For Nevada residents, the process of obtaining an emotional support animal (ESA) letter online is surprisingly straightforward. By choosing a telehealth platform such as Pettable, you can quickly connect with a licensed mental health professional (LMP) from the comfort of your own home. If your therapist determines that you qualify for an emotional support animal, they'll write you an official ESA letter that you can start using right away.
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Receive it within 24 hours of getting approved *
We'll help with any extra forms you need signed and our therapists are available to talk to your landlord anytime, for an additional fee.
* For Arkansas, California, Iowa, Louisiana and Montana residents, new laws requires those seeking an ESA letter to establish a client-provider relationship with the individual for at least 30 days prior to providing documentation, which will result in having two consultations before qualifying.
Emotional support animals can significantly help Silver State residents living with mental and emotional health disorders, and an official ESA letter provides important benefits, including:
There are no state-specific protections for Nevada residents living with mental health struggles, but the Fair Housing Act (FHA) provides you protection from discrimination by landlords and housing providers. This powerful federal law guarantees you can bring an ESA of any domesticated species into your apartment, condo, or multi-family home, despite any anti-pet policies. However, they do not benefit from the rights granted to trained service animals, which are provided via the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and Air Carrier Access Act (ACAA).
Once you have decided to upgrade your pet to an ESA, you’ll need the proper documentation to support your housing rights. The only document you need is an official ESA letter from a licensed mental health professional (LMHP) practicing in Nevada. However, some companies will try to sell you unnecessary products such as certificates, ID cards, badges, vests, and similar products, which are useless in protecting your housing rights. That means your ESA doesn’t need “certification” — just an ESA letter.
Another product some companies try to sell to uninformed individuals is ESA registration or entering your ESA into an “official” database. However, these are not required for your ESA to live in your rental home. There is no federal ESA registry, nor a state-specific registry in the Silver State, so if you come across an online company trying to sell you on this false product, steer clear. Instead, trust Pettable to connect you with a state-certified LMHP and provide you with a legitimate ESA letter.
In Nevada, anyone living with a mental or emotional health condition qualifies for an ESA of any domesticated species or breed. However, you must be diagnosed by an LMHP (certified in Nevada) who can issue an ESA letter.
Qualifying conditions include:
Nevada residents living with mental health challenges may benefit from having an ESA in their homes. Some of the biggest benefits are:
Living with mental health challenges can be overwhelming, but an ESA can provide some much-needed support to make it easier. Whether it’s their companionship or affection, ESAs can provide invaluable support for your mental and emotional health struggles in many ways. They can also help you heal from trauma, whether it’s from an accident, unexpected death, or previous abuse.
Many people living with anxiety or depression experience symptoms that can cripple their daily lives. For animal lovers, ESAs help ease these symptoms and enable their owners to overcome them. Between the comfort, affection, and sheer presence of an ESA, this type of assistance animal often works better than other treatments for these disorders.
Having an ESA comes with many responsibilities; you’re in charge of caring for your assistance animal, which depends on you even more than you rely on it. These daily needs can create a consistent, healthy routine that gives you structure, confidence, and a greater sense of purpose. Other benefits include increased physical activity, better mental and emotional engagement, and creating a life-long bond between you and your ESA.
If you’re a dog lover who wants even more federal protections for their mental assistance animal, you can elevate your canine companion to a psychiatric service dog (PSD). This type of assistance animal has public access rights, guaranteed by the ADA, to accompany its owner in places like restaurants, medical facilities, shopping centers, and more. Pettable’s online PSD training program is your best bet for making this move. Our certified trainers and network of LMHPs will make sure your dog has the tools it needs to perform tasks critical to treating your mental health disorder. Contact Pettable to get started today!
Pettable boasts a robust network of seasoned mental health experts ready to assist you no matter where you are. They can furnish you with an ESA letter that holds validity within and beyond your home state. Whether it's addressing inquiries from a landlord demanding additional documentation, your dedicated Pettable mental health specialist has your back.
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We firmly believe that you shouldn't have to second-guess the efficacy of your letter. That's why, at Pettable, we back our services with a satisfaction guarantee – if your letter doesn't work, you'll get your money back.
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Our elite team of mental health professionals is primed to craft an ESA Letter prescription that's a surefire solution for wherever you live.
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We understand that navigating the approval process for your furry companion's housing can be nerve-wracking. That's why we invest substantially in our team of dedicated support specialists to ensure your needs are met and your worries are eased.
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Our expansive network of mental health professionals spans the entire nation, and we have a robust team to ensure we can easily meet any timeline.
5. Real 1:1 Consultations with Licensed Professionals
To ensure the effectiveness of your letter, it's important to have a live consultation with a mental health professional. At Pettable, we ensure that our clinicians adhere to HUD standards and conduct thorough phone consultations to truly understand you and your mental health situation.
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Our network of mental health professionals is deep and spans across the entire country. Additionally, we have a deep team of mental health professionals to make sure we can meet any timeline.
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In order for your letter to work you need to have a live consultation with a mental health professional. At Pettable we make sure our clinicians adhered to HUD standards and conduct consultations over the phone to get to know you and your mental health situation well.
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An emotional support animal provides comfort to help relieve a symptom or effect related to a person's disability. Also, there is no animal or breed restrictions for ESA's as long as it is reasonable and justified.
