Wyandotte County, KS Animal Ordinances: Cat Rules (2026)

Sec. 7-215(c)(7) sets cat-specific control rules distinct from the dog at-large standard: a cat is "not under control," and therefore in violation, in any of three situations. First, if a neighbor complains orally or in writing that the cat is entering the neighbor's property, every subsequent presence of that cat on the complaining neighbor's land is a violation, meaning a single warning effectively creates an ongoing restriction. Second, a cat that causes injury to a person or another animal violates the section outright. Third, a cat that damages property other than its owner's, including breaking, digging up, or crushing a lawn, garden bed, plant, shrub or tree, or defecating or urinating on private property, is likewise in violation.

Sec. 7-215(c)(7)(iv) exempts unowned ear-tipped feral cats from the entire cat-control provision, recognizing the ear-tip as proof the cat has already been sterilized and vaccinated through a trap-neuter-return program under the chapter's Sec. 7-1 definition. Every owned cat kept past six months of age must also be individually registered and tagged under Sec. 7-261, with a rabies vaccination certificate filed under Sec. 7-213 and Sec. 7-263. A female cat in heat that is not confined in a building or solid enclosure can be removed to the shelter to abate the nuisance under Sec. 7-211 and Sec. 7-218.