1. For purposes of this section, unless the context otherwise requires:
- a. “Owner” means the owner of real property, a contract for deed vendee, receiver, personal representative, trustee, lessor, lessee, agent, or other person directly or indirectly in control of the real property.
- b. “Real property” includes any physical location or portion of real property that federal or state law or local ordinance requires to be accessible to a person with a disability who is using a service animal or a service-animal-in-training, a person assisting a person with a disability by controlling a service animal or a service-animal-in-training, or a person training a service animal.
2. An owner is not liable for any injury or damage caused by a service animal or service-animal-in-training if all of the following criteria are met:
- a. The owner believes in good faith that the animal is a service animal or a service-animal-in-training and the person using the animal is a person with a disability, a person assisting a person with a disability by controlling a service animal or a service-animal-in-training, or a person training a service-animal-in-training.
- b. The injury or damage is not caused by the owner’s negligence, recklessness, or willful misconduct.
2019 Acts, ch 65, §6