Pet Addendum in Utah

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 Utah law says

Pet deposits and fees	No statute specifically on pet deposits or pet rent, and Utah sets no cap on deposits. Deposits 'however denominated' (which includes a pet deposit) must be returned, with an itemized explanation of any deductions, within 30 days after the renter vacates. If any part of a deposit is non-refundable, that must be stated in writing to the renter when the deposit is taken. Source: Utah Code §§ 57-17-1, 57-17-2, 57-17-3
Service & support animals (state law)	An owner or lessor of private housing may not discriminate against an individual with a disability because the individual has a service animal or a 'support animal' (an animal, other than a service animal, that qualifies as a reasonable accommodation under federal law), including by charging an extra fee or deposit for the animal; the owner may recover the reasonable cost to repair damage the animal causes. It is a class C misdemeanor to knowingly and intentionally falsely represent that an animal is a service or support animal, or to misrepresent a material fact to a health care provider to obtain documentation designating an animal as a service or support animal. No state-specific documentation form; federal Fair Housing Act standards apply. These provisions were renumbered from Title 62A, ch. 5b, in 2023 (Laws 2023, ch. 308); federal law may permit exclusion of a particular animal (for example, a direct threat). Source: Utah Code 26B-6-801, 26B-6-803, 26B-6-805

Pet deposits and fees

No statute specifically on pet deposits or pet rent, and Utah sets no cap on deposits. Deposits 'however denominated' (which includes a pet deposit) must be returned, with an itemized explanation of any deductions, within 30 days after the renter vacates. If any part of a deposit is non-refundable, that must be stated in writing to the renter when the deposit is taken.

Source: Utah Code §§ 57-17-1, 57-17-2, 57-17-3

Service & support animals (state law)

An owner or lessor of private housing may not discriminate against an individual with a disability because the individual has a service animal or a 'support animal' (an animal, other than a service animal, that qualifies as a reasonable accommodation under federal law), including by charging an extra fee or deposit for the animal; the owner may recover the reasonable cost to repair damage the animal causes. It is a class C misdemeanor to knowingly and intentionally falsely represent that an animal is a service or support animal, or to misrepresent a material fact to a health care provider to obtain documentation designating an animal as a service or support animal. No state-specific documentation form; federal Fair Housing Act standards apply.

These provisions were renumbered from Title 62A, ch. 5b, in 2023 (Laws 2023, ch. 308); federal law may permit exclusion of a particular animal (for example, a direct threat).

Source: Utah Code 26B-6-801, 26B-6-803, 26B-6-805

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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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