animal under § 25-13-02.1.
(a)	​​Class A misdemeanor to deny admittance or interfere with rights (except for trainer of service animal).
​NDCC § 25-13-04
​Class C felony and subject to a civil penalty of up to $10,000 if a person willfully and unjustifiably kills, shoots, tortures, torments, beats, kicks, strikes, mutilates, disables, or otherwise injures a service animal.
​Class A misdemeanor and subject to a civil penalty of up to $5,000 if a person willfully:
​(​a)	Harasses, taunts, or provokes a service animal; or
(b)	Interferes with a service animal while the animal is working.
​​NDCC § 25-13-06
​If the driver of a motor vehicle approaches an individual who is blind or visually impaired and who is accompanied by a service animal, the driver shall take all reasonable precautions to avoid injury to the individual and the service animal.
​Any driver who fails to take reasonable precautions is liable to the individual for any injury caused.
​​NDCC § 25-13-03
​"Assistance dog” means a guide dog, hearing dog, or service dog that has been trained by a nonprofit special agency.
​“Guide dog” means a dog that has been trained or is in training to assist a blind person.
​“Hearing dog” means a dog that has been trained or is in training to assist a deaf or hearing-impaired person.
​“Service dog” means a dog that has been trained or is in training to assist a mobility impaired person.
​​RC § 955.011
​When either a blind, deaf or hearing impaired, or mobility impaired person or a trainer of an assistance dog is accompanied by an assistance dog, the person or the trainer, as applicable, is entitled to the full and equal accommodations, advantages, facilities, and privileges of all public conveyances, hotels, lodging places, all places of public accommodation, amusement, or resort, all institutions of education, and other places to which the general public is invited.
​R.C. § 955.43
​Assaulting an assistance dog:
​No person shall knowingly cause, or attempt to cause, physical harm to an assistance dog if dog is engaged in assisting blind, deaf or hearing impaired, or mobility impaired person at the time or the person has actual knowledge that the dog is an assistance dog.
​​A misdemeanor of the second degree unless:
(a)	​death of assistance animal
​- felony of the third degree if results serious physical harm to the assistance dog other than its death
​- felony of the fourth degree physical harm to the assistance dog other than death or serious physical harm - misdemeanor of the first degree
​Harassing an assistance dog:
​No person shall recklessly: taunt, torment, or strike an assistance dog throw an object or substance at an assistance dog interfere with or obstruct an assistance dog releases the dog from its area of control enters the area of control of the dog without the consent of the assisted or served person, including placing food or any other object or substance into that area inhibits or restricts the ability of the dog to assist the assisted or served person
​Harassing an assistance dog is a misdemeanor of the second degree unless:
​death of the assistance dog - felony of the third degree serious physical harm to the assistance dog, but does not result in its death - felony of the fourth degree physical harm to the assistance dog, but does not result in its death or in serious physical harm to it - misdemeanor of the first degree RC § 2921.321
​The driver of every vehicle shall yield the right of way to every blind pedestrian guided by a guide dog.
​Violation is a minor misdemeanor.
​R.C. § 4511.47
​When an application is made for registration of an assistance dog and the owner can show proof by certificate or other means that the dog is an assistance dog, the owner of the dog shall be exempt from any fee for the registration.
​R.C. § 955.011
​Under "Chapter 1, Services to the Blind. Guide Dogs:"
​"Service dog" means any dog individually trained to the physically handicapped person's requirements; and "Signal dog" means any dog trained to alert a deaf or hard-of-hearing person to intruders or sounds.
​​Okl. St. Ann. § 19.1
​Under harming a service animal provision:
​"Service animal" means an animal that is trained for the purpose of guiding or assisting a disabled person who has a sensory, mental, or physical impairment.
​Okl. St. Ann. § 649.3
​Any blind, physically handicapped, deaf or hard-of-hearing person who is a passenger on any common carrier or any other public conveyance or mode of transportation or any dog trainer from a recognized training center when in the act of training guide, signal, or service dogs shall be entitled to have with him or her a guide, signal, or service dog specially trained or being trained for that purpose, without being required to pay an additional charge.
​Okl. St. Ann. § 19.2
​A landlord shall not deny or terminate a tenancy to a blind, deaf, or physically handicapped person because of the guide, signal, or service dog of such person unless such dogs are specifically prohibited in the rental agreement entered into prior to November 1, 1985.
​41 Okl. St. Ann. § 113.1
​Harm to or interference with service animal:
​No person shall willfully harm, including torture, torment, beat, mutilate, injure, disable, or otherwise mistreat or kill a service animal that is used for the benefit of any handicapped person in the state.
​No person shall willfully interfere with the lawful performance of any service animal used for the benefit of any handicapped person in the state.
​Violation is a misdemeanor, punishable by a fine not exceeding $1,000.00, or by imprisonment in the county jail not exceeding 1 year, or by both.
​Harm to service animal during commission of other crime:
​If violation occurs during commission of misdemeanor or felony, results in fine not exceeding $1,000.00, or by imprisonment in the Department of Corrections not exceeding 2 years, or by both such fine and imprisonment.
​Harm to service animal by another animal:
​Any person who encourages, permits or allows an animal owned or kept by such person to fight, injure, disable or kill a service animal used for the benefit of any handicapped person in this state, or to interfere with a service animal in any place where the service animal resides or is performing commits misdemeanor.
​Also must pay restitution.
​​21 Okl. St. Ann. § 649.3
​Any driver of a vehicle who knowingly approaches within 15 feet of a person who is in the roadway or at an intersection and who is wholly or partially blind and who is using a dog guide wearing a specialized harness, or who is wholly or partially deaf and is using a signal dog wearing an orange identifying collar, or who is physically handicapped and is using a service dog, shall immediately come to a full stop and take such precautions before proceeding as may be necessary to avoid accident or injury to the person wholly or partially blind, deaf or physically handicapped.
​7 Okl. St. Ann. § 12
​Violation is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by imprisonment in the county jail not exceeding 3 months, or by fine not exceeding $100.00, or by both such fine and imprisonment.
