Texas requires cats to be vaccinated against rabies by four months old. Bell County and its cities don't impose cat leash laws, though Killeen manages free-roaming community cats through trap-neuter-return. Rabies and cruelty rules apply countywide.
Cats fall under Texas' statewide rabies law: Health & Safety Code 826.021 requires every dog or cat to be vaccinated against rabies by four months of age and boosted on schedule. Bell County imposes no leash requirement on cats, and Texas generally treats free-roaming cats differently from dogs. Killeen runs a Community and Free-Roaming Cats program (Article V) built around trap-neuter-return rather than impoundment. There is no county limit on cats; enclosure, nuisance, and cruelty laws still apply. An unvaccinated cat that bites may be quarantined by the local health authority.
Failing to vaccinate a cat against rabies is a Class C misdemeanor (Class B on a repeat). Biting cats may be quarantined; cruelty is a Class A misdemeanor.
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