Ravi is a Criminal.
At least in New York City.
According to the New York City Health Code, section 161.01, it is forbidden to own or possess or shelter or house any animal in a long, long list.
10) Reptiles. The long, long, long, list of prohibited reptiles includes
any member of the family Varanidae, including the white throated monitor, Bosc's or African savannah monitor, Komodo monitor or dragon, Nile monitor, crocodile monitor, water monitor, Bornean earless monitor;
http://rules.cityofnewyork.us/content/section-16101-wild-and-other-animals-prohibited-0
Mr./Mrs. Kipling is an Asian Water Monitor, Varanus salvator (not to be confused with the crocodile monitor Varanus salvadorii).
There was an episode when Mr./Mrs. Kipling was taken away from Ravi because he/she was brought into the country without a permit, but Ravi got him/her back. And in the second episode, "the Remarkable Mr. Kipling", Mrs.Chesterfield tried to get rid of Mr./Mrs. Kipling because he/she was against the rules of the tenant's association. But nobody mentioned in either episode that it was against the law in New York City to keep an Asian Water Monitor.
Of course Jessie and Bunk'd probably happen in an alternate universe where the New York City laws are different.
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