{
 "municipality_id": "gx-000219",
 "municipality": "Chauvin",
 "status_type": "Village",
 "jurisdiction": "Alberta",
 "country": "CA",
 "topic": "animal_control",
 "label": "Dogs & animal control",
 "status": "found",
 "last_verified": "2026-06-08",
 "official_website": "http://www.villageofchauvin.ca",
 "documents": [
  {
   "primary": true,
   "is_official": true,
   "title": "Bylaw 2018-02 – Animal Control Bylaw",
   "category": "animal_control",
   "document_type": "bylaw",
   "status": "adopted",
   "adopted_date": "2018-02-12",
   "document_url": "https://www.villageofchauvin.com/_files/ugd/3643eb_55044ca433be47f8b6ed6d191f7f27d7.pdf",
   "summary": "Regulates and controls domestic pets, livestock, and pests within the Village of Chauvin; requires licensing of dogs and cats, controls animals at large.",
   "capture_sha256": "814e036c438224a91e496c4c9ed030433518bd3f648a8c104944d10322910eb1",
   "captured_at": "2026-06-08T18:48:41+00:00",
   "capture_http_status": 200,
   "snapshot_url": "https://pub-e61c5ee2a8704225bfa8de0c280e8a2c.r2.dev/bylaws/814e036c438224a91e496c4c9ed030433518bd3f648a8c104944d10322910eb1.pdf",
   "link_dead": false,
   "facts": {
    "licence_required": true,
    "licence_fee": "$5.00 per animal (Spade/Neutered); $25.00 per animal (Non Spade/Neutered)",
    "leash_rule": "No domestic pet shall be permitted to run at large in the Village of Chauvin.",
    "max_animals": "three (3) domestic pets over the age of three (3) months per dwelling unit",
    "fine_range": "$25.00; $50.00; $75.00; $100.00; $150.00; $200.00