Sec 9-500.32. License fees for dogs; prohibition; violation; classification

A. A city or town may not charge an individual who has a disability and who uses a service animal as defined in section 11-1024 or an individual who uses a search or rescue dog a license fee for that dog.

B. An applicant for a license for a search or rescue dog shall provide adequate proof satisfactory to the enforcement agent that the dog is a search or rescue dog.

C. An applicant for a license for a service animal shall sign a written statement that the dog is a service animal as defined in section 11-1024. A person who makes a false statement pursuant to this subsection is guilty of a petty offense, and a fine that shall not exceed fifty dollars. The statement to be signed shall be substantially in the following form:

By signing this document, I declare that the dog to be licensed is a service animal as defined in section 11-1024, Arizona Revised Statutes, and I understand that a person who makes a false statement pursuant to section 9-500.32, Arizona Revised Statutes, is guilty of a petty offense, and is subject to a fine that does not exceed fifty dollars.