Eden Prairie, MN Animal Ordinances: Cat Rules (2026)
Key Facts
- Cat rabies shot
- required, kept current
- Vaccinator
- licensed veterinarian only
- Pet store cat sales
- banned citywide
- Adoption showcase minimum age
- 8 weeks
- Certificate of Source
- kept 1 year
Summary
The City of Eden Prairie requires every cat owner to keep the animal currently vaccinated against rabies under City Code Section 9.07, and Section 9.75 bars any pet store in the City from selling, bartering or giving away a cat at all, allowing only shelter and rescue adoption showcases of cats at least eight weeks old.
The owner of a cat or dog shall procure a vaccination against rabies, and such animal shall be re-vaccinated thereafter so as to be immunized against rabies at all times. ... No pet store shall sell, deliver, offer for sale, barter, auction, give away, or otherwise transfer or dispose of cats or dogs.
Full Breakdown
City Code Section 9.07, Subd. 14 requires the owner of a cat, not just a dog, to procure a rabies vaccination and keep the animal re-vaccinated so it stays immunized at all times; only a licensed veterinarian may perform the vaccination and issue the written certification the City relies on. Eden Prairie has no separate cat license or feral-colony program in its Code; instead, the City Council addressed cats through Section 9.75, adopted in 2018 under the authority of Minnesota Statutes Section 412.221, Subdivision 21, to regulate the retail sale of companion animals.
Section 9.75, Subd. 3.A flatly bars any pet store in the City of Eden Prairie from selling, delivering, offering for sale, bartering, auctioning, giving away, or otherwise transferring or disposing of a cat, defined in the section as any Felis domesticus. Pet stores may still host animal shelters, rescue organizations or animal control authorities showcasing adoptable cats on-site, provided the cats are at least eight weeks old (Subd. 3.B). Any cat placed for adoption inside a pet store must carry a posted Certificate of Source naming the shelter or rescue, kept on file for at least a year and produced on request to a peace officer, animal control authority, or humane agent under Minnesota Statutes Section 343.06 (Subd. 4). A City employee may inspect a pet store on notice to confirm compliance (Subd. 5).
Violations & Fines
A pet store that sells or barters a cat, or fails to post and keep a Certificate of Source for a showcased cat, violates Section 9.75, and an owner who never vaccinates a cat against rabies violates Section 9.07, Subd. 14. Pet-store compliance is checked through City employee inspections on notice to the operator.
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