State ESA lists
No office of Georgia's government records emotional support animals, so a number bought online is not a Georgia record.
Private registries sell entries, not rights.
Peach State Telehealth Evaluations
Your Georgia ESA Letter or Psychiatric Service Dog Letter Begins With a No-Cost Questionnaire
Answer a short questionnaire at no cost, and a mental health clinician licensed in Georgia evaluates you, over secure video when one is needed. If your need is supported, a signed letter follows for your Atlanta apartment, Savannah rental house, HOA or campus residence hall.
GA-licensed clinicians
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No cost to begin in Georgia
Three Steps From Questionnaire to Georgia Letter
Answering costs nothing. Buying a plan is the second step, and the clinician's evaluation comes after it.
The questionnaire works on a phone or a laptop, from the mountains of Rabun County to the Golden Isles.
- Step 1
Describe your situation
Share what you are experiencing, how your animal helps and which Georgia town is home.
- Step 2
Check out, then be evaluated
Choose a plan at checkout. A clinician licensed in Georgia then studies your responses and schedules a secure video visit if the evaluation requires one.
- Step 3
Receive a written decision
When your need is supported, the signed letter arrives digitally. When it is not, ask within 30 days of buying and the refund policy gives the plan price back.
Pricing
Transparent, One-Time Pricing for Georgia ESA and PSD Letters
Each price below comes straight from our live checkout. Georgia's screening is free; the plan is paid at checkout, before the evaluation, and when a Georgia-licensed clinician cannot support a letter, the refund policy returns the full price on a request made within 30 days. Questions? Read our FAQ page or contact us.
ESA Housing Letter For One Pet
A Georgia housing letter for one emotional support animal.
$149.00/ one-time
- ESA Documentation
- Licensed Professional Review
- 24-48 Hour Processing
- Valid for 1 Year
- Digital Copy
- Renewal Reminders
- Email Support
- 24-48 Hour
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ESA Housing Letter For Multiple Pets
Every support animal in your home, considered in one Georgia evaluation.
$159.00/ one-time
- ESA Letter For Multiple Pets
- All Pets Included in One Letter
- 24-48 Hour Processing
- Valid for 1 Year
- Digital Copy
- Priority Phone & Email Support
- Renewal Reminders
- Save $99!
- 24-48 Hour
PSA Letter
An evaluation for a psychiatric service dog with a clinician licensed in Georgia.
$199.00/ one-time
- PSD Documentation
- Licensed Professional Review
- 24-48 Hour Processing
- Valid for 1 Year
- Digital Copy
- Renewal Reminders
- Priority Phone & Email Support
- 24-48 Hour
Bundle Packages
Letters paired with optional documents.
Bundle
ESA Letter + Certificate Bundle
Your Georgia ESA letter, plus a matching certificate.
$199.00/ one-time
- ESA Documentation
- ESA Certificate
- Licensed Professional Review
- 24-48 Hour Processing
- Digital Copies
- Priority Phone & Email Support
- 24-48 Hour
Letter + Certificate + ID
PSD Letter + Certificate + ID Card
PSD letter, certificate and ID card for handlers in Georgia.
$225.00/ one-time
- PSD Documentation
- PSD Certificate
- PSD ID Card
- Licensed Professional Review
- 24-48 Hour Processing
- Digital Copies Only
- Priority Phone & Email Support
- 24-48 Hour
Clinical review
Secure payment
Digital documents
One-time plan fee
Not sure which plan fits? Start with the free Georgia screening or see all plans together. Every letter depends on a clinician's approval, and optional certificates and cards give no access rights by themselves.
Why Georgians choose us
What Sets Our Georgia ESA Letters Apart
- A Georgia license you can look up
- The letter names the clinician who evaluated you and their Georgia license, so a landlord can confirm it on the state's own lookup.
- An evaluation that comes first
- Your clinician reviews each answer and holds a secure video visit when needed; a letter is written only after that review supports your need.
- Written for no-pet housing
- Letters are drafted for a reasonable accommodation request under the Georgia Fair Housing Act, to a landlord, HOA or university housing office, the place where an emotional support animal letter does its work.
- No registry numbers for sale
- No letter without an evaluation
- No approval promised in advance
HB 668, the Mara Jade Act
Georgia Emotional Support Animal Laws After HB 668
Georgia rewrote its service dog chapter in 2026; housing requests for emotional support animals run through fair housing law instead.
Where an ESA fits in Georgia law
The Georgia Fair Housing Act, enforced by the Georgia Commission on Equal Opportunity, requires landlords to change rules, policies, practices or services when a tenant with a disability needs that change to use and enjoy the home. The state's own Landlord-Tenant Handbook offers waiving a no-pet policy for a tenant who needs an assistive animal as an example.
The 2026 law draws a clear line: under HB 668, a dog that solely provides comfort, companionship or emotional support is not a service dog, so ESA requests belong to housing accommodation law, not to public access.