​7 Okl. St. Ann. § 13
​No municipality or political subdivision of the state may enact or enforce any ordinance or rule that requires any registration or licensing fee for any service animal that is used for the purpose of guiding or assisting a disabled person who has a sensory, mental, or physical impairment.
​Violation is a misdemeanor punishable by a fine of not less than $50.00.
​21 ​Okl. St. Ann. § 649.3
​As used in this section:
​​(a) “Assistance animal” means a dog or other animal designated by administrative rule that has been individually trained to do work or perform tasks for the benefit of an individual.
​​(b) ​“Assistance animal trainee” means an animal that is undergoing a course of development and training to do work or perform tasks for the benefit of an individual that directly relate to the disability of the individual.
​​O.R.S. 659A.143(6)(a)
​Rights for pedestrians who are blind or blind and deaf.
(a)	​“Dog guide” means a dog that is wearing a dog guide harness and is trained to lead or guide a person who is blind.
​​O.R.S. § 814.110
​With exceptions, a place of public accommodation or of access to state government services, programs or activities may not deny a person with a disability or an assistance animal trainer the right to be accompanied by an assistance animal or assistance animal trainee in any area of the place that is open to the public or to business invitees
​O.R.S. 659A.143(6)(a)
​Theft or attack on assistance animal:
​A person with a physical impairment who uses an assistance animal may bring an action for economic and noneconomic damages against any person who steals or, without provocation, attacks the assistance animal (or against person who owns animal that attacks the assistance animal).
​(a)	​If attack results in death or animal not returned, damages shall include replacement costs.
​(b)	​If attack or theft results in injury and animal returns, damages shall include veterinary medical expenses, costs of temporary replacement assistance services.
​O. R. S. § 346.687
​Interfering with assistance or therapy animal:
​A person commits the crime of interfering with an assistance, a search and rescue or a therapy animal if the person intentionally or knowingly:
(a)	​injures or attempts to injure an animal the person knows or reasonably should know is an assistance animal, a search and rescue animal or a therapy animal interferes with an assistance animal while the assistance animal is being used to provide assistance to a person with a physical impairment interferes with a search and rescue animal or a therapy animal while the animal is being used for search and rescue or therapy purposes
(b)	​Violation is a Class A misdemeanor.
​​O. R. S. § 167.352
​The driver of a vehicle commits the offense of failure to stop and remain stopped for a pedestrian who is blind if the driver violates any of the following:
(a)	​​A driver approaching a pedestrian who is blind or blind and deaf, who is carrying a white cane or accompanied by a dog guide, and who is crossing or about to cross a roadway, shall stop and remain stopped until the pedestrian has crossed the roadway.
​Where the movement of vehicular traffic is regulated by traffic control devices, a driver approaching a pedestrian who is blind or blind and deaf shall stop and remain stopped until the pedestrian has vacated the roadway if the pedestrian has entered the roadway and is carrying a white cane or is accompanied by a dog guide.
​This paragraph applies notwithstanding any other provisions of the vehicle code relating to traffic control devices.
​Violation is a Class B Traffic violation
​O.R.S. § 811.035
​A license fee is not required to be paid for any dog kept by a person who is blind and who uses the dog as a guide. A license shall be issued for such dog upon the filing by the person who is blind of an affidavit with the county showing that the dog qualifies for exemption.
​​O. R. S. § 609.100 Notwithstanding ORS 609.015 or 609.100,
(a)	​a county or city shall not charge a fee to license a dog used as an assistance animal as defined in section 2 of this 2013
​​Act O.R.S. § 609.105
​Under Dog Law:
​“Service dog,”​Any dog which has been or is in the process of being trained as a guide dog, signal dog or has been trained to do work or perform tasks for the benefit of an individual with a disability, including, but not limited to, guiding individuals with impaired vision, alerting individuals with impaired hearing to intruders or sounds, pulling a wheelchair or fetching dropped items.
​​3 P.S. § 459-102
​Policy statement in law:
​"The practice or policy of discrimination against individuals or groups by reason of their . . . use of guide or support animals because of the blindness, deafness or physical handicap of the user or because the user is a handler or trainer of support or guide animals is a matter of concern of the Commonwealth."
​​43 P.S. § 952
​Recognized as civil right:
​"The opportunity for an individual to obtain employment for which he is qualified, and to obtain all the accommodations, advantages, facilities and privileges of any public accommodation and of any housing accommodation and commercial property without discrimination because of . . . the use of a guide or support animal because of the blindness, deafness or physical handicap of the user or because the user is a handler or trainer of support or guide animals is hereby recognized as and declared to be a civil right which shall be enforceable as set forth in this act."
​​43 P.S. § 953
​Public accommodation discrimination:
​A person is guilty of a summary offense to withhold or deny access to place of public accommodation to person who is using/training a guide, signal or service dog or other aid animal that has been certified by a recognized authority to assist a person.
​18 Pa.C.S.A. § 7325
​Interfering with guide, hearing or service dog:
​Misdemeanor of 2nd degree if person willfully and maliciously harasses, annoys, injures, attempts to injure, molests or interferes with a dog guide for an individual who is blind, a hearing dog for an individual who is deaf or audibly impaired or a service dog for an individual who is physically limited.
(a)	Violation results in fine of not less than $500.
​Person injuring/killing guide, hearing or service dog:
​Misdemeanor of 1st degree if person willfully and maliciously kills, maims, mutilates, tortures or disfigures a dog guide for an individual who is blind, a hearing dog for an individual who is deaf or audibly impaired or a service dog for an individual who is physically limited.
​Person shall be required to make reparations for veterinary costs in treating the dog or the cost of obtaining and training a replacement dog.
​Violation results in a fine of not less than $1,000 or to imprisonment for not more than 2 years, or both.
​A subsequent conviction under this paragraph shall be a felony of the 3rd degree.
​Dog injuring/killing guide, hearing or service dog:
​Misdemeanor of the 3rd degree if a dog kills, maims or disfigures a guide dog, hearing dog, or service dog without provocation by the guide, hearing or service dog or the individual.
​A person commits an offense under this subsection only if the person knew or should have known that the dog he owns or co-owns had a propensity to attack human beings or domestic animals without provocation and the owner or co-owner knowingly or recklessly failed to restrain the dog or keep the dog in a contained, secure manner.
