Definitions
“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
SDIT Covered?
Yes. A trainer with a service animal in training may enter any place of public accommodation, common carrier, facility of a health care provider, and any place to which the public is generally invited, without being required to pay an extra charge for the service animal in training, provided:a. The trainer notifies an onsite manager that a service animal in training is being brought onto the premises;
b. The trainer wears a photo identification card issued by a nationally recognized service animal training program; and
c. The trainer is liable for any damage done to the premises or facility by the service animal in training.
NDCC § 25-13-02.1
Accommodation Law
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; provided, that the individual is liable for any damage done to the premises or facility by the animal.NDCC § 25-13-02
Class A misdemeanor to deny admittance or interfere with rights (except for trainer of service animal).
NDCC § 25-13-04
Harassment of/Interference with Service Dogs
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
Driving Law
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
Service Dog Fraud
An individual is guilty of an infraction if the individual, in an attempt to gain admission to a public place under this chapter or obtain a reasonable housing accommodation under section 47-16-07.5, knowingly makes a false claim that a pet is a service animal.NDCC § 25-13-02.2
