Any person who knowingly and willfully fits a dog with a harness, collar, vest, or sign, or uses an identification card commonly used by a person with a disability, in order to represent that the dog is a service dog or hearing dog to fraudulently gain public access for such dog pursuant to provisions in § 51.5-44 is guilty of a Class 4 misdemeanor.
2016, c. 575.
Structure Code of Virginia
Title 51.5 - Persons with Disabilities
Chapter 9 - Rights of Persons with Disabilities
§ 51.5-40. Nondiscrimination under state grants and programs
§ 51.5-44. Rights of persons with disabilities in public places and places of public accommodation
§ 51.5-44.1. Fraudulent representation of a service dog or hearing dog; penalty
§ 51.5-45. Right of persons with disabilities to housing accommodations