§ 216C.11 — Service animals and service-animals-in-training — penalty

Iowa § 216C.11

• Jurisdiction: Iowa
• Title VI: HUMAN SERVICES
• Ch. 216C: RIGHTS OF PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES

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1. A person with a disability, a person assisting a person with a disability by controlling
a service animal or a service-animal-in-training, or a person training a service animal
has the right to be accompanied by a service animal or service-animal-in-training, under
control, in any of the places listed in sections 216C.3 and 216C.4 without being required
to make additional payment for the service animal or service-animal-in-training. The
person is liable for damage done to any premises or facility by a service animal or a
service-animal-in-training.
2. A person who knowingly denies or interferes with the right of a person under this
section is, upon conviction, guilty of a simple misdemeanor.
3. a. A person who intentionally misrepresents an animal as a service animal or a
service-animal-in-training is, upon conviction, guilty of a simple misdemeanor.
b. Apersoncommitstheoffenseofintentionalmisrepresentationofananimalasaservice
animal or a service-animal-in-training if, for the purpose of obtaining any of the rights or
privileges set forth in state or federal law, the person intentionally misrepresents an animal
in one’s possession as one’s service animal or service-animal-in-training or a person with
a disability’s service animal or service-animal-in-training whom the person is assisting by
controlling.