(g) "Disability" has the meaning given in section 363A.03, subdivision 12.
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Subd. 2.Request for documentation permitted.
(a) A landlord may require a tenant to provide supporting documentation for each service or support animal for which the tenant requests a reasonable accommodation under any provision of law. A landlord must not require supporting documentation from a tenant if the tenant's disability or disability-related need for a service or support animal is readily apparent or already known to the landlord.
(b) Upon a landlord's request, the tenant must provide supporting documentation from a licensed professional confirming the tenant's disability and the relationship between the tenant's disability and the need for a service or support animal. A landlord must not require the tenant to disclose or provide access to medical records or medical providers or provide any other information or documentation of a person's physical or mental disability.
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Subd. 3.Additional fees or deposits prohibited; disclosure required.
(a) A landlord must not require a tenant with a reasonable accommodation under this section to pay an additional fee, charge, or deposit for the service or support animal. A tenant is liable to the landlord for any damage to the premises caused by the service or support animal.
(b) If a landlord requires an additional fee, charge, or deposit pursuant to a pet policy, the landlord must disclose in the lease the prohibition on additional fees, charges, or deposits for service or support animals under this section.
(c) A tenant may bring an action to recover any fees, charges, or deposits paid to a landlord pursuant to a pet policy if:
(1) the landlord fails to provide the disclosure required in paragraph (b); and