For the longer version, read our Georgia ESA laws guide.
| Rule | Before July 1, 2026 | From July 1, 2026 |
|---|---|---|
| Who the chapter protects | Blind, visually disabled, physically disabled and deaf people | Any physically or mentally impaired person, a term that now names psychological disabilities |
| What a service dog is | A dog trained for the purpose and identified as trained by a school for guide, hearing or service dogs | A dog with individual training for work or tasks linked to the handler's disability; owner-trained dogs qualify, comfort-only dogs do not |
| Faking a need for a service dog | No misrepresentation offense in Chapter 4 of Title 30 | A misdemeanor of a high and aggravated nature: a fine up to $2,000, up to 30 days, or both |
| Harming a service dog | Misdemeanor offenses for harassing or injuring an assistance dog | New interfering, harming and aggravated harming offenses; killing a service dog, or injuring it so its work suffers, is a felony of two to ten years |
Federal note: HUD's May 22, 2026 memo changed only how HUD itself enforces the federal act, and an untrained emotional support animal is no longer presumed a reasonable accommodation there. Georgia's own fair housing law was not rewritten by it, and the state commission still enforces that law.
Registries, cards and certificates
Emotional Support Animal Registration in Georgia
No Georgia law sets up a registry for emotional support animals, and the 2026 law dropped the old school-identification rule for service dogs.
What landlords weigh
For housing, what a landlord weighs is a licensed clinician's letter about your disability-related need, written after an evaluation.
Ours are signed by clinicians licensed in Georgia.
Defined by training
HB 668 struck the rule that a service dog be identified as trained by a school, and it now recognizes owner training.
What defines a service dog is the work it is trained to do.
Certificates and ID cards from us are optional extras for convenience and carry no rights of their own. A landlord who wants to confirm your letter can check the clinician's license with the lookup links further down this page.
Public places, housing and schools
Psychiatric Service Dog Letters in Georgia After the Mara Jade Act
A trained dog that helps with a psychological disability now shares the public access and housing rights Georgia law long gave guide dogs.
If your dog is still in training
- Tell an onsite manager that a service dog in training is coming onto the premises.
- Keep the dog under your control at all times, on a harness, leash or tether unless your disability or the dog's work rules that out.
- The dog must be at least six months old and reliably housebroken.
- It must wear a collar, leash or other gear that identifies it as a service dog in training.
- You answer for any damage the dog does to people, premises or facilities.
If these conditions are not met, a business may ask that the dog leave, and must then offer you its goods or services without the dog.
Transit, hotels and public venues
Buses, trains, planes, hotels and places of public accommodation, amusement or resort, with no extra charge for the dog.
Leased and rented homes
Full and equal access to housing under O.C.G.A. 30-4-3, without extra compensation for the dog; damage stays your responsibility.
Students at Georgia schools
Students at public or private schools in Georgia may be accompanied by their service dog.
A psychiatric service dog letter from a Georgia-licensed clinician documents your disability-related need for the trained dog, which supports housing requests. In Georgia, though, it is the dog's training, not a document, that makes it a service dog.
From the state Landlord-Tenant Handbook
What a Georgia Landlord May Hold as a Deposit
The cap, the escrow rule and the return deadline all come from Georgia's security deposit law, as the Department of Community Affairs explains it.
- Before move-in
A cap of two months' rent
A deposit cannot exceed two months' rent. Landlords with more than ten units, or a management agent, must keep it in an escrow account or post a bond, and tell you where it is held.
- During the lease
Pet charges follow the lease
Pet deposits may be refundable under the security deposit or a separate non-refundable fee, depending on the lease terms.
- At move-out
Inspection within three business days
Larger landlords must inspect within three business days after the lease ends and list any damage; normal wear and tear cannot be charged against the deposit.
- Within 30 days
Thirty days to return it
Georgia gives the landlord 30 days after the lease ends, or after you leave if that is later, to return the deposit or send a written damage list with any balance. A larger landlord who keeps it improperly can owe three times the amount withheld plus attorney fees, unless the withholding was a mistake the landlord had tried to avoid.
Service dogs: no extra charge
Under O.C.G.A. 30-4-3(b), a person with a service dog cannot be made to pay extra for the dog in housing, though the tenant still answers for any damage it causes.
ESAs: ask in writing
Georgia's no-extra-charge rule is written for service dogs. For an emotional support animal, put a written request to drop pet rent or a pet deposit into your accommodation request, and keep a copy.
Source: the Department of Community Affairs Georgia Landlord-Tenant Handbook, pages 8 and 15 to 16, and HB 668 for the service dog rule.
If a landlord says no
Where Georgians Take a Fair Housing Complaint
One state commission takes the complaint, and nonprofit lawyers can help you prepare it.
Georgia Commission on Equal Opportunity
- Deadline
- Within one year after the alleged violation, according to the commission's fair housing FAQ.
- How to file
- The Fair Housing Complaint Questionnaire, linked from the Fair Housing Division page.
- Phone
- (404) 656-1736, or toll free (800) 473-6736.
