Refusal to rent dwelling because of service animal prohibited.
1. A landlord may not refuse to rent a dwelling subject to the provisions of chapter 118A of NRS solely because a service animal will be residing with the prospective tenant in the dwelling.
2. A landlord may require proof that an animal is a service animal. This requirement may be satisfied, without limitation, by exhibition of the identification card normally presented to a person with a disability upon his graduation from a school for guide dogs, school for hearing dogs, school for helping dogs or school for other service animals.
3. As used in this section:
(a) “School for guide dogs” has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 426.085.
(b) “School for hearing dogs” has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 426.091.
(c) “School for helping dogs” has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 426.095.
(d) “Service animal” has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 426.097.
Last modified: February 27, 2006