Eastvale follows Riverside County's animal code for cats. Cats over four months must be microchipped, and the county requires identifying microchips for dogs and cats so owners of lost animals can be contacted. A 'cattery' is ten or more cats (4 months+), so up to nine cats may be kept without cattery licensing. There is no general leash law for cats.
Cat ownership in Eastvale is governed by the Riverside County animal ordinance enforced under the city's Animal Services contract. Riverside County Code section 6.08.130 requires that all dogs and cats over the age of four months be implanted with an identifying microchip, with the owner providing the microchip number to the department and reporting any change of ownership - the microchip and owner information are used to reunite lost animals with their owners. Unlike dogs, cats are not subject to a general 'at large'/leash requirement, so free-roaming pet cats are not automatically a violation; however, cats can still be the subject of nuisance enforcement, and feral or stray cats may be impounded. The number of cats a household may keep is bounded by the county's cattery definition in section 6.08.010: a cattery is any premises with ten or more cats four months of age or older, so up to nine such cats may be kept before cattery licensing and zoning apply. Spay/neuter and rabies-vaccination programs that apply to cats are administered through Riverside County Animal Services. Owners should microchip cats over four months, keep identification current and avoid creating nuisances for neighbors.
Failing to microchip a cat over four months violates the county code. Cats that create a nuisance, or unlicensed catteries (ten or more cats), can prompt enforcement, impoundment of strays, citations and fees through Riverside County Animal Services.
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