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Title 4 — HEALTH SANITATION AND ANIMAL REGULATIONS›Division 1 — ANIMAL CONTROL, WELFARE AND LICENSE REQUIREMENTS

Orange County Municipal Code Art. 5 Cat Licensing

Orange County Municipal Code · 2026-10 edition · updated 2026-10-04 · Orange County

Cite as: Orange County Municipal Code Article 5 · Text as of 2026-10-04

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Editor's note— Section 1 of Ord. No. 2836, adopted May 6, 1975, repealed former Art. 5, §§ 4-1-83—4-1-85, pertaining to reporting bites or scratches, and derived from Code 1961, §§ 41.051—41.053. Section 6 of said ordinance enacted a new Art. 5, § 4-1-85, as herein set out.

Sec. 4-1-85. - Cat licensing.

The owner of any cat may, upon submission of proof of rabies vaccination, certified to by a licensed veterinarian, and upon payment of the fee established by resolution of the Board of Supervisors, be issued a license certificate and tag. No. person shall remove a registration tag from a cat without the consent of the owner thereof. Licensing shall be valid for the period of the rabies vaccination. The obtaining of such a license shall be optional on the part of the owner, except as provided in section 4-1-76.

(Ord. No. 2836, § 6, 5-6-75; Ord. No. 2908, § 1, 5-4-76)

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Secs. 4-1-86—4-1-93. - Reserved.

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