Under the ADA (28 C.F.R. § 36.302) and Ala. Code § 21-7-4, a task-trained psychiatric service dog may accompany you in stores, restaurants, and other public places. Under DOT rules (14 C.F.R. Part 382), airlines must accept trained psychiatric service dogs in the cabin at no charge. The same task-trained dog is protected in housing under the federal Fair Housing Act: no pet deposits, no pet rent, no breed restrictions.
Under Ala. Code § 21-7-4(h), presenting an untrained pet as a service animal is a Class C misdemeanor plus 100 hours of community service, which is why our clinicians issue letters only after a real evaluation. Alabama has no state civil rights agency for public accommodation complaints, so the U.S. Department of Justice is your filing path. If a business wrongly denies your task-trained service dog, file a complaint with the U.S. Department of Justice at ada.gov.