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San Antonio ESA Letters and PSD Letters Written by Texas-Licensed Clinicians
Answer the free screening, pick a plan and talk with a Texas-licensed clinician over video. When your evaluation backs the request, the signed letter is made out for your San Antonio landlord, a property management office or UTSA housing.
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San Antonio, Texas
Bexar County · 1,434,625 residents in the 2020 census
No-fee San Antonio screening
Three Arches to a San Antonio Letter
Our screening asks a handful of questions and charges nothing, so you can see whether an evaluation fits before you buy anything.
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A video visit in Texas
After checkout, a clinician who holds a Texas license reads your screening and meets you by telehealth.
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Your clinician decides
When your need is supported, a signed letter lands in your account. When it is not, the clinician explains, and our refund policy handles the plan you bought.
Begin My San Antonio Screening
- Phone or laptop, your choice
- Confidential, start to end
- The decision is clinical
Pricing
Transparent, One-Time Pricing for San Antonio Letters
Compare the current evaluation fees, read live from our checkout. Answering the San Antonio screening costs nothing. Payment for a plan happens at checkout, ahead of the evaluation; should your clinician not support a letter, you may request a refund under our policy within 30 days of buying. Questions? Read our FAQ page or contact us.
ESA Housing Letter For One Pet
Clinical review for one emotional support animal and a Texas housing letter.
$149.00/ one-time
- Official ESA letter if supported
- Licensed professional review
- Valid for 1 year
- Digital copy
- Email support
- 24-48 Hour
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ESA Housing Letter For Multiple Pets
One evaluation covering the support provided by each of your animals in a Texas home.
$159.00/ one-time
- ESA letter for multiple pets
- All approved pets on one letter
- Valid for 1 year
- Digital copy
- Priority phone and email support
- Renewal reminders
- 24-48 Hour
PSA Letter
A psychiatric service dog evaluation with a clinician licensed in Texas.
$199.00/ one-time
- Official PSD letter if supported
- Licensed professional review
- Valid for 1 year
- Digital copy
- Email support
- 24-48 Hour
Bundle Packages
Compare the combined letter and document options.
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ESA Letter + Certificate Bundle
An ESA letter and certificate together in one document package.
$199.00/ one-time
- Official ESA letter if supported
- ESA certificate
- Licensed professional review
- Valid for 1 year
- Digital copy
- Email support
- 24-48 Hour
Letter + Certificate + ID
PSD Letter + Certificate + ID Card
A PSD letter, certificate and ID card in one package.
$225.00/ one-time
- Official PSD letter if supported
- PSD certificate
- PSD ID card
- Licensed professional review
- Valid for 1 year
- Digital copy
- Priority email support
- 24-48 Hour
Clinical review
Secure payment
Digital documents
One-time plan fee
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.
Why San Antonio Residents Trust American Service Animals
A letter only helps if the people reviewing it can rely on it. Here is what stands behind ours.
Clinicians who hold Texas licenses
Each letter carries the clinician's Texas license, so a landlord can look it up on the state's free verification search.
A real clinical conversation
Your clinician speaks with you before deciding. There is no instant approval and no registry number to buy.
Made out for the decision-makers
Letters are written for property managers, landlords, HOA boards and UTSA housing staff, the people who approve requests.
Up-front San Antonio pricing
The plan prices above are the prices at checkout, paid once, with the refund policy behind any letter that cannot be supported.
ESA Letters for UTSA Students in Campus Housing
The University of Texas at San Antonio handles emotional support animal requests through Student Disability Services before the animal comes to campus housing.
UTSA housing the registration covers
- Alvarez Hall
- Chaparral Village
- Chisholm Hall
- Guadalupe Hall
- Laurel Village
- University Oaks
What Student Disability Services looks for
- Registration with Student Disability Services and a placement in a UTSA housing complex.
- A disability that meets the federal definition.
- Documentation from a physician, psychiatrist, social worker or other mental health professional, sent to the Documentation Review Committee.
- A description of the way the animal relieves at least one symptom or effect of the disability.
Approval for an ESA in housing does not, by itself, give any academic accommodation. UTSA emotional support animals
Microchips, Not Licenses: San Antonio Pet Rules
San Antonio Animal Care Services uses the registered microchip as the city's way of identifying pets. Those rules apply to an emotional support animal exactly as they apply to a pet.
- Registered microchips for three speciesEvery dog, cat and ferret living in city limits must have one. A licensed veterinarian can grant a medical exemption.
- A number tag outdoorsDogs wear a tag showing the registered microchip number whenever they are outdoors; if the original tag goes missing, any tag with that number works.
