---
kind: "section"
citation: "14 C.F.R. § 382.72"
title: "14"
number: "382.72"
heading: "Must carriers allow a service animal to accompany a passenger with a disability?"
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/14/382.72"
---

# §382.72. Must carriers allow a service animal to accompany a passenger with a disability?


You must allow a service animal to accompany a passenger with a disability. You must not deny transportation to a service animal based on the animal's breed or type or on the basis that its carriage may offend or annoy carrier personnel or persons traveling on the aircraft.


## Notes

### Amendments

[Doc. No. DOT-OST-2018-0068, 85 FR 79774, Dec. 10, 2020]

### Authority

Authority: 49 U.S.C. 41702 and 41705, Pub. L. 115-254, and Pub. L. 118-63.

### Source

Source: Doc. No. DOT-OST-2004-19482, 73 FR 27665, May 13, 2008, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[Doc. No. DOT-OST-2018-0068, 85 FR 79774, Dec. 10, 2020]