[nagdu] Can You be Required to Pay Fees for Licensing Your Service Dog?

[Pickrell, Rebecca M (TASC)]

Why did this happen on a routine basis?
Trying to understand why nothing changed in your processes after the first escape??


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From: nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of harold leigland
Sent: Tuesday, March 13, 2012 7:08 PM
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Subject: Re: [nagdu] Can You be Required to Pay Fees for Licensing Your Service Dog?

hi marion, your explanation is very similar to what the city attorney and animal shelter people told me, also they feel a record of our dogs would offer some protection should we need their help if they ran away and got lost. our previous dogs used to escape through a gate and go to a field across from our house a very large one. sometimes they would also run through the neighborhood too; the dog control people would catch them and always bring them back with out charge. best regards hal

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From: Marion Gwizdala <blind411 at verizon.net>
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Date: Tuesday, Mar 13, 2012 08:26:41 AM
Subject: [nagdu] Can You be Required to Pay Fees for Licensing Your Service Dog?

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>
> Dear All,
>     I am cross-posting this information to all of the NAGDU lists. Recently, the question has been discussed on the NAGDU list about whether or not a jurisdiction responsible for enforcing vaccination requirements through the licensing of animals can charge a fee to service dog users. The information I will offer should be considered informal guidance only; it should not be construed as legal advice. My understanding and lay interpretation of the interaction between the ADA and licensing requirements is that, in the case of licensing, all animal owners are required by law to vaccinate their animals and show proof of this vaccination to the agency responsible for ensuring this has been done, paying a fee for this service, and receiving a license or tag as proof of vaccination. Every animal owner is required to do this, so it would not be considered discriminatory to require a service animal user to do so, as well. In those jurisdictions offering a waiver of such fees to service animal users, in order to qualify for such a waiver, proof that the animal is a service animal can be required in order to receive the waiver.
>     The difference between this requirement and that of access to a public entity or a private entity that provides public accommodations is that such
> entities are not legally required to grant access to pets to their programs, services, or accommodations. As the result, in exchange for allowing a pet,
> they may charge a fee and/or a deposit for such a pet. The implementing regulations of the ADA requires that such entities allow service animals and, since such access is required by law, they may not charge any fees and/or deposits or require documentation.
>     I hope this information has been helpful to you. If you have any further questions, please feel free to write back.
>
> fraternally yours,
> Marion Gwizdala
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