In Lee County, any cat four months or older must be vaccinated against rabies and licensed, and wear its County license/rabies tag (microchipped cats and ferrets are exempt from the wear-tag rule). Registered TNR (trap-neuter-return) colony caretakers are exempted from the tethering/confinement restrictions.
Ordinance 14-22 treats cats like dogs and ferrets for rabies and licensing: any dog, cat, or ferret four months of age or older must be vaccinated against rabies by a licensed veterinarian and licensed, with the County license/rabies tag attached to a collar or harness. Cats and ferrets that are microchipped are exempt from the requirement to wear the tag. The ordinance's supervision, confinement, caging and tethering rules expressly do not apply to caretakers of registered TNR colonies. Cats are also subject to the same at-large, nuisance-animal, and dangerous-animal provisions as other animals.
Failure to vaccinate or license a cat is citable; unpaid prior-year license fees may be assessed up to three years back. A $25 Animal Care Trust Fund payment applies to adjudicated violations. Fines set by BOCC resolution.
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