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Tenn. Code Ann. § 39-16-304

Misrepresentation of service animal or support animal

Acts 2019, ch. 236, § 1.

(1) As used in this section, “service animal” and “support animal” have the same meanings as the terms are defined in § 66-7-111(a).

(2) A person commits the offense of misrepresentation of a service animal or support animal who knowingly: Fraudulently represents, as a part of a request to maintain a service animal or support animal in residential rental property under § 66-7-111 or § 66-28-406, that the person has a disability or disability-related need for the use of a service animal or support animal; or

(3) Provides documentation to a landlord under § 66-7-111(c) or § 66-28-406(c) that falsely states an animal is a service animal or support animal.

(4) Misrepresentation of a service animal or support animal is a Class B misdemeanor.

Current official text: Tennessee Code (LexisNexis). Digitized from the UniCourt Code Improvement Commission public-domain capture. Reproduced from public-domain Tennessee statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.