Nassau County does not require cat licensing countywide, but Chapter 80 cruelty and nuisance provisions apply, and several incorporated villages impose at-large or trap-neuter-return registration rules on free-roaming cats.
New York Agriculture and Markets Law authorizes municipalities to regulate cats but does not mandate licensing. Nassau County Code Chapter 80 covers cats under cruelty, abandonment, and public nuisance provisions. Several Nassau villages, including Garden City and Rockville Centre, prohibit allowing cats to roam unsupervised on neighboring property. Trap-neuter-return colonies must be registered with the Nassau County SPCA in participating villages. Owners abandoning cats outdoors face misdemeanor charges under Ag and Markets section 355. Indoor confinement is encouraged by NCDOH due to rabies vector exposure on Long Island.
First-offense nuisance fine of up to two hundred fifty dollars, plus possible Ag and Markets misdemeanor for abandonment or repeated cruelty findings.
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