In Re: Petition for Declaratory Statement, Service Animals & Pet Restrictions; Docket Number 2007026793; Whether section 413.08(1)(d), Florida Statutes, permits an exception to the association’s rule limiting each owner to two pets and precluding a ...

 

DEPARTMENT OF BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONAL REGULATION
Division of Florida Land Sales, Condominiums and Mobile Homes

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT the Division of Florida Land Sales, Condominiums, and Mobile Homes, Department of Business and Professional Regulation, State of Florida, has received the petition for declaratory statement from In Re: Petition for Declaratory Statement, Service Animals & Pet Restrictions; Docket Number 2007026793. The petition seeks the agency’s opinion as to the applicability of Section 413.08(1)(d), Florida Statutes, as it applies to the petitioner.

Whether Section 413.08(1)(d), Florida Statutes, permits an exception to the association’s rule limiting each owner to two pets and precluding a third pet from being classified as a service animal when the animal is for companionship for persons suffering a mental illness like depression.

A copy of the Petition for Declaratory Statement may be obtained by contacting: Division Clerk, Department of Business and Professional Regulation, Division of Florida Land Sales, Condominiums, and Mobile Homes, 1940 North Monroe Street, Tallahassee, Florida 32399-2217.

Please refer all comments to: Janis Sue Richardson, Chief Assistant General Counsel, Department of Business and Professional Regulation, Division of Florida Land Sales, Condominiums, and Mobile Homes, 1940 North Monroe Street, Tallahassee, Florida 32399-2202.