​Violation results in fine of not more than $5,000 and reparations for veterinary costs in treating guide, hearing, or service dog/replacement costs for dog. ​
​Civil penalty for dog attacking:
​Court may then impose A civil penalty of up to $15,000.
​Reparations for veterinary costs in treating the guide, hearing or service dog and, if necessary, the cost of retraining the dog or of obtaining and training a replacement guide, hearing or service dog.
​Loss of income for the time the individual is unable to work due to the unavailability of the guide, hearing or service dog.
​​18 P.S. § 5511
​The driver of a vehicle shall yield the right-of-way to any totally or partially blind pedestrian accompanied by a guide dog and shall take such precautions as may be necessary to avoid injuring or endangering the pedestrian.
​Violation is a summary offense punishable by a fine of not less than $50 nor more than $150.
​75 Pa.C.S.A. § 3549
​License fee waiver only applies to service dogs used for aid or any municipal or State Police department or agency using a dog in the performance of the functions or duties of such department or agency.
​​3 P.S. § 459-217
​Under Chapter 9.1, Equal Rights of Blind and Deaf Persons to Public Facilities:
​“Guide dog” means a dog that has been or is being specially trained to aid a particular blind or visually impaired person.
​“Hearing dog” means a dog that has been or is being specially trained to aid a particular deaf or hard-of-hearing person.
​“Personal assistance animal” means a dog that has been or is being trained as a guide dog, hearing dog or service dog.
​“Service dog” means a dog that has been or is being specially trained to aid a particular disabled person with a disability other than sight or hearing.
​Gen. Laws, 1956, § 40-9.1-1
​Every disabled person/trainer of assistance animal has the right to be accompanied by a personal assistance animal, specially trained for that person in any housing accommodation or in any listed public place.
​Gen. Laws, 1956, § 40-9.1-2
​The privileges of access and transportation provided to personal assistance animals is extended to family therapy pets which are further defined as primary companions which include, but are not limited to, dogs, cats, rabbits, and guinea pigs, that are working in the provision of pet assisted therapy treatment and education. Access and transportation privileges are only extended while the family therapy pet is on the way to or actively participating in a program.
​Gen. Laws, 1956, § 40-9.1-5
​Violation is a misdemeanor punishable imprisonment in the county jail for not more than 6 months or by a fine of not less than $100, or by both fine and imprisonment.
(a)	​Also liable for actual damages for any economic loss and/or punitive damages, to be recovered by a civil action in a court in and for the county in which the infringement of civil rights occurred or in which the defendant lives.
​​​Gen. Laws, 1956, § 40-9.1-3
​Any blind or deaf person, who uses the services of a seeing-eye guide dog, or personal assistance animal or a hearing-ear signal dog, clearly identified as such by a yellow harness and trained by a recognized training agency or school, may enter any public facility of any public utility or common carrier in this state.
​​Gen. Laws, 1956, § 39-2-13
​Every person with a disability who has a guide dog or other personal assistive animal, or who obtains a guide dog or other personal assistive animal, shall be entitled to full and equal access to all housing accommodations.
​​Gen. Laws, 1956, § 34-37-4
​Owner of dog who dog kills, wounds, or worries, or assists in killing, wounding, or worrying, any seeing-eye dog certified for use as a guide-dog under harness or engaged in act of guiding owner, or if that dog assaults or bites the visually impaired person, the owner of offending dog must pay the blind or visually impaired guide-dog owner double all the damages sustained.
​If the act occurs again, the owner of the offending dog owes treble damages and an order must be made by the court to kill the dog.
​Gen. Laws, 1956, § 4-13-16.1
​Under Equal Rights Law:
​It is unlawful for any person to injure a personal assistance animal and shall be liable for the injuries to the assistance animal and if necessary the replacement and compensation for the loss of the personal assistance animal.
​It is unlawful for the owner of a dog to allow that dog to injure a personal assistance animal because the owner failed to control or leash the dog.
​The owner shall also be liable for the injuries to the personal assistance dog and if necessary the replacement and compensation for the loss of the personal assistance animal.
​Purposeful or negligent violation is a misdemeanor punishable by imprisonment in the county jail for not more than 6 months or by a fine of not less than $100, or by both fine and imprisonment.
​Also liable for actual damages for any economic loss and/or punitive damages.
​Gen. Laws, 1956, § 40-9.1-3
​Whenever a pedestrian is crossing/attempting to cross a public street guided by a trained seeing-eye guide dog or a hearing-ear signal dog clearly identified as such by a yellow harness, approaching drivers must bring vehicles to a full stop and before proceeding shall take any precautions that may be necessary to avoid injuring the pedestrian.
​​Gen. Laws, 1956, § 31-18-14
​Gen. Laws, 1956, § 31-18-16
​Any city or town may waive the fee to be charged to license guide dogs used by persons with disabilities. Gen. Laws, 1956, § 4-13-4
​Under Article 15, Protection of Guide Dogs:
​"Guide dog" means a dog that is trained for the purpose of guiding blind persons or a dog trained for the purpose of assisting hearing impaired persons. "Service animal" means an animal that is trained for the purposes of assisting or accommodating the sensory, mental, or physical disability of a disabled person.
​Code 1976 § 47-3-920
​Every handicapped person/trainer of assistance dog has the right to be accompanied by an assistance dog, especially trained for the purpose, in any of the listed public places.
​Code 1976 § 43-33-20
​A person who violates the provisions of this section is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, must be fined in the discretion of the court or imprisoned not more than three years, or both.
​​Code 1976 § 43-33-40
​Every handicapped person who has an assistance dog, or who obtains an assistance dog, is entitled to full and equal access to all housing accommodations provided for in this section.
​Code 1976 § 43-33-70
​Blind persons who are licensed by the Commission to operate vending facilities shall be allowed to have their guide dogs present with them while on public property.
​Code 1976 § 43-26-80
​Interference with guide or service dog:
​Unlawful for person who has received notice that his or her behavior is interfering with the use of a guide dog or service animal to continue with reckless disregard to interfere with the use of a guide dog or service animal by obstructing, intimidating, or jeopardizing the safety of the guide dog or service animal or its user.
