Pet Addendum in Arizona

Adds pet terms to a lease. Assistance animals for people with disabilities are not pets: no pet fee or pet rent may be charged for them under federal fair housing rules.

What Arizona law says

Service & support animals (state law)	Arizona's service-animal statute covers public places, not housing: it defines a service animal as a dog or miniature horse trained to perform tasks for a person with a disability and imposes a civil penalty of up to $250 for fraudulently misrepresenting an animal as a service animal to a public place. Arizona has no state statute on emotional support animal documentation or pet-fee limits in rental housing; reasonable-accommodation requests are governed by the federal Fair Housing Act and the Arizona Fair Housing Act. Whether § 11-1024's misrepresentation penalty applies to a leasing office as a 'public place' is not settled by the statute. Re-verified 2026-10-27. Source: A.R.S. § 11-1024

Service & support animals (state law)

Arizona's service-animal statute covers public places, not housing: it defines a service animal as a dog or miniature horse trained to perform tasks for a person with a disability and imposes a civil penalty of up to $250 for fraudulently misrepresenting an animal as a service animal to a public place. Arizona has no state statute on emotional support animal documentation or pet-fee limits in rental housing; reasonable-accommodation requests are governed by the federal Fair Housing Act and the Arizona Fair Housing Act.

Whether § 11-1024's misrepresentation penalty applies to a leasing office as a 'public place' is not settled by the statute. Re-verified 2026-10-27.

Source: A.R.S. § 11-1024

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PET ADDENDUM to the lease for [rental address] dated [lease date]

Tenant: [tenant name] Pet(s): [type, breed, name, weight]

Pet deposit: $[pet deposit] (counts toward any state deposit limit where the law says so). Monthly pet rent: $[pet rent]

The tenant keeps the pet under control, cleans up after it, and pays for damage it causes beyond normal wear and tear.

Signatures and dates: [signatures]

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