From an apartment off Highway 17 to a house in an HOA neighborhood like I'On or Dunes West, begin with free screening questions, choose a plan and meet a South Carolina-licensed clinician over video. A request the clinician supports ends in a signed letter you can share.
Mount Pleasant, South CarolinaEast of the Cooper River in Charleston County · 90,801 residents in the 2020 census
Starting costs nothing: the first questions reveal whether an evaluation makes sense for you before any payment.
Describe your symptoms, the help your animal gives and whether you rent or live in an HOA community.
After checkout, a South Carolina-licensed clinician meets you on video to evaluate whether a letter is supported.
A supported request becomes a signed letter in your account; an unsupported one comes with reasons and our refund policy.
Pricing
Compare the current evaluation fees, read live from our checkout. Answering the Mount Pleasant screening is free. You buy a plan at checkout before your evaluation, and if the clinician declines to support a letter, our policy allows a refund request for 30 days after purchase. Questions? Read our FAQ page or contact us.
Clinical review for one emotional support animal and a South Carolina housing letter.
$149.00/ one-time
One evaluation covering the support provided by each of your animals in a South Carolina home.
$159.00/ one-time
A psychiatric service dog evaluation with a clinician licensed in South Carolina.
$199.00/ one-time
Compare the combined letter and document options.
An ESA letter and certificate together in one document package.
$199.00/ one-time
A PSD letter, certificate and ID card in one package.
$225.00/ one-time
Need help choosing? Take the free screening first or compare every plan. Documentation depends on clinical approval; optional certificates and cards do not establish access rights.
A Mount Pleasant ESA letter often goes to an HOA board or a landlord with no-pet housing rules, so the details matter.
Every letter comes from a real evaluation with a licensed South Carolina clinician, never from an automated form.
The clinician's South Carolina license appears on your letter, so a board or landlord can check it.
Your PSD letter, or the letter for your emotional support animal, is addressed to the housing provider, landlord or association.
No drive across the Ravenel Bridge is needed; the evaluation happens over video.
Plan prices above are the amount checkout charges, and if no letter can be supported, you can use our refund policy.
Neighborhoods such as I'On and Dunes West have homeowners associations with their own rules, and the state keeps a record of HOA complaints.
S.C. Code 27-30-340 has the Department of Consumer Affairs collect complaints about homeowners associations and publish a report each year. The 2026 report covered 2025:
Source: SCDCA HOA complaint reports
Isle of Palms and Sullivan's Island set their own dog rules, and an emotional support dog follows them like any other dog.
The city issues free yearly dog permits. Dogs on the Beach
Keep a leash in hand during off-leash hours and leash up on beach paths and streets. Town Hall: 843-883-3198. Dog licenses
These hours were posted by each town as of October 2026; check again before a beach day.
Legal aid, mental health care, fair housing help and the shelter for found pets are each a short drive or a phone call away.
South Carolina Legal Services serves Mount Pleasant from its office at 2803 Carner Ave in North Charleston.
Call (843) 720-7044 or (888) 720-2320; it is open late, until 7 p.m., on Wednesdays.
The Charleston Dorchester Mental Health Center's Charleston Clinic, 2100 Charlie Hall Boulevard, books appointments at 843-852-4100 on weekdays.
Its crisis line, 843-414-2350, is staffed day and night, and 988 answers calls and texts too.
The South Carolina Human Affairs Commission takes complaints for 180 days after the discrimination; HUD's window is a year.
Reach the commission at (803) 737-7800. SCHAC
The Charleston Animal Society, 2455 Remount Road in North Charleston, receives strays found in the town on weekdays, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Its main line is (843) 747-4849. Found animals
Every Mount Pleasant evaluation happens by video, and the clinician holds a South Carolina license. Isle of Palms and Sullivan's Island are separate towns with their own rules.
Answers about beaches, HOAs, clinics and getting started.
Open the Free ScreeningFrom April 1 to September 14, between 5 and 9 a.m.; from September 15 to March 31, between 4 p.m. and 10 a.m. At other times the dog stays leashed and under complete control, even in the water.
Yes. The town requires a dog license for every dog on its streets, private property and beach, visitors' dogs included. Town Hall answers questions at 843-883-3198.
No. Between May 1 and September 30, dogs may not be on the sand from 10 a.m. until 6 p.m.; off-leash time runs 5 to 10 a.m., and evenings are leash-only.
The Department of Consumer Affairs collects them under S.C. Code 27-30-340 and publishes a yearly report; the 2026 report counted 452 complaints about 339 HOAs and management companies.
A written request with your letter, addressed to the board or management company, with copies kept for your records. Renters should begin with their landlord.
The Charleston Dorchester Mental Health Center's Charleston Clinic at 2100 Charlie Hall Boulevard, 843-852-4100, on weekdays. Its crisis line, 843-414-2350, is answered around the clock.
To the Charleston Animal Society's Remount Road shelter in North Charleston, which takes in the town's found strays Monday through Friday, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Homeowners can ask for one too, for example where an HOA or condo association limits animals. The evaluation is the same video visit with a South Carolina-licensed clinician.
Every plan above lists the letter as valid for one year. To keep using it after that, you renew it with a new evaluation.
What this page says about Mount Pleasant is current as of October 2026, based on the Isle of Palms and Sullivan's Island town sites, the Department of Consumer Affairs, BHDD, the Human Affairs Commission, South Carolina Legal Services and the Charleston Animal Society. It is general information and not legal advice for your home or lease. Screening does not guarantee a letter, because a licensed clinician makes that decision after the evaluation. Rules shift over time, so check each source directly. If you are struggling right now, 988 is there by phone or text, day and night.
The screening costs nothing. A South Carolina-licensed clinician reviews your case, and if the request is supported, the signed letter is added to your account.