​Unlawful for a person with reckless disregard to allow his or her dog that is not contained by a fence, a leash, or another containment system to interfere with the use of a guide dog or service animal by obstructing, intimidating, or otherwise jeopardizing the safety of the guide dog or service animal or its user.
​Violation is a misdemeanor triable in magistrate's court and, upon conviction, is subject to the maximum fines and terms of imprisonment in magistrate's court.
​Code 1976 § 47-3-930
​ Injury to guide or service dog:
​Unlawful for a person with reckless disregard to injure, disable, or cause the death of a guide dog or service animal. Unlawful for a person with reckless disregard to allow his dog to injure, disable, or cause the death of a guide dog or service animal.
(a)	​​Violation is a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, must be fined not more than $2,500 or imprisoned not more than 6 months, or both.
​Code 1976 § 47-3-940
​Unauthorized control over guide or service dog:
​Unlawful for a person to wrongfully obtain or exert unauthorized control over a guide dog or service animal with the intent to deprive the guide dog or service animal user of his guide dog or service animal.
(a)	​Violation is a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, must be fined not less than $2,000 or imprisoned not less than 1 year, or both.
​​Code 1976 § 47-3-950
​Intentional injury/cause death to guide or service dog:
​Unlawful for a person to intentionally injure, disable, or cause the death of a guide dog or service animal, except in the case of self-defense or humane euthanasia.
(a)	​Violation is a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, must be fined not more than $5,000 or imprisoned not more than 3 years, or both.
​Code 1976 § 47-3-960
​Restitution:
​A defendant convicted of a violation of this article may be ordered to make full restitution for damages including incidental and consequential expenses incurred by the guide dog or service animal and its user.
​Code 1976 § 47-3-970
​The driver of a vehicle approaching a totally or partially blind pedestrian who is carrying a cane predominantly white or metallic in color (with or without a red tip) or approaching a handicapped pedestrian using an assistance dog shall take all necessary precautions to avoid injury to the pedestrian.
​Any driver who fails to take these precautions is liable in damages for any injury caused the pedestrian.
​Code 1976 § 43-33-30
​Whenever a pedestrian is crossing or attempting to cross a public street or highway guided by a guide dog, the driver of every vehicle approaching the intersection shall bring the vehicle to a full stop before arriving and take such precautions as may be necessary to avoid injuring such pedestrian.
​Code 1976 § 56-5-3200
​Violation is a misdemeanor punishable by a fine not exceeding $25 or imprisonment for not exceeding 10 days.
​Code 1976 § 56-5-3210
​Any person who is totally or partially physically disabled, totally or partially blind, or totally or partially deaf may be accompanied by a service animal in listed places of public accommodation.
(a)	​Failure of any owner or employee of a listed place to comply with the provisions of this section is a Class 2 misdemeanor.
​​S D C L § 20-13-23.2
​No landlord may prohibit by lease or otherwise the keeping of a service animal by a person who is totally or partially physically disabled, totally or partially blind, or totally or partially deaf in an apartment or other rented or leased residential property.
(a)	​​A violation of this section is a Class 2 misdemeanor.
​​S D C L § 20-13-23.4
​No person may maliciously beat, injure, attempt to injure, harass, intimidate, entice, distract, or otherwise interfere with any service animal accompanying a person with a disability if the service animal is being controlled by the person and the service animal is wearing a harness or other control device normally used for service animals accompanying or leading persons with disabilities.
​​S D C L § 40-1-38
​Whenever a pedestrian is crossing or attempting to cross a public street guided by a guide dog, the driver of every vehicle approaching the intersection must bring vehicle to a full stop before arriving at such intersection, and shall take such precautions as may be necessary to avoid injuring such pedestrian.
​​S D C L § 32-27-7
A​ccommodation Law
​No proprietor, employee or other person in charge of any place of public accommodation, amusement or recreation shall refuse to permit a blind, physically disabled or deaf or hard of hearing person to enter the place or to make use of the accommodations for the reason that the blind, physically disabled or deaf or hard of hearing person is being led or accompanied by a dog guide.
(a)	​Also applies to dog guide trainer.
(b) ​	A violation of this section is a Class C misdemeanor.
​​T. C. A. § 62-7-112
​Every totally blind or partially blind person who has a guide dog, or who obtains a guide dog, shall be entitled to full and equal access to all housing accommodations included within subsection.
​​T. C. A. § 66-7-104
​Any owner, manager, landlord or agent who refuses to lease living space to any legally blind person because of a guide dog, or violates a provision of this section, commits a Class C misdemeanor.
​​T. C. A. § 66-7-106
​A person who intentionally or knowingly unlawfully injures the guide dog of another and, thereby, permanently deprives the owner of the use of the guide dog's services commits theft of that animal. In determining the value of the guide dog, the court shall consider the value of the guide dog as both the cost of the dog as well as the cost of any specialized training the guide dog received.
​​T. C. A. § 39-14-208
(a)	​Aggravated cruelty to animals is a Class E felony.
In addition to penalty, responsible for damages to animal. If an unlawful act resulted in the death or permanent disability of a person's guide dog, then the value of the guide dog shall include, but shall not necessarily be limited to, both the cost of the guide dog as well as the cost of any specialized training the guide dog received.
​​T. C. A. § 39-14-212 A 2012
​​(a)	section was added that makes it an offense to maim or harm, or attempt to do so, or permit an animal owned to harm a service animal (violation is a Class A misdemeanor).
​In addition to any other penalty provided by this section, a person convicted shall be ordered by the court to make full restitution for all damages that arise out of or are related to the offense, including incidental and consequential damages incurred.
​​T. C. A. § 39-14-216
​​T. C. A. § 44-17-404
​Whenever any pedestrian guided by a guide dog or dog on a blaze orange leash shall undertake to cross any public street drivers must bring such vehicle to a complete stop and before proceeding shall take all precautions necessary to avoid injuring the pedestrian.
​A violation of this section is a Class C misdemeanor.
