Pet Addendum in Idaho

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 Idaho law says

Pet deposits and fees	No pet-specific statute and no cap on deposits. Any amount a tenant deposits for a purpose other than rent — including a refundable pet deposit — is a security deposit and must be refunded at move-out except for amounts covering the contingencies in the deposit agreement (not normal wear and tear). The statute does not separately address non-refundable pet fees or monthly pet rent. Source: Idaho Code s. 6-321(1)
Service & support animals (state law)	Idaho has no statute specific to emotional support animals in rental housing (no state ESA documentation rule or ESA fee rule). State law defines a service dog (emotional support does not count as work or tasks), gives individuals with disabilities the right to be accompanied by a service dog in public accommodations, hotels, and lodging houses without extra charge (but liable for damage), and makes it a misdemeanor for a person without a disability to use an assistance animal or service dog to try to gain treatment or benefits as a person with a disability. Rental-housing accommodation requests are governed by federal and state fair-housing law; the Attorney General states that support, service, and companion animals are not legally 'pets.' Sections 56-701A, 56-704 and 18-5811A were last amended in 2019. Section 18-5811A does not specifically mention rental housing. Source: Idaho Code §§ 56-701A(5); 56-704; 18-5811A; Idaho AG, Landlord and Tenant Manual (July 2026), p. 2

Pet deposits and fees

No pet-specific statute and no cap on deposits. Any amount a tenant deposits for a purpose other than rent — including a refundable pet deposit — is a security deposit and must be refunded at move-out except for amounts covering the contingencies in the deposit agreement (not normal wear and tear).

The statute does not separately address non-refundable pet fees or monthly pet rent.

Source: Idaho Code s. 6-321(1)

Service & support animals (state law)

Idaho has no statute specific to emotional support animals in rental housing (no state ESA documentation rule or ESA fee rule). State law defines a service dog (emotional support does not count as work or tasks), gives individuals with disabilities the right to be accompanied by a service dog in public accommodations, hotels, and lodging houses without extra charge (but liable for damage), and makes it a misdemeanor for a person without a disability to use an assistance animal or service dog to try to gain treatment or benefits as a person with a disability. Rental-housing accommodation requests are governed by federal and state fair-housing law; the Attorney General states that support, service, and companion animals are not legally 'pets.'

Sections 56-701A, 56-704 and 18-5811A were last amended in 2019. Section 18-5811A does not specifically mention rental housing.

Source: Idaho Code §§ 56-701A(5); 56-704; 18-5811A; Idaho AG, Landlord and Tenant Manual (July 2026), p. 2

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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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