Weber County, UT Animal Ordinances: Cat Rules (2026)

Comprehensive Animal Control in Title 6 treats cats differently from dogs in one important way: Section 6-3-4 requires a license only for dogs over four months old, so Weber County has no parallel cat licensing program. Cats are still subject to the general animals-at-large prohibition in Section 6-4-2, which makes it unlawful for any animal to run at-large unless it falls into narrow exceptions like field trials or working with a peace officer, and to the numeric household limit of five cats per residence in Section 6-3-1.

The rule that targets cats specifically is Section 6-4-9, Female Dogs Or Cats In Heat: an owner or person with charge, care, custody or control of a female cat in heat must, in addition to restraining her from running at-large, keep her constantly confined in a building or secure enclosure so she cannot attract by scent or otherwise come into contact with other cats or dogs and create a nuisance. , but Title 6 does not set out its own operative feral-colony management ordinance beyond incorporating those state definitions by reference.

Animal control, operating under contract with the county, enforces these provisions and may impound a cat under Section 6-5-1 if it is stray, at-large, sick, or determined to be a nuisance animal, with redemption requiring payment of impound costs, daily board charges, and any veterinary or microchipping costs under Section 6-5-3.