Re: Is it fairly typical to include this, or similar, verbiage in an ESA Addendum?

Is it fairly typical to include this, or similar, verbiage in an ESA Addendum?
"In the event that your Support Animal becomes sick or injured and you are unavailable to seek treatment for the animal, we have the right to contact a Veterinarian and incur on your behalf any necessary Veterinarian charges to render aid and/or treatment to your Support Animal."
*Edited to Add: This was on a friend's ESA Addendum and she asked me about it. I haven't seen this type of verbiage either.

Similar language is included in the NAA Bluemoon animal addendum. And similar language to the original posters suggestion is included in the NAA Bluemoon support animal addendum as standard so you’re not off base to include it…
 

Ours definitely doesn't have this. It feels like way overstepping to me

I have never seen that. We just make sure we have an emergency contact for the animal so we can release it to the person in case something happens to the owner.

It’s a similar verbiage as the NAA leases, so I am sure it’s vetted by a legal team and in accordance to fair housing/HUD guidelines.

Similar language is pretty common. For the jerks that take off and leave animal...either on long trip, get arrested or just skip and abandoned them. We had a case and you call animal control and they posted a three day warning notice. We were able to care for them but couldn't have removed for three days. They had to go to shelter but our team adopted them after the waiting period at shelter.

Pretty sure this is standard on NAA pet addendum.

That seems like over stepping your boundaries in a big way. Animals are like kids. They aren’t yours to raise or care for. If something rises to the level abuse then agencies exist that have authority in that matter. Also why an ESA addendum specifically rather than simply an animal addendum? Do you have separate addendums for each type of disability or is there a reason you singled out a specific addendum for mental disabilities? Our addendum for animals doesn’t distinguish between pets, support animals or service animals.

Is this a problem you've encountered? This sounds very situational and writing it in may be more of an issue than approaching things as they come. You should be covered by contacting animal control services and following their instruction

I've never seen that.

I like it though.

Honestly, if you have this for an ESA, but not for all animals, it feels like it could be considered discriminatory.

This would make me really uncomfortable as a tenant.

No - and it is "incur" not occur. Why would you be doing anything with their ESA?

This sounds like it would be putting the property at risk. The property doesn’t know medical history of the animal or if it’s allergic to any meds. Hard no for me on this one.