​T. C. A. § 55-8-180
​Under Title 8--"Rights and Responsibilities of Persons with Disabilities:"
​“Assistance animal” and “service animal” mean a canine that is specially trained or equipped to help a person with a disability and that is used by a person with a disability.
​V. T. C. A., Human Resources Code § 121.002
Accommodation Laws
​​A state employee who is a person with a disability is entitled to a leave of absence without a deduction in salary for the purpose of attending a training program to acquaint the employee with an assistance dog to be used by the employee.
No common carrier, airplane, railroad train, motor bus, streetcar, boat, or other public conveyance or mode of transportation operating within the state may refuse to accept as a passenger a person with a disability because of the person's disability, nor may a person with a disability be required to pay an additional fare because of his or her use of a service animal.
(a)	​No person with a disability may be denied admittance to any public facility in the state because of the person's disability.
(b)	​No person with a disability may be denied the use assistance animal.
(c)	​A person with a total or partial disability who has or obtains a service animal is entitled to full and equal access to all housing accommodations provided for in this section.
(d)	​Provisions for equal access also applies to assistance animal in training.
​V. T. C. A., Human Resources Code § 121.003
​​​Violation is an offense. An offense under this subsection is a misdemeanor punishable by a fine of not more than $300 and 30 hours of community service.
(a)	​The person with a disability deprived of his or her civil liberties may maintain a cause of action for damages in a court of competent jurisdiction, and there is a conclusive presumption of damages in the amount of at least $300 to the person with a disability.
​V. T. C. A., Human Resources Code § 121.004
​Under Title 8, Rights and Responsibilities of Persons with Disabilities:
Violation is an offense. An offense under this subsection is a misdemeanor punishable by a fine of not more than $300 and 30 hours of community service.
(a)	​A person commits an offense if the person intentionally, knowingly, or recklessly incites or permits an animal owned by or otherwise in the custody of the actor to attack, injure, or kill an assistance animal and, as a result of the person's conduct, the assistance animal is attacked, injured, or killed. ​
i)	​An offense under this section is a: ​​Class A misdemeanor
​(b)	​if the actor or an animal owned by or otherwise in the custody of the actor attacks an assistance animal state jail felony
​(c)	​if the actor or an animal owned by or otherwise in the custody of the actor injures an assistance animal felony of the third degree
​(d)	if the actor or an animal owned by or otherwise in the custody of the actor kills an assistance animal Violators also owe restitution.
​V. T. C. A., Penal Code § 42.091
(a)	​	If at trial determined that collision caused serious bodily injury or death to a blind person, the offense is a misdemeanor punishable by: ​
(b)	​	a fine of not more than $500; and 30 hours of community service to an organization or agency that primarily serves visually impaired or disabled persons, ​to be completed in not less than six months and not more than one year portion of the community service required shall include sensitivity training
​​V. T. C. A., Transportation Code § 552.010
(a) Punishable by a fine of not more than $300 and 30 hours of community service.
​​V. T. C. A., Human Resources Code § 121.006
​Defined under Chapter 5B - Rights and Privileges of a Person with a Disability:
​“Service animal” includes any dog that: ​
​(a)	​is trained, or is in training, to do work or perform tasks for the benefit of an individual with a disability, including a physical, sensory, psychiatric, intellectual, or ​other mental disability
​(b)	performs work or tasks, or ​is in training to perform work or tasks, that are directly related to the individual's disability,
​(c)	​including assisting an individual who is blind or has low vision with navigation or other tasks
​(d)	​alerting an individual who is deaf or hard of hearing to the presence of people or sounds
​(e)	​providing non-violent protection or rescue work
​(f)	​pulling a wheelchair
​(g)	​assisting an individual during a seizure
​(h)	​alerting an individual to the presence of an allergen
​(i)	​retrieving an item for the individual
​(j)	​providing physical support and assistance with balance and stability to an individual with a mobility disability helping an individual with a psychiatric or neurological disability
​(k)	​by preventing or interrupting impulsive or destructive behaviors
​(a)	an animal other than a dog, whether wild or domestic, trained or untrained
​(b)	an animal used solely to provide:
​i)	a crime deterrent
​ii)	emotional support
​iii)	well-being comfort companionship
​U.C.A. 1953 § 62A-5b-102
​A person with a disability has the right to be accompanied by a service animal, unless the service animal is a danger or nuisance to others as interpreted under the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, 42
​U.S.C. Sec. 12102.
​An owner or lessor of private housing accommodations may not, in any manner, discriminate against a person with a disability on the basis of the person's possession of a service animal.
(a)	​A person who is not a person with a disability has the right to be accompanied by an animal that is in training to become a service animal or a police service canine.
​U.C.A. 1953 § 62A-5b-104
​Any person, or agent of any person, who denies or interferes with the rights provided in this chapter is guilty of a class C misdemeanor.
​U.C.A. 1953 § 62A-5b-106
​Substantial bodily injury or death to service animal:
​It is a class A misdemeanor for a person to knowingly, intentionally, or recklessly cause substantial bodily injury or death to a service animal.
​It is a class A misdemeanor for a person who owns, keeps, harbors, or exercises control over an animal to knowingly, intentionally, or recklessly fail to exercise sufficient control over the animal to prevent it from causing: any substantial bodily injury or the death of a service animal;
(b)	​or the service animal's subsequent inability to function as a service animal as a result of the animal's attacking, chasing, or harassing the service animal.
​U.C.A. 1953 § 76-9-307
​Harassing a service animal:
​It is a class B misdemeanor for a person to chase or harass a service animal.
​It is a class B misdemeanor for a person who owns, keeps, harbors, or exercises control over an animal to knowingly, intentionally, or recklessly fail to exercise sufficient control over the animal to prevent it from chasing or harassing a service animal while it is carrying out its functions as a service animal, to the extent that the animal temporarily interferes with the service animal's ability to carry out its functions.
​Restitution In addition to any other penalty, a person convicted of any violation of this section is liable for restitution to the owner of the service animal or the person with a disability whom the service animal serves for the replacement, training, and veterinary costs incurred as a result of the violation of this section.
