KCC §22-24.10
No abandoning your cat on someone else's property
Read the official text at ecode360.com ↗This rule makes it illegal for a cat owner to abandon their cat. Abandonment means leaving the cat on someone else's property without that property owner's permission, whether given in writing or verbally. This applies even if the cat has a microchip.
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The ordinance, as written (Kauaʻi County) — Abandonment Prohibited
A copy, taken August 22, 2026. The version published by Kauaʻi County is the one that governs, and it may have changed since. Check it before relying on anything here.
It shall be unlawful for the owner of any cat, whether the cat is microchipped or not, to abandon the cat. For the purpose of this section, a cat shall be deemed abandoned if it is intentionally left on the property of someone other than the cat's owner without first obtaining written or oral consent by the property owner to do so.
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