§ 216C.12 — Immunity from liability for injury or damage caused by service animals and service-animals-in-training

Iowa § 216C.12

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

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service-animals-in-training.
1. For purposes of this section, unless the context otherwise requires:
a. “Owner” means the owner of real property, a contract for deed vendee, receiver,
personal representative, trustee, lessor, lessee, agent, or other person directly or indirectly
in control of the real property.
b. “Real property” includes any physical location or portion of real property that federal
or state law or local ordinance requires to be accessible to a person with a disability who
is using a service animal or a service-animal-in-training, 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.
2. An owner is not liable for any injury or damage caused by a service animal or
service-animal-in-training if all of the following criteria are met:
a. The owner believes in good faith that the animal is a service animal or a
service-animal-in-training and the person using the animal is 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-in-training.
b. The injury or damage is not caused by the owner’s negligence, recklessness, or willful
misconduct.