Broken Arrow, OK Animal Ordinances: Cat Rules (2026)
Key Facts
- Rabies vaccination
- required at 6+ months
- Vaccine interval
- annual, or tri-annual w/ vet cert
- Failure to vaccinate
- class C offense
- At-large ban
- applies to cats too
- City cat license
- repealed in 2024
Summary
Broken Arrow requires cats over six months old to carry current rabies vaccination and applies its general at-large ban to cats, but no longer requires a city cat license or tag.
It shall be unlawful and a class C offense for any person to keep, harbor or maintain any dog or cat over six months old within the city limits without having that animal vaccinated annually against rabies. Provided that, the owner of a dog or cat may have the dog or cat vaccinated against rabies by a veterinarian on a tri-annual basis...
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: Code of Ordinances: Supplement 43).
Full Breakdown
Under City Code § 5-5, it is unlawful and a class C offense to keep, harbor, or maintain a cat over six months old within city limits without an annual rabies vaccination, or a tri-annual vaccination if a veterinarian certifies a three-year vaccine and current status. Because § 5-1 defines "animal" to include cats, the § 5-9 at-large prohibition and § 5-2 impoundment authority apply to cats the same as dogs. Broken Arrow repealed its dog/cat license-and-tag requirement in 2024 (Ord. No. 3815, repealing former § 5-6), so cats kept in the city, Tulsa County, Oklahoma no longer need a municipal license or registration tag: only current rabies vaccination and compliance with the at-large ban.
Violations & Fines
Failing to vaccinate a cat against rabies is a class C offense under § 5-5; letting a cat run at large is a separate class C offense under § 5-9(a), and animal control may impound the cat under § 5-2.
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