{"topic_id":"assistance_animal_law_us_ca_civ_54_2","category":"assistance-animal-law","context":"---\ntopic_id: assistance_animal_law_us_ca_civ_54_2\ncategory: assistance-animal-law\ntitle: \"California — right to be accompanied by a service dog (Civil Code § 54.2)\"\nlang: en\nsource: \"California Civil Code § 54.2, leginfo.legislature.ca.gov, extracted 2026-07-24 via Tokyo relay (Playwright)\"\nsource_file: pdf-raw/assistance-animal-law/ca_civ_54_2_service_dog_misrep.txt\ndate_parsed: 2026-07-24\ntokens_estimated: 232\nverification:\n  method: substring_match\n  claims: 3\n  passed: 3\n  date: 2026-07-24\nrecovered: false\npath: assistance-animal-law/assistance_animal_law_us_ca_civ_54_2/01_assistance_animal_law_us_ca_civ_54_2.md\nsource_document: \"Assistance animal law\"\ncitation:\n  authority: \"Texas Statutes — Penal Code § 42\"\n  title: \"California — right to be accompanied by a service dog (Civil Code § 54.2)\"\n  url: \"\"\n  retrieved: \"2026-07-24\"\n  ref: \"\"\n  doc_type: \"official PDF\"\n  needs_review: true\nauthority_tier: T1\nauthority_tier_basis: \"T1:us-gov\"\nauthority_tier_date: 2026-08-04\n---\n\n# California — right to be accompanied by a service dog (Civil Code § 54.2)\n\nCalifornia Civil Code § 54.2 affirms the right of individuals with disabilities to be accompanied by a guide/signal/service dog in public places, and defines those terms by reference to § 54.1.\n\nSource: California Civil Code § 54.2, leginfo.legislature.ca.gov, extracted 2026-07-24 via Tokyo relay (Playwright). First-hand statute text; C1 substring-verified against `pdf-raw/assistance-animal-law/ca_civ_54_2_service_dog_misrep.txt`.\n\nVerbatim C1 claims (each a substring of the source file):\n1. \"54.2.\"\n2. \"Every individual with a disability has the right to be accompanied by a guide dog, signal dog, or service dog, especially trained for the purpose, in any of the places specified in Section 54.1 without being required to pay an extra charge or security deposit for the guide dog, signal dog, or service dog.\"\n3. \"the terms “guide dog,” “signal dog,” and “service dog” have the same meanings as defined in Section 54.1.\"\n","sources":["Texas Statutes — Penal Code § 42 — California — right to be accompanied by a service dog (Civil Code § 54.2) (retrieved 2026-07-24)"],"source":{"authority":"Texas Statutes — Penal Code § 42","title":"California — right to be accompanied by a service dog (Civil Code § 54.2)","url":"https://www.ada.gov/","retrieved":"2026-07-24","ref":"","doc_type":"official PDF","source_document":"Assistance animal law","verification_file":"pdf-raw/assistance-animal-law/ca_civ_54_2_service_dog_misrep.txt"},"source_document":"Assistance animal law","source_file":"pdf-raw/assistance-animal-law/ca_civ_54_2_service_dog_misrep.txt","trust":{"authority_tier":"T1","fidelity":"verbatim","license":null,"display_grade":"A"},"tokens_estimated":400,"generated_at":null,"tip":"Use /api/v1/topics to discover more topics. /api/v1/nutrient for precise single-point queries. /api/v1/cross_compare for 2-3 standard comparisons."}