Minnesota Assistance-Animal Housing Accommodation Request
MINNESOTA ASSISTANCE-ANIMAL HOUSING ACCOMMODATION REQUEST
Date: [__/__/____]
To housing provider or manager: [NAME, ADDRESS, AND EMAIL]
From tenant or applicant: [FULL NAME, UNIT OR APPLICATION NUMBER, AND CONTACT]
Property: [STREET ADDRESS, UNIT, CITY, MINNESOTA ZIP]
Request
I request a reasonable accommodation under the Minnesota Human Rights Act and the Fair Housing Act so that I may live with the assistance animal described below. I have a disability, and the animal provides disability-related help that enables me to use and enjoy my home. I request an individualized response to this accommodation request.
Animal: [NAME, SPECIES, AND DESCRIPTION]
Role (select the applicable description): ☐ Service animal that performs trained work or tasks ☐ Emotional-support animal that provides disability-related support ☐ Other assistance-animal role: [DESCRIBE]
How the animal helps with a disability-related need, without stating a diagnosis or full medical history: [FUNCTIONAL DESCRIPTION]
Accommodation requested (select all that apply):
☐ Allow the animal to live with me despite a no-pets rule.
☐ Waive a pet deposit, monthly pet rent, or other pet fee for this assistance animal.
☐ Modify this specific animal policy or restriction because of my disability-related need: [POLICY AND REQUESTED CHANGE].
☐ Other reasonable change: [DETAILS].
Verification and practical arrangements
☐ My disability or disability-related need for this animal is readily apparent or already known to you. Minnesota law does not permit a documentation demand in that situation.
☐ At your request, I have enclosed documentation from a qualifying licensed professional confirming my disability and its relationship to my need for this animal: [PROFESSIONAL AND DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION].
☐ Neither my disability nor my disability-related need for this animal is readily apparent or already known to you. If you request documentation, I will provide confirmation from a qualifying licensed professional of the disability and its relationship to this animal. I will not provide medical records, access to my provider, or unrelated disability information.
I will follow applicable local animal licensing and health rules and the property's neutral sanitation rules. I understand that I remain responsible for actual animal-caused damage on the same basis as other tenants. I do not rely on an online animal certificate or vest as proof of a legal accommodation.
Please respond in writing within a reasonable time. If you need information or believe a different arrangement is needed, contact me at [PHONE OR EMAIL] so we can discuss it. Please keep any medical information confidential and use it only to evaluate this request.
Tenant or applicant signature: ______________________________ Date: [__/__/____]
Delivery record
I sent this request to [NAME OR OFFICE] by [EMAIL / MAIL / PERSONAL DELIVERY / PORTAL] on [__/__/____] at [TIME].
Confirmation or tracking: [DETAILS]
Sources and References
About this template
- Last updated
- October 27, 2026
- Citations checked
- October 27, 2026
- Jurisdiction
- Minnesota
- Category
- Landlord & Tenant
Legal authority
- Minn. Stat. § 363A.09 (housing discrimination and service animals)
- Minn. Stat. § 504B.113 (service and support animal documentation and fees)
- 42 U.S.C. § 3604(f)(3)(B) (reasonable accommodation in housing)
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.
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Checked against the law it cites
A reviewer verified this template's legal citations against the official source on October 27, 2026.
Minn. Stat. § 363A.09, subd. 1(2) (checked October 27, 2026): "in the terms, conditions or privileges of the sale, rental or lease of any real property"
Minn. Stat. § 363A.09, subd. 5 (checked October 27, 2026): "The person may not be required to pay extra compensation for the service animal but is liable for damage done to the premises by the service animal."
Minn. Stat. § 504B.113, subd. 1(e) (checked October 27, 2026): "A licensed professional does not include any person who operates primarily to provide certification for a service or support animal."
Minn. Stat. § 504B.113, subd. 2(a) (checked October 27, 2026): "A landlord must not require supporting documentation from a tenant if the tenant's disability or disability-related need for a service or support animal is readily apparent or already known to the landlord."
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