Q&A: Can your landlord request a medical practitioner’s note for your ESA?

If you have an emotional or mental disability, you may be wondering if a landlord is allowed to request a copy of a treating medical practitioner’s note prescribing the Emotional Support Animal. 

The answer is yes, your landlord can request a copy of a medical practitioner’s note. (Landlords and property managers should allow service animals and emotional support animals in any residential housing). With that, they have the right to request reasonable evidence of your need for an emotional support animal.

Do you own an assistance animal? Register your pet today. 

The Service Animal Registry of California invites you to have your assistance animal registered in order to designate its status. We also encourage you to take our online classes so you can be fully aware of your rights and gain more knowledge about your support animal.

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