Pennsylvania does not license or leash cats, and York County sets no cat ordinance. The one firm statewide rule is rabies: 3 P.S. §455.8 requires every cat over three months of age to be vaccinated. Cat nuisance, roaming, or feral-colony questions are handled by your borough or township.
Unlike dogs, cats are not licensed anywhere in Pennsylvania, and there is no statewide cat leash or confinement law. York County imposes no countywide cat rule. The governing statewide requirement is the Rabies Prevention and Control Act: every dog and cat over three months old must be vaccinated against rabies (3 P.S. §455.8), and a cat must be revaccinated on schedule to keep immunity. Roaming cats, nuisance, and trap-neuter-return of feral colonies are addressed, if at all, by local borough or township ordinance and by animal-welfare groups such as the York County SPCA, which handles stray and surrendered animals. Cruelty and neglect of cats is a state criminal matter under Title 18 (18 Pa.C.S. §5532 et seq.), enforced by humane
Keeping a cat over three months unvaccinated against rabies is a summary offense under 3 P.S. §455.8, with a fine up to $300. Cat cruelty or neglect is prosecuted under Pennsylvania's Title 18 animal-cruelty statutes. Nuisance from roaming or feral
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