​Theft/loss of service animal:
​A person with a disability who uses a service animal, or the owner of a service animal has a cause of action for economic and noneconomic damages against:
(a)	​​any person who steals or, without provocation, attacks the service animal;
i)	​and the owner or keeper of any animal that without provocation attacks a service animal due to the owner's or keeper's negligent failure to exercise sufficient control over the animal to prevent the attack.
​U.C.A. 1953 § 78B-3-702
​Right to kill dog attacking service animal:
​Notably, another section provides that any person may injure or kill a dog while the dog is attacking, chasing, or worrying a service animal, as defined in Section 62A-5b-10.
​U.C.A. 1953 § 18-1-3
​The operator of a vehicle shall yield the right-of-way to a blind or visually impaired pedestrian accompanied by a guide dog specially trained for that purpose and equipped with a harness.
(b)	​A person who fails to yield the right-of-way is liable for any loss or damage which results as a proximate cause of the failure to yield the right-of-way to blind or visually impaired persons.
​U.C.A. 1953 § 41-6a-1007
​A person is guilty of a class B misdemeanor if:
​​(a) the person intentionally and knowingly falsely represents to another person that an animal is a service animal as defined in Section 62A-5b-102; or
​(b) the person knowingly and intentionally misrepresents a material fact to a health care provider for the purpose of obtaining documentation from the health care provider necessary to designate an animal as a service animal as defined in Section 62A-5b-102.
​​Vermont
​Under Subchapter 1, Cruelty to Animals:
​“Guide dog” means a dog, whose status is reasonably identifiable individually trained to do work or perform tasks for the benefit of an individual with a disability for purposes of guiding an individual with impaired vision, alerting an individual with impaired hearing to the presence of people or sounds, assisting an individual during a seizure, pulling a wheelchair, retrieving items, providing physical support and assistance with balance and stability, and assisting with navigation.
​13 V.S.A. § 355
​Public accommodations law:
​An owner or operator of a place of public accommodation or his or her employee or agent shall not prohibit from entering a place of public accommodation:
(a)	​An individual with a disability accompanied by a service animal An individual who is training an animal to perform as a service animal for an individual with a disability
​​9 V.S.A. § 4502
​Unfair housing practices:
​It shall be unlawful for any person to discriminate in the sale or rental of a dwelling because a person relies upon aids such as attendants, specially trained animals, wheelchairs, or similar appliances or devices but the owner shall not be required to modify or alter the building in any way in order to comply with this chapter.
​9 V.S.A. § 4503
​Civil action:
​A person aggrieved by a violation of this chapter may file a charge of discrimination with the human rights commission or may bring an action for injunctive relief and compensatory and punitive damages and any other appropriate relief.
​9 V.S.A. § 4506
​Criminal penalty:
​A person who violates a provision of this chapter shall be fined not more than $1,000.00.
​9 V.S.A. § 4507
​No person shall recklessly injure or cause the death of a guide dog, or recklessly permit a dog he or she owns or has custody of to injure or cause the death of a guide dog.
​(a)	​A person who violates this subsection shall be imprisoned not more than two years or fined not more than $3,000.00, or both.
​Interference with guide dog after notice:
​No person who has received notice or has knowledge that his or her behavior, or the behavior of a dog he or she owns or has custody of; is interfering with the use of a guide dog shall recklessly continue to interfere with the use of a guide dog, or recklessly allow the dog he or she owns or has custody of to continue to interfere with the use of a guide dog, by obstructing, intimidating, or otherwise jeopardizing the safety of the guide dog user or his or her guide dog.
(a)	​​A person who violates this subsection shall be imprisoned not more than one year or fined not more than $1,000.00, or both.
​Interference with guide dog:
​No person shall recklessly interfere with the use of a guide dog, or recklessly permit a dog he or she owns or has custody of to interfere with a guide dog, by obstructing, intimidating, or otherwise jeopardizing the safety of the guide dog user or his or her guide dog. ​
​A person who violates this subsection commits a civil offense and shall be:
(a)	​for a first offense, fined not more than $100.00.
​(b)	for a second or subsequent offense, fined not more than $250.00.
​Whenever a pedestrian is crossing or attempting to cross a public street or highway, guided by a guide dog, drivers approaching intersection or crossing place must bring vehicles to a full stop before arriving, and before proceeding must take necessary precautions to avoid injuring the pedestrian.
​​23 V.S.A. § 1057
​Under criminal interference law:
​"Guide or leader dog" means a dog that:
​​serves as a dog guide for a blind person as defined serves as a listener for a deaf or hard-of-hearing person as defined provides support or assistance for a physically disabled or handicapped person
​​Va. Code Ann. § 3.2-6588
​Under Chapter 9 - Rights of Persons with Disabilities:
​“Hearing dog” means a dog trained to alert its owner by touch to sounds of danger and sounds to which the owner should respond. “Service dog” means a dog trained to do work or perform tasks for the benefit of a mobility-impaired or otherwise disabled person. The work or tasks performed by a service dog shall be directly related to the individual's disability or disorder.
(a)	​Examples of work or tasks include providing nonviolent protection or rescue work, pulling a wheelchair, assisting an individual during a seizure, alerting an individual to the presence of allergens, retrieving items, carrying items, providing physical support and assistance with balance and stability, and preventing or interrupting impulsive or destructive behaviors.
The provision of emotional support, well-being, comfort, or companionship shall not constitute work or tasks for the purposes of this definition.
​“Three-unit service dog team” means a team consisting of a trained service dog, a disabled person, and a person who is an adult and who has been trained to handle the service dog.
​​Va. Code Ann. § 51.5-40.1
​Every totally or partially blind person shall have the right to be accompanied by a dog, in harness, trained as a guide dog, every deaf or hearing-impaired person shall have the right to be accompanied by a dog trained as a hearing dog on a blaze orange leash, and every mobility-impaired or otherwise disabled person shall have the right to be accompanied by a dog, trained as a service dog, in a harness, backpack, or vest identifying the dog as a trained service dog, in any of the places listed in the law.
