Oklahoma City requires cats over four months old to be licensed annually through OKC Animal Welfare and to wear identification. Owners must prevent cats from running at large or causing nuisance.
Under Oklahoma City Municipal Code Chapter 8, cats four months and older must be licensed yearly with proof of rabies vaccination from a licensed veterinarian. Owned cats must wear visible identification when off the owner's property. Cats running at large or repeatedly trespassing onto neighbor property may be impounded by Oklahoma City Animal Welfare. Feral colony caretakers should coordinate with OKC Animal Welfare's TNR program. Reduced license fees apply to spayed and neutered cats. Reclaim fees and daily boarding charges apply at the OKC Animal Shelter for impounded cats.
Citations issued for unlicensed cats, missing rabies vaccination, running-at-large complaints, or interference with Animal Welfare officers responding to nuisance calls.
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