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Arkansas State Service Dog Laws
This is a summarized version of state laws regarding service dogs in Arkansas. Please refer to the full statutes for detailed information
An individual with visual, hearing, or other physical disabilities and his or her guide, signal, or service dog or a dog trainer in the act of training a guide, signal, or service dog shall not be denied admittance to or refused access to the following because of the dog:
(1) Any street or highway;
(2) Any sidewalk or walkway;
(3) Any common carrier, airplane, motor vehicle, railroad train, bus, streetcar, boat, or any other public conveyance or mode of transportation;
(4) Any hotel, motel, or other place of lodging;
(5) Any public building maintained by any unit or subdivision of government;
(6) Any building to which the general public is invited;
(7) Any educational facility or college dormitory;
(8) Any restaurant or other place where food is offered for sale to the public; or
(9) Any other place of public accommodation, amusement, convenience, or resort to which the general public or any classification of persons from the general public is regularly, normally, or customarily invited within the State of Arkansas.
The individual with visual, hearing, or other physical disabilities, or dog trainer in the act of training a guide, signal, or service dog shall not be required to pay any additional charges for his or her guide, signal, or service dog but shall be liable for any damage done to the premises by the dog.
SDiT Access
Service dogs in training have equal access to public places as trained service dogs.
Definitions
Arkansas only recognizes dogs and miniature horses as service animals, following the ADA's definition.
Harassment or Interference
(d) Any person who without just cause purposely kills or injures any service animal described in this section or any search and rescue dog is guilty of a Class D felony.
(e) Any person who kills or injures any service animal described in this section or any search and rescue dog shall make restitution to the owner of the animal.
Animals in Schools of cosmetology, postsecondary schools of cosmetology,
Establishments and Mobile Salons– Animals are prohibited from being inside school of
cosmetology, a postsecondary school of cosmetology, establishments or mobile salons.
Exceptions include:
(A) Service animals that are accompanying a client with a disability.
Misrepresentation/ Service Dog Fraud
(a) An individual shall not misrepresent an animal to be a service animal or service animal-in-training to a person or entity that operates a public accommodation.
(b) An individual who violates subsection (a) of this section may be subject to a civil penalty not to exceed two hundred fifty dollars ($250) for each violation.