Minneapolis licenses cats just like dogs and treats free-roaming cats as at-large. Owners must license cats over four months, sterilization is encouraged through reduced fees, and Animal Care and Control may impound cats running off-property.
Title 5 of the Minneapolis Code requires cat owners to obtain a city license once a cat reaches four months and to keep it tagged or microchipped. Cats found off the owner's property without a tag are considered at-large and may be impounded by Minneapolis Animal Care and Control, with reclaim fees, daily boarding, and mandatory sterilization for unaltered cats reclaimed from impound. Discounted license fees apply to spayed or neutered cats. Trap-neuter-return colonies operate informally with shelter cooperation but are not separately licensed. Repeat at-large complaints can produce administrative citations against the owner.
Unlicensed or repeatedly at-large cats may be impounded, with reclaim fees, boarding charges, and possible misdemeanor citations against the owner if violations recur.
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