​The provisions of this section shall apply to persons accompanied by a dog that is in training, at least six months of age, and is:
(a)	​in harness, provided such person is an experienced trainer of guide dogs or is conducting continuing training of a guide dog on a blaze orange leash, provided such person is an experienced trainer of hearing dogs or is conducting continuing training of a hearing dog in a harness, backpack, or vest identifying the dog as a trained service dog, provided such person is an experienced trainer of service dogs or is conducting continuing training of a service dog wearing a jacket identifying the recognized guide, hearing or service dog organization, provided such person is an experienced trainer of the organization identified on the jacket;
(b)	or the person is part of a three-unit service dog team and is conducting continuing training of a service dog.
​Va. Code Ann. § 51.5-44
Every visually impaired person who has a guide dog, every hearing-impaired person who has a hearing dog, and every mobility-impaired or otherwise disabled person with a service dog shall be entitled to full and equal access with such dog to all housing accommodations provided for in this section.
​He shall not be required to pay extra compensation for such dog but shall be liable for any damage done to the premises by such dog.
​​Va. Code Ann. § 51.5-45
​​Va. Code Ann. § 51.5-46
​Class 3 misdemeanor to, without just cause, willfully impede or interfere with the duties performed by a dog if the person knows or has reason to believe the dog is a guide or leader dog.
​Class 1 misdemeanor to, without just cause, willfully injure a dog if the person knows or has reason to believe the dog is a guide or leader dog.
​Drivers approaching a totally or partially blind pedestrian using a dog guide shall take all necessary precautions to avoid injury.
​Driver who fail to take such precautions shall be liable in damages for any injury caused such pedestrian and dog guide.
​Va. Code Ann. § 46.2-932.1
​Drivers approaching totally or partially blind pedestrian crossing or attempting to cross a highway guided by a dog guide must make full stop before arriving at such intersection/crossing place.
(a)	​Violation is a Class 3 misdemeanor.
​​Va. Code Ann. § 46.2-933
​No license tax shall be levied on any dog that is trained and serves as a guide dog for a blind person, that is trained and serves as a hearing dog for a deaf or hearing-impaired person, or that is trained and serves as a service dog for a mobility-impaired or otherwise disabled person.
​As used in this section, “hearing dog,” “mobility-impaired person,” “otherwise disabled person,” and “service dog” have the same meanings as assigned in § 51.5-40.1.
​​Va. Code Ann. § 3.2-6528
​Under interfering with dog guide or service animal law:
​"Dog guide" means a dog that is trained for the purpose of guiding blind persons or a dog trained for the purpose of assisting hearing impaired persons. "Service animal" means an animal that is trained for the purposes of assisting or accommodating a disabled person's sensory, mental, or physical disability.
​​West's RCWA 9.91.170
​Under discrimination law:
​“Dog guide” means a dog that is trained for the purpose of guiding blind persons or a dog that is trained for the purpose of assisting hearing impaired persons. “Service animal” means an animal that is trained for the purpose of assisting or accommodating a sensory, mental, or physical disability of a person with a disability.
​​West's RCWA 49.60.040
​Under "White Cane Law":
​For the purpose of this chapter, "service animal" means an animal that is trained for the purposes of assisting or accommodating a disabled person's sensory, mental, or physical disability.
​​West's RCWA 70.84.020
​​West's RCWA 70.84.021
​The right to be free from discrimination because of the use of a trained dog guide or service animal by a person with a disability is recognized as and declared to be a civil right.
​Any person injured by any act in violation shall have a civil action in a court of competent jurisdiction to enjoin further violations, or to recover the actual damages or any other appropriate remedy authorized.
​​West's RCWA49.60.030
​It shall be an unfair practice to commit an act which directly or indirectly results in any distinction, restriction, or discrimination on the basis of the use of a dog guide or service animal by a person with a disability.
​A food establishment shall make reasonable modifications in policies, practices, or procedures to permit the use of a miniature horse by an individual with a disability if the miniature horse has been individually trained to do work or perform tasks for the benefit of the individual with a disability.
​​West's RCWA 49.60.218
​It is an unfair practice for any person because of the presence of any sensory, mental, or physical disability, or the use of a trained dog guide or service animal by a person with a disability to discriminate in real estate transactions.
​​West's RCWA 49.60.222
​Harassment of/Interference with Service Dogs Interference with service animal:
​Misdemeanor to continue, after notice, with reckless disregard to interfere with the use of a dog guide or service animal by obstructing, intimidating, or otherwise jeopardizing the safety of the dog guide or service animal user or his or her dog guide or service animal. Second or subsequent violation of this subsection is a gross misdemeanor.
​Also applies where person allows his or her dog to interfere with the use of a dog guide or service animal.
​Reckless injury to service animal:
​Any person who, with reckless disregard, injures, disables, or causes the death of a dog guide or service animal, or allows his or her dog to do so, is guilty of a gross misdemeanor.
​Intentional injury or death to service animal:
​Unauthorized control over service animal:
​Any person who wrongfully obtains or exerts unauthorized control over a dog guide or service animal with the intent to deprive the dog guide or service animal user of his or her dog guide or service animal is guilty of theft in the first degree.
​Restitution includes:
​value of the replacement of an incapacitated or deceased dog guide or service animal the training of a replacement dog guide or service animal, or retraining of the affected dog guide or service animal all related veterinary and care expenses medical expenses of the dog guide or service animal user training of the dog guide or service animal user compensation for wages or earned income lost by the dog guide or service animal user.
​West's RCWA 9.91.170
​A person who negligently or maliciously kills or injures a dog guide or service animal is liable for a penalty of $1,000 to be paid to the user of the animal.
​The penalty shall be in addition to and not in lieu of any other remedies or penalties, civil or criminal, provided by law.
​A user or owner of a dog guide or service animal, whose animal is negligently or maliciously injured or killed, is entitled to recover reasonable attorneys' fees and costs incurred in pursuing any civil remedy.
​​West's RCWA 49.60.370
​The driver of a vehicle approaching a totally or partially blind pedestrian, hearing impaired pedestrian, or a person with physical disabilities using a dog guide/service animal shall take all necessary precautions to avoid injury to such pedestrian.
​Any driver who fails to take such precaution shall be liable in damages for any injury caused such pedestrian.
