Yuba County does not license cats or cap how many you may keep. Code 8.05.080 states the animal-care chapter does not regulate domestic cats except for disease-control provisions. There is no cat leash or at-large law, though the spay/neuter-on-adoption rules in Code 8.05.400 and the general nuisance and neglect rules still apply to cats.
Cats are lightly regulated in unincorporated Yuba County. Code 8.05.080 ("Application of Chapter to cats") expressly provides that, notwithstanding anything to the contrary, nothing in the Animal Care Services chapter regulates domestic cats except for provisions relating to disease control. As a result there is no cat license, no mandatory cat registration, and no numeric limit on the number of cats a household may keep under the county code. The at-large/leash rule in Code 8.05.310 is written around dogs and other animals on streets and public places, and the county imposes no cat-specific leash requirement. That said, several general provisions still reach cats: Code 8.05.400 implements state Food & Agricultural Code requirements that shelters spay or neuter dogs and cats before adoption (with a refundable deposit, $40 to $75, if a veterinarian certifies the animal is too sick to be altered immediately). The general animal-neglect rule (Code 8.05.340) and public-nuisance provisions (Code 8.05.210) apply to all animals including cats, and the Animal Care Officer may take emergency action for an injured cat found without its owner in a public place (Code 8.05.095). Keeping cats indoors as household pets is allowed in all applicable zone districts under Development Code 11.32.050(5).
There is no cat-license violation because cats are not licensed. However, allowing cats to accumulate waste or go without care can be an infraction under the animal-neglect rule (Code 8.05.340), and a large number of cats causing a disturbance can be abated as a public nuisance under Code 8.05.210. Adopting a cat from the shelter without meeting the spay/neuter deposit terms violates Code 8.05.400.
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