Madison licenses cats over three months of age like dogs, and it is unlawful to let a cat known to habitually damage a neighbor's property run at large. Cats in heat must be confined.
Madison City Code § 6-11(c) makes it unlawful for the owner of a cat known to habitually cause destruction or damage to another's property to allow that cat to be at large, and § 6-11(d) requires any cat in heat to be confined so it cannot contact another animal except for planned breeding. Under § 6-38, every cat over three months of age must be registered (sex, breed, description, owner details) and licensed after proof of a valid one- or three-year rabies vaccination. The code also recognizes "feral cats" separately in § 6-1. There is no general citywide cat-leash mandate, but nuisance and licensing rules still apply.
Letting a destructive cat at large or failing to license it draws minimum fines of $25/$50/$100 under § 6-2; unlicensed or nuisance cats may be impounded.
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