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KCC §22-24.3

Cat microchipping and registration rules

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Cat owners must get their cats microchipped and keep their contact info updated with the microchip company. Shelters and rescue groups must chip stray cats and set up found-pet alerts. When a cat is sold or given away, the old owner must tell the new owner the chip company, and the new owner must update their info.

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The ordinance, as written (Kauaʻi County) — Microchip Identification

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.

An owner shall have a microchip implanted in the owner's cat, and the owner shall register the microchip number and the owner's contact information with a microchip registration company.When the contact information of the owner of a cat changes, the owner shall provide the new contact information to the applicable microchip registration company no later than thirty (30) days after the change in contact information occurs.When the owner of a cat changes:The former owner shall inform the new owner with which microchip registration company the cat's microchip is registered; andThe new owner shall provide the microchip registration company with the new owner's contact information no later than thirty (30) days after the change of ownership occurs.Every animal control contractor or nonprofit animal rescue organization shall implant a microchip in all stray cats in its custody that do not have a microchip.All animal control contractors or nonprofit animal rescue organizations shall activate the microchip registration company's found pet alerts to notify owners whose pets' microchips are registered with that company.Veterinary clinics, animal shelters, and other animal rescue organizations that scan found pets for microchips shall release only the chip identification number to the finder upon request.
Read the official text at ecode360.com ↗as published Jan 1, 2026our copy taken Aug 22, 2026

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