Michigan does not require cats to be licensed or leashed, but Ann Arbor requires every cat over six months to be vaccinated against rabies. Failing to immunize a cat can bring a ticket.
Washtenaw County has no countywide cat ordinance, and Michigan's dog-licensing statute (MCL 287.262) does not apply to cats. Ann Arbor's animal code requires that cats older than six months always be immunized against rabies, mirroring the state's rabies-control focus for licensed dogs under MCL 287.266. There is no cat leash law, but free-roaming cats causing a nuisance can be handled by the Humane Society of Huron Valley, which runs county animal control. Owners should keep proof of current rabies vaccination and check their own municipality for any additional feral-cat or nuisance provisions.
In Ann Arbor, failing to keep a cat over six months immunized against rabies may result in a ticket issued by city animal control.
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