Sacramento Title 22 treats cats more permissively than dogs but requires rabies vaccination and prohibits cat owners from allowing repeated nuisance trespass onto neighboring property. Sacramento County Animal Care Services impounds stray cats brought in by residents.
Sacramento City Code Title 22 (Animals) does not impose a leash requirement on cats but requires owners to control them so they do not become a public nuisance. All cats four months and older must be vaccinated against rabies under California Health and Safety Code provisions and county regulations. Sacramento contracts impound and field services to the Bradshaw Animal Shelter operated by Sacramento County Animal Care Services. Repeated complaints about trespassing or fouling can trigger nuisance citations. Microchipping is strongly encouraged but addressed under a separate spay-neuter and microchip ordinance for shelter releases.
Failure to vaccinate or repeated nuisance trespass can result in administrative citations starting around fifty dollars, with escalating fines for repeat offenses and impound fees recovered before release.
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