Blaine, MN Animal Ordinances: Cat Rules (2026)

The Blaine animal code defines 'cat' in § 14-1 as any domesticated feline, male or female, whole or neutered. Section 14-3(b) requires every female dog or cat in heat to be kept confined to the owner's property, a veterinary hospital, or a boarding kennel so it cannot contact another animal, except for intentional breeding. Rabies control in Article III applies to cats as well as dogs: § 14-76 requires every cat over 12 months of age to be vaccinated against rabies at the intervals set by the state board of animal health, and any unvaccinated cat acquired or moved into the city must be vaccinated within 30 days.

The owner bears the cost of that vaccination under § 14-77. If a cat bites a person and breaks the skin, § 14-79 requires it to be seized and quarantined, either at the city's designated impound facility or the owner's veterinarian, for at least ten days, with the owner given five working days after release to provide vaccination certification to the police department. Blaine's dog-specific licensing division (§§ 14-134 through 14-136) applies by its own terms only to dogs, so cats are not required to carry an individual city license the way dogs are, though the four-or-more-animal 'kennel' threshold in § 14-1 still applies once a household keeps four or more cats. The code does not address feral cat colonies separately from these general confinement and rabies provisions.