Collierville, TN Animal Ordinances: Cat Rules (2026)

Section 94.27(B) of the Collierville Code of Ordinances caps cats at three: it is unlawful for any person to keep or harbor more than three cats over three months of age on his or her property or premises at any one time. The dog limit in subsection (A) allows more than three dogs only with a kennel license from the office of the Shelby County Trustee and the Collierville Town Clerk, but the cat paragraph prints no kennel exception. Subsection (C) routes enforcement through § 94.99.

Licensing runs through § 94.20. Anyone owning, keeping, harboring or having custody of a dog or cat over five months of age in the Town, other than a kennel or animal shelter operator, must obtain a rabies vaccination under the Tennessee Anti-Rabies Law and the appropriate registration. Only a licensed veterinarian can give the vaccine, and the administering veterinarian completes the registration. Registration is issued annually, only after payment of a licensing fee that the Town Board or its designated agent sets, and the fee can differ for spayed or neutered animals. The tag requirement in § 94.21 is written for dogs.

Two more rules reach cats directly. Section 94.06 says no person shall abandon any dog, cat or other animal within the Town. Section 94.29(A) makes it unlawful for the owner or handler of any animal to let it defecate on any property, public or private, other than the owner's premises unless the owner or handler immediately removes the waste and disposes of it in a sanitary manner.

Wandering pets fall under § 94.01, which bars anyone who keeps a pet from letting it wander on the public streets or be secured on the streets or parkways except temporarily, and says a pet found that way shall be impounded. Under § 94.26, a designated animal services employee or law enforcement officer of the Town can impound any animal found running at large or abandoned. The leash and running-at-large sections written for dogs, §§ 94.22 and 94.23, do not name cats.