​It shall be unlawful for the operator of any vehicle to drive into or upon any crosswalk while such pedestrian using a dog guide/service animal is crossing.
​​West's RCWA 70.84.040
​Licensing Law:
​A county, city, or town shall honor a request by a blind person or hearing impaired person not to be charged a fee to license his or her dog guide, or a request by a physically disabled person not to be charged a fee to license his or her service animal.
​West's RCWA 49.60.380
​It shall be unlawful for any pedestrian who is not totally or partially blind, hearing impaired, or otherwise physically disabled to use a dog guide/service animal in any of the places, accommodations, or conveyances listed for the purpose of securing the rights and privileges accorded by the chapter to totally or partially blind, hearing impaired, or otherwise physically disabled people.
​ West's RCWA 70.84.060
​West Virginia Definitions:
​A “service animal” means any guide dog, signal dog or other animal individually trained to do work or perform tasks for the benefit of an individual with a disability, including, but not limited to, guiding individuals with impaired vision, alerting individuals with impaired hearing to intruders or sounds, providing minimal protection or rescue work, pulling a wheelchair or fetching dropped items.
​​W. Va. Code, § 5-15-3
​Every person who is blind, every person with a hearing impairment and every person with a disability shall have the right to be accompanied by a service animal in any of the places, accommodations or conveyances specified without being required to pay an extra charge for the admission of the service animal.
​The rights, privileges and responsibilities provided by this section also apply to any person who is certified as a trainer of a service animal while he or she is engaged in the training.
​A service animal as defined is not required to be licensed or certified by a state or local government, nor shall there be any requirement for the specific signage or labeling of a service animal.
​​W. Va. Code, § 5-15-4
​Violation is misdemeanor with a fine of up to $50.
​​W. Va. Code, § 5-15-8
​Driving Law:
​The driver of a vehicle approaching a pedestrian who is blind or who has a disability and who knows, or in the exercise of reasonable care should know, that the pedestrian is blind because the pedestrian is using a service animal or otherwise, shall exercise care commensurate with the situation to avoid injuring the pedestrian or the service animal.
​W. Va. Code, § 5-15-5
​No head tax may be levied against any guide or support dog especially trained for the purpose of serving as a guide, leader, listener or support for a blind person, deaf person or a person who is physically or mentally disabled because of any neurological, muscular, skeletal or psychological disorder that causes weakness or inability to perform any function. Guide or support dogs must be registered as provided by this section.
​​W. Va. Code, § 19-20-2
​Under cruelty laws:
​“Service dog” means a dog that is trained for the purpose of assisting a person with a sensory, mental, or physical disability or accommodating such a disability.
​W. S. A. 951.01
​Public accommodation:
​No person may refuse to permit entrance into, or use of, any public place of accommodation to person with a disability with a service animal, with exceptions. Provisions only apply to service animal trainer if the animal accompanying the service animal trainer is wearing a harness or a leash and special cape. W. S. A. 106.52
​If an individual's vision, hearing or mobility is impaired, it is discrimination for a person to refuse to rent or sell housing, cause eviction, require extra compensation, or engage in harassment because he or she keeps an animal that is specially trained to lead or assist the individual with impaired vision, hearing or mobility if all of the conditions listed in the law apply. W. S. A. 106.50
​​Harassment of/Interference with Service Dogs No person, after receiving a notice, may do any of the following:
​Interference with service dog: Recklessly interfere with the use of the service dog by obstructing or intimidating it or otherwise jeopardizing its safety or the safety of its user (class B misdemeanor).
​Intentionally interfere with the use of the service dog by obstructing or intimidating it or otherwise jeopardizing its safety or the safety of its user (class A misdemeanor).
​​Allow dog to interfere with service dog:
​Recklessly allow his or her dog to interfere with the use of a service dog by obstructing or intimidating it or otherwise jeopardizing its safety or the safety of its user (class B misdemeanor).
​Intentionally allow his or her dog to interfere with the use of a service dog by obstructing or intimidating it or otherwise jeopardizing its safety or the safety of its user (class A misdemeanor).
​Recklessly injure a service dog or recklessly allow his or her dog to injure a service dog (class A misdemeanor). Intentionally injure a service dog or intentionally allow his or her dog to injure a service dog (Class I felony).
​Kill a service dog:
​Recklessly cause the death of a service dog (Class I felony). Intentionally cause the death of a service dog (Class H felony).
​Steal a service dog or take possession:
​Take possession of or exert control over a service dog without the consent of its owner or user and with the intent to deprive another of the use of the service dog (Class H felony).
​W. S. A. 951.097 ​
​(Penalties are provided in W. S. A. 951.18)
​An operator of a vehicle shall stop the vehicle before approaching closer than 10 feet to a pedestrian who is using a service animal, and shall take such precautions as may be necessary to avoid accident or injury to the pedestrian.
​​W. S. A. 346.26
​"Service dog" means a dog which has been or is being specially trained to the requirements of a person with a disability.
​​W. S. 1977 § 35-13-205
​Any blind, partially blind, deaf, hearing impaired person or other person with a disability who is a passenger on any common carrier, airplane, motor vehicle, railroad train, motor bus, boat or any other public conveyance operating within the state may have a service dog with him or her.
(a)	​Any person violating this section is subject to a fine not to exceed $750.00.
​W. S. 1977 § 35-13-204
​Harassment of/Interference with Service Dogs:
​Any person who knowingly, willfully and without lawful cause or justification inflicts, or permits or directs any animal under his or her control or ownership to inflict, serious bodily harm, permanent disability or death upon any service dog is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by imprisonment for not more than 6 months, a fine of not more than $750.00, or both.
​Must also pay restitution, which includes: related veterinary or medical bills the cost of replacing the service dog or retraining an injured service dog any other expense reasonably incurred as a result of the offense.
​​W. S. 1977 § 35-13-206
​The driver of a vehicle approaching a blind, partially blind, deaf or hearing impaired pedestrian using a guide dog shall take all necessary precautions to avoid injury to the pedestrian.
​Any driver failing to take these precautions is liable in damages for any injury caused the pedestrian.
​W. S. 1977 § 35-13-202 ​