California · Food and Agricultural Code - FAC

FAC §30850: (a) The animal control department shall endorse upon the application for an assistance dog identification tag the number of the identification tag issued.

Civil

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Animal control departments must endorse assistance dog identification tag applications, maintain them on file for public inspection, and require applicants to sign an affidavit acknowledging fraud penalties. Owners must return tags when assistance dogs die or retire.

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(a) The animal control department shall endorse upon the application for an assistance dog identification tag the number of the identification tag issued. As used in this chapter, “assistance dogs” are dogs specially trained as guide dogs, signal dogs, or service dogs. All applications that have been endorsed shall be kept on file in the office of the animal control department and shall be open to public inspection. (b) Whenever a person applies for an assistance dog identification tag, the person shall sign an affidavit stating as follows: “By affixing my signature to this affidavit, I hereby declare I fully understand that Section 365.7 of the Penal Code prohibits any person to knowingly and fraudulently represent himself or herself, through verbal or written notice, to be the owner or trainer of any canine licensed as, to be qualified as, or identified as, a guide dog, signal dog, or service dog, as defined in subdivisions (d), (e), and (f), respectively, of Section 365.5 of the Penal Code and paragraph (6) of subdivision (b) of Section 54.1 of the Civil Code, and that a violation of Section 365.7 of the Penal Code is a misdemeanor, punishable by imprisonment in a county jail not exceeding six months, by a fine not exceeding one thousand dollars ($1,000), or by both that imprisonment and fine.” (c) Upon the death or retirement of an assistance dog, the owner or person in possession of the assistance dog identification tag shall immediately return the tag to the animal control department that issued the tag.

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