Note that being an emotional support animal is not the same as being a service animal (like seeing-eye dogs). These types of animals have stricter criteria that must be met, including different forms of training such as obedience, public access and disability training. These additional trainings are necessary since service dogs have public access and travel rights, unlike emotional support animals who are only protected under housing rights.
ESA's do not have public access or travel rights, so it's best to check with individual business guidelines to see if they allow ESA's. Additionally, you can train your dog to become a PSD (psychiatric service dog) in order to have public access and travel rights.
The general criteria is to have some emotional or psychological condition that is improved by having an animal that provides support. Conditions may include depression, generalized anxiety, paranoia, insomnia, and others. And remember, Emotional Support Animals do not require special training!
Only a licensed mental health professional is qualified to determine if you meet the criteria. Through our service, you can speak directly with a qualified mental health professional in the state where you reside. Pettable connects you with a licensed mental health professional for a consultation to determine if you qualify for an ESA. Unlike, some less legitimate services, we do not provide letters for fee, but instead we connect you to a professional for an honest evaluation.
Step 1: Once payment is submitted and your appointment is scheduled through our website, you will receive an email to activate your account.
Step 2: Once your account is activated, the process will prompt you to fill out the required forms to give more information to your clinician before your scheduled appointment.
Step 3: Your assigned clinician will call you at your scheduled appointment time and will let you know if you have qualified. If you've qualified, your clinician will upload your letter in your portal for you to view and print.
If for any reason you are not approved we will refund your entire purchase.
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When you take our quiz we collect information to match you with a therapist that has experience with your case and can meet your specific needs.
Additionally, to our knowledge, Pettable is the only provider that offers a full Money Back Guarantee - meaning if you do not qualify for a letter after your consultation or your landlord does not accept it after filing a complaint with the HUD, then we’ll refund 100% of your purchase.
We have experience with every kind of ESA situation - multiple pets, breed restrictions, weight/size restrictions, traveling across state lines, immediate turnaround, etc. We are confident we can help you with your specific ESA needs and if we can't, we will refund your money 100%. See our Money Back Guarantee FAQ for more information.
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Our mental health professionals should be able to call your landlord to verify the legitimacy of your letter.
Should your landlord request a validation of your letter, please have them reach out to your therapist using the contact information on your ESA letter.
In the unlikely event that your letter does not work as intended and we've tried to make it work with the landlord we will refund your purchase 100%.
We can turn around an ESA letter in as fast as 24 hours! If you need it this quickly make sure to choose our "Express Service." You can select this option at checkout.
To ensure the fastest turn around possible, it is important that you sign and submit our consent forms.
We have an extensive network of mental health professionals, licensed across states, with wide range of availability and can route you to someone that is able to meet your timeline needs.
Once a consultation is concluded, letters are turned around within 24 hours and most of the time much more quickly than that.
After speaking with a licensed mental health professional and receiving your own ESA Letter, all you need to do is designate which animal will be your specific emotional support animal. It can be any breed or species, whether an existing pet or a new pet you adopt or rescue. You do not need to go to any specific breeder or place to acquire one.
Absolutely! There is research and data that support the theory that animals provide substantial and measurable emotional support. If you're thinking about the benefits of an emotional support animal, you can learn more by researching online or talking to qualified mental health professionals in our network.
Our ESA letters contain the following:
The Fair Housing Act requires housing providers such as landlords or management companies to allow the possession of animals that work, provide assistance for, or perform tasks that benefit individuals with qualified medical disabilities – or that provide emotional support to individuals to reduce a symptom or effect of a disability.
The Fair Housing Act also requires individuals, who wish to possess a service or support animal, to follow specific criteria relevant to the type of support needed.
For an emotional support animal, the individual has to speak with a licensed mental health professional in the state they reside and receive a prescription of an ESA Letter in order to qualify.
Although the Fair Housing Act and U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development does not specify guidance around the issue of ESA letter expiration, we recommend that you renew your ESA letter annually for a few reasons:
Renewing your letter is easy through our seamless consultation process.
Federal and state laws require a live consultation over the phone, video, or in person to properly vet and qualify an individual to warrant an ESA Letter.
To ensure our ESA letter are compliant, all of our consultations are conducted live over the phone in order to meet the legal standards set forth and assure the validity of your letter.
Yes. Federal and state laws require a live consultation over the phone, video, or in person to properly vet and qualify an individual to warrant an ESA Letter. Since the letter grants privileges about keeping a pet in a place that otherwise would not allow it, base guidelines must be met to qualify.
Yes. An emotional support animal can be any breed or species as long as it supports an emotional or psychological condition.
Since emotional support animals do not require any training, your childhood pet or newly adopted animal can qualify.
Yes, you can register multiple pets on the same ESA letter. At Pettable we can accommodate up to two pets per letter for no additional charge.
According to the American Disabilities Act your request for multiple animals must be "reasonable".
An example of an unreasonable request is if you want four great danes registered as ESAs and you live in a tiny apartment.
In order to make sure we're meeting the standard of "reasonable" Pettable is able to accommodate up to two pets per letter as long as you meet the criteria to warrant an ESA letter.
At the end of the day it is a judgement call but we want to make sure that you are covered in any situation you're in, which is why we've set this policy.
Once you have a proper ESA Letter, your landlord is required by the Fair Housing Act to allow you to keep your designated emotional support animal with you at your place of residence.
Sometimes landlords create barriers for individuals in attempt to refrain from accommodating legitimate ESA's. If this occurs please reach out to your assigned mental health professional to validate or assist in verifying your legitimate ESA letter.
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