Eagle Mountain, UT Animal Ordinances: Cat Rules (2026)

120 makes it unlawful for the owner or person having charge, care, custody, or control of any cat to allow that cat to run at large on the property of another; unlike the dog at-large rule, the cat rule is trespass-based, tied to another person's property rather than to being loose in public generally. As with dogs, the owner or responsible custodian is strictly liable for any violation the cat commits while running at large on someone else's land, regardless of whether the owner knew the cat had wandered off.

510 requires every cat owner to obtain a rabies vaccination for each cat within one month after the cat turns four months old, or within one month of acquiring an older cat, and it is unlawful to own, keep, harbor, or possess an unvaccinated cat four months of age or older; the vaccine must be administered by a licensed veterinarian using a rabies vaccine approved by the State Department of Health, and revaccinated at the intervals the state specifies. 520 makes cat licensing purely optional.

An owner who submits proof of the required rabies vaccination and pays the council-set fee may obtain a license certificate and tag valid for the vaccination period, but nothing in the chapter compels a cat owner to register.