How serious is your apartment about pets?

I live in cstat and am looking for a new apartment in town. At my current apt, there’s a pet fee of $500 per animal, but they never once checked or asked us about animals. We have 2 cats and never paid any costs, and I’m pretty sure non of our neighbors pay pet rent for their pets either. I am wondering if any of yalls apts actually check or report if they see an animal inside and how likely we are to get charged at a new place. Sorry, but I am not paying $300+ per pet and then an additional $15 monthly “pet rent” fee (Looking @ you The Landing!).