Spokane County regulates cats under SCC 5.04.067. Owners must keep cats from roaming while unaltered at six months or older, from trespassing on private property, from menacing people or animals off the owner's property, and from entering food establishments. Cats over six months should be licensed.
Spokane County Code 5.04.067 lists cat-control regulations enforced by SCRAPS. Owners are strictly liable to prevent their cats from: being accessible while in heat for uncontrolled breeding; running at large while unspayed or unneutered at six months or older; being kept while known to have a contagious disease without veterinary treatment; running at large on private property without the owner's permission; menacing or attacking people or domestic animals off the owner's property; exhibiting vicious propensities; and entering food-service or public buildings. An 'at large cat' is one off the owner's premises and not on a leash of eight feet or less (SCC 5.04.020). Cats over six months of age are subject to licensing under SCC 5.04.030.
Cat-control violations are civil infractions penalized at the IRLJ 6.2(b) unscheduled-infraction amount, plus $25 for a repeat within twelve months (SCC 5.04.130); impounded cats are handled under SCC 5.04.066.
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