- Old metal licenses still countA current city license, the metal Texas-shaped tag, stays valid until it expires.
- Keep the registry currentACS points owners to the free Found Animals Registry, where microchip numbers, contact details and transfers can be recorded at no charge for the pet's lifetime.
ACS Main Campus4710 State Highway 151, San Antonio, TX 78227 · 210-207-4738 · 3-1-1 or 210-207-6000
ACS microchipping rules
Riding VIA With an Emotional Support Animal
VIA's Code of Conduct keeps animals off its buses and other vehicles, with two exceptions: an animal whose purpose is to assist a person with a disability, and an animal traveling in an enclosed pet carrier.
- A trained service animal
- Rides with its handler, because it assists a person with a disability.
- An emotional support animal
- Rides only inside an enclosed pet carrier, the same as a pet.
Texas Rules San Antonio Renters Run Into
State law sets the ground rules for every Bexar County lease. Our Texas pages cover the rest.
Asking for an exception to a rule
The Texas Fair Housing Act makes refusing a needed, reasonable exception to a housing rule a form of disability discrimination. Its reach for untrained ESAs since HUD's May 2026 shift remains open.
No extra charge for a service dog
A landlord cannot add a deposit or fee because a tenant uses a service animal; the tenant still pays for damage past normal wear.
Thirty days for the deposit
The deposit refund is due by the 30th day after you move out and hand back the unit.
Where San Antonio Renters Can Turn for Help
City Fair Housing/Housing Counseling Program
Helps residents with their housing rights and mediates discrimination complaints, sending cases it cannot settle informally to HUD. Discrimination complaints
210-207-5309 · 100 W. HoustonTexas RioGrande Legal Aid for Bexar County
Free civil legal services across 68 counties of central and southwest Texas, San Antonio included. TRLA
(956) 996-8752State housing complaints
The Texas Workforce Commission's Civil Rights Division takes sworn, written housing complaints filed within a year. TWC housing page
(888) 452-4778San Antonio Neighborhoods We Serve
San Antonio ESA Questions
Does San Antonio still issue pet licenses?
No. A registered microchip now does that job inside city limits. If your pet still has a current metal city license, the Texas-shaped tag, it stays valid until it expires.
Which San Antonio pets need a registered microchip?
Every dog, cat and ferret that lives inside the city limits. A licensed veterinarian can give a medical exemption.
What tag must my dog wear outdoors in San Antonio?
A tag that shows its registered microchip number, worn whenever the dog is outdoors. If the original tag is lost, any tag carrying that number will do.
Can an emotional support animal ride a VIA bus?
Only inside an enclosed pet carrier. VIA's Code of Conduct bars animals on its vehicles unless the animal assists a person with a disability or travels in that kind of carrier.
What does UTSA ask for before an ESA moves into campus housing?
Registration with Student Disability Services, a disability that meets the federal definition and a UTSA housing placement. Documentation from a physician, psychiatrist, social worker or other mental health professional goes to the Documentation Review Committee.
Where can a San Antonio renter report housing discrimination?
The city's Fair Housing/Housing Counseling Program at 100 W. Houston, phone 210-207-5309. It tries an informal resolution first and refers cases it cannot resolve to HUD.
Who gives free legal help to San Antonio tenants?
Texas RioGrande Legal Aid, which covers 68 counties in central and southwest Texas. Call (956) 996-8752 to apply.
Where is San Antonio Animal Care Services?
The Main Campus is at 4710 State Highway 151, San Antonio, TX 78227. General information: 210-207-4738; city services: 3-1-1 or 210-207-6000.
Keep Exploring Texas From San Antonio
What Your San Antonio Letter's QR Record Shows
Each ESA or PSD letter we issue in San Antonio is signed under a Texas license and printed with a QR code. Scanning it opens a record that a landlord or a UTSA office can read in seconds.
Scanned in Bexar CountyThe record lives on americanserviceanimals.com, so nobody has to trust a photocopy.
- Status in plain words
- Active, revoked or expired, stated at the top of the record.
- Issued and expires
- The two dates that bound the letter's one-year validity.
- Name on the record
- The person the letter was issued to, with the animal's name, species and breed.
- Therapist, contact hidden
- The clinician's name; the email and phone number are masked for privacy.
- A flag for doubts
- A Report this Documentation button lets anyone who questions the letter send it for review.
Start Your San Antonio Letter Today
A few free questions open the way. Once a Texas-licensed clinician supports your request, your letter is in your account, ready to send to your property manager.
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