Vallejo, CA Animal Ordinances: Cat Rules (2026)
Key Facts
- Cat limit
- 4 cats over 4 months per property
- Same cap for dogs
- 4 dogs over 4 months
- Exception
- Licensed kennel or cattery (Chapter 7.32)
- Cat licensing
- None required (dogs only, Chapter 7.06)
- Enforced by
- Solano County Sheriff's Animal Control Division
- Impound hold
- 3 business days before adoption/destruction
Summary
Vallejo caps household cat ownership at four animals over four months old under Section 7.04.030, the same numeric limit the code sets for dogs. Keeping a fifth cat on a lot, in a dwelling, or even aboard a boat is unlawful unless the property is licensed as a kennel or cattery under Chapter 7.32.
It shall be unlawful for any owner to keep, harbor or maintain more than four cats which are over the age of four months on any lot, premises, dwelling, building, structure, boat or living accommodation, except as provided for in Chapter 7.32 of the Vallejo Municipal Code.
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: Municipal Code: Update 12 - 25).
Full Breakdown
030 of the Vallejo Municipal Code makes it unlawful for any owner to keep, harbor or maintain more than four cats over the age of four months on any lot, premises, dwelling, building, structure, boat or living accommodation, mirroring an identical four-animal cap the same section places on dogs. 32, Kennels and Animal Premises, which lets a property licensed as a kennel or cattery keep more than four cats or dogs of at least four months old. 06 requires dog owners to buy a license tag once a dog turns four months old, but there's no parallel cat-licensing chapter, so the cat rule is purely a headcount cap, not a registration system. 040. 110.
Violations & Fines
Section 7.04.030 doesn't attach its own dollar fine; a cat kept past the four-animal limit becomes subject to seizure and impoundment by the county's Animal Control Division under Chapter 7.16, and reclaiming it requires paying the impoundment and boarding costs the city council sets by resolution. An unlicensed kennel or cattery operating past the cap without complying with Chapter 7.32's licensing standards faces the same impoundment exposure for every animal over the four-cat threshold.
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