St. Louis requires cats four months and older to be licensed, vaccinated against rabies, and kept under control; free-roaming cats may be impounded by Animal Care and Control under Title VI.
Title VI of the Revised Code requires every cat over four months kept in St. Louis to wear a current license tag and proof of rabies vaccination. Owners must prevent cats from creating sanitation nuisances on neighboring property. Animal Care and Control runs a TNR (trap-neuter-return) program for managed colonies in coordination with rescue partners, but unsponsored free-roaming cats may be impounded. Stray cats are held under Missouri's mandatory hold period before adoption or transfer. The city also requires reporting of cat bites that break skin to the Department of Health.
Unlicensed cats may be impounded with reclaim fees; bite incidents trigger mandatory rabies quarantine; civil citations escalate with repeat offenses; abandoning a cat may bring criminal charges under MO §578.012.
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