Get a Columbia ESA Letter or PSD Letter After a Real Clinical Evaluation

Three Stops From Screening to a Columbia Letter

Nothing is charged for the first questions, which tell you whether a full evaluation fits your situation.

1. 1

   Answers from your couch

   Share how you have been feeling, the ways your animal helps and the Columbia home you rent, from a Vista loft to a Rosewood bungalow.

2. 2

   Your video evaluation

   With checkout complete, you meet a clinician holding a South Carolina license on video, who decides whether an ESA or PSD letter is right for you.

3. 3

   A decision you can use

   Approval puts a signed letter in your account; a decline still tells you why and leaves our refund policy open to you.

Four Reasons Columbia Renters Choose American Service Animals

A Columbia ESA letter has to satisfy property managers from the Vista to Northeast Columbia, no-pet housing included, so ours is made to be simple to verify.

Your clinician's license, in print

A licensed South Carolina clinician signs every letter and lists the license, so a property manager can verify it.

Evaluated first, then signed

No letter is issued from a questionnaire alone; the clinician first evaluates you over video.

Made for housing

Your psychiatric service dog letter or emotional support animal letter is written for housing providers, from a duplex owner in Earlewood to a large management company.

A single checkout price

The plan price shown above is the amount charged at checkout, one time, with our refund policy for any letter that cannot be supported.

Columbia Pet Licenses and the Three-Dog Limit

Because the city's rule covers all owned cats and dogs, plan on licensing an ESA cat or dog that lives inside Columbia.

State Rules Behind Every Columbia Lease

Three South Carolina laws shape most animal questions in a Columbia rental.

1. Documentation under 31-21-70

   Your landlord can check for a disability and for the animal's disability-related assistance or emotional support; paperwork showing both is enough under the law.

2. Deposits under 27-40-410

   Expect the deposit, with deductions itemized, no later than 30 days after move-out and your request for it; a landlord who wrongfully keeps it can owe triple.

3. Misrepresentation under 47-3-980

   Passing off an animal as a trained service animal is a civil violation, with fines that rise to $250, $500 and $1,000.

Columbia Neighborhoods From Arsenal Hill to Olympia

Every evaluation happens over video with a South Carolina-licensed clinician, so the part of town you rent in changes nothing about the process.

• The Vista
• Five Points
• Main Street
• Arsenal Hill
• Cottontown
• Elmwood Park
• Earlewood
• Shandon
• Rosewood
• Wales Garden
• Melrose Heights
• Olympia
• Northeast Columbia

More to Read Across South Carolina

Everything about Columbia here is current as of October 2026. It draws on the University of South Carolina, the City of Columbia, COMET, South Carolina Legal Services, the Human Affairs Commission, BHDD and the South Carolina Code. Treat it as a starting point, not legal advice on your own lease. Screening does not guarantee a letter: a South Carolina-licensed clinician makes that call after your evaluation. Offices update their rules, so confirm details with each one. In distress? 988 picks up calls and texts around the clock.