- Office
- 205 Jesse Hill Jr. Dr. SE, 14th Floor, East Tower, Atlanta, GA 30334.
- What follows
- The division first tries to conciliate; if that fails, it investigates whether unlawful discrimination occurred.
Georgia Legal Services Program
A nonprofit law firm providing civil legal services to Georgians with low incomes.
1-833-457-7529
Atlanta Legal Aid Society
Free civil legal services, with offices for Fulton, DeKalb, Cobb, Gwinnett and Clayton counties.
404-524-5811 (Fulton County office)
Georgia Advocacy Office
Protects and advances the legal, civil and human rights of people with disabilities in Georgia.
800-537-2329 toll free
The federal Fair Housing Act covers the same ground nationwide; the Justice Department's Fair Housing Act page explains the federal law.
Our Services in Georgia Cities and Counties
Telehealth reaches all 159 Georgia counties, from Dade County in the northwest corner to Camden County on the coast.
Georgia city pages
More of Georgia we serve
Johns Creek and Alpharetta in Fulton County, Smyrna in Cobb, Peachtree Corners in Gwinnett, Valdosta in Lowndes, Warner Robins in Houston, Gainesville in Hall, Rome in Floyd, Dalton in Whitfield, Statesboro in Bulloch, Brunswick in Glynn and LaGrange in Troup. Every other Georgia town is served the same way, and our Georgia guide gathers the local pages.
Check before you share it
How to Verify a Georgia Clinician's License
Georgia splits license records between the Secretary of State's boards and the Composite Medical Board.
Secretary of State boards
Counselors, social workers, marriage and family therapists, psychologists and nurses hold licenses from boards in the Secretary of State's Professional Licensing Boards Division.
- LPC, LCSW or LMFT: Georgia Composite Board of Professional Counselors, Social Workers, and Marriage and Family Therapists
- Psychologist: Georgia State Board of Examiners of Psychologists
- APRN: Georgia Board of Nursing
Georgia Composite Medical Board
Physicians and physician assistants are checked on the Board's Verify a Licensee page, which treats the license number, status, first issue date, expiration date and public orders as primary source verification.
For a nurse practitioner, the same page lists the approved APRN prescribing protocols, which delegating physicians file with the Board under its protocol registration rules.
Open the full record rather than stopping at the search result, and confirm the license is active and free of public orders.
Quick answers for Georgia
Questions Georgians Ask About ESA and PSD Letters
Eight answers drawn from Georgia statutes, state agency guidance and our day-to-day practice.
How much does an ESA letter cost in Georgia?
For one emotional support animal, the Georgia housing letter costs $149 at today's checkout price. The questionnaire costs nothing; the plan is bought first and the evaluation follows, and should a clinician licensed in Georgia be unable to support a letter, a refund request made within 30 days of buying returns the full price.
Who can write an ESA letter in Georgia?
No Georgia statute limits who may sign one. In practice, a landlord expects a professional licensed to diagnose or treat mental health conditions who has assessed you; our Georgia letters are signed by clinicians who hold Georgia licenses, after their evaluation.
Can I register my emotional support animal in Georgia?
Not with the state. Georgia keeps no registry for emotional support animals, and an online registration is a private product rather than a Georgia record. For housing, the meaningful document is a licensed clinician's letter, written after evaluating you.
Does Georgia's Mara Jade Act cover emotional support animals?
No. HB 668 defines a service dog by its individual training and says the term does not include a dog that solely provides comfort, companionship or emotional support. Emotional support animals are handled as housing accommodation requests under fair housing law.
May a Georgia landlord require a pet deposit for an ESA?
Georgia's no-extra-charge rule in O.C.G.A. 30-4-3 is written for service dogs. The state handbook says pet deposits and fees follow the lease, so for an emotional support animal, ask in writing, within your accommodation request, for those charges to be waived.
What is Georgia's deadline for a fair housing complaint?
One year. According to the Georgia Commission on Equal Opportunity, you have one year from the alleged violation to file, and its Fair Housing Division accepts complaints from every part of the state.
Is misrepresenting a service dog now a crime in Georgia?
Yes, since HB 668. Deliberately misrepresenting yourself as qualified to use, train or raise a service dog in order to obtain accommodations is a misdemeanor of a high and aggravated nature, punishable by a fine up to $2,000, up to 30 days of confinement, or both.
How can I get an emotional support animal letter in Georgia?
Take the free questionnaire, pick a plan at checkout, and complete a telehealth evaluation with a Georgia-licensed clinician. If your need is supported, the signed letter arrives digitally, ready to share with a landlord, HOA or college housing office.
A note for Georgia readers: everything here is current as of October 2026; treat it as general information, not legal advice. Georgia statutes and agency practice can change, your lease may add terms of its own, and a free questionnaire never guarantees a letter. If today feels unsafe, please call or text 988, which answers around the clock. To read further: ESA housing rights, how other states treat ESAs and the people behind American Service Animals.
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