Arizona Assistance-Animal Accommodation Request and Decision Packet
ARIZONA ASSISTANCE-ANIMAL ACCOMMODATION REQUEST AND DECISION PACKET
CURRENT-LAW NOTICE
Arizona's 2025 HB 2068 defines an assistance animal as a trained or untrained animal that works, assists, performs tasks, or provides therapeutic or emotional support for a person with a disability. The same act limits landlord liability for injuries or damages caused by an assistance or service animal allowed as an accommodation, while preserving disability rights. Federal coverage still requires an individualized reasonable-accommodation analysis.
HUD withdrew its 2013 and 2020 animal guidance in September 2025. Its May 22, 2026 enforcement memorandum generally limits FHEO reasonable-cause findings to trained animals; it does not amend 42 U.S.C. § 3604 or Arizona law.
REQUEST
| Item | Information |
|---|---|
| Request date | [__/__/____] |
| Tenant / applicant | [________________________________] |
| Housing provider | [________________________________] |
| Property / unit | [________________________________] |
| Animal and species | [________________________________] |
| Rule, fee, or condition to change | [________________________________] |
| Accommodation requested | [________________________________] |
Animal role:
☐ Individually trained to perform disability-related work or tasks
☐ Untrained emotional or therapeutic support
☐ Classification requires further review
Describe the disability-related limitation without naming a diagnosis: [________________________________]
Explain why the requested change may be necessary to use and enjoy the dwelling: [________________________________]
Supporting information attached, if reasonably needed: [________________________________]
I request an individualized written decision under current federal and Arizona law.
Requester signature: ______________________________ Date: [__/__/____]
PROVIDER DECISION RECORD
☐ Coverage and any exemption reviewed
☐ Disability and disability-related need are apparent, known, or reliably supported
☐ Trained-task or untrained-support classification recorded accurately
☐ Alternatives and less restrictive conditions considered
☐ Any direct-threat or property-damage finding rests on current, animal-specific facts
☐ No purchased registry, certificate, vest, or identification card was treated as automatic proof
Decision: ☐ Approve ☐ Approve alternative ☐ Request limited information ☐ Deny ☐ Counsel review
Reasons and authority: [____________________________________________________________]
Decision-maker: [________________________________] Date: [__/__/____]
SOURCES AND REFERENCES
About this template
- Last updated
- July 26, 2026
- Citations checked
- July 26, 2026
- Jurisdiction
- Arizona
- Category
- Landlord & Tenant
Legal authority
- 42 U.S.C. § 3604(f)(3)(B) (housing reasonable accommodation)
- 24 C.F.R. § 100.204 (reasonable accommodations)
- 2025 Ariz. Laws ch. 191, HB 2068 (assistance-animal definition and landlord-liability rule)
Landlord-tenant paperwork governs who can stay in a property, on what terms, and what happens when something goes wrong. Leases, notices to quit, security deposit demands, and habitability complaints all have state and often city-specific requirements for timing, content, and service. Getting the paperwork right is what makes an eviction actually succeed or a security deposit actually come back, because judges regularly dismiss cases over small procedural mistakes.
Not legal advice
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Checked against the law it cites
A reviewer verified this template's legal citations against the official source on July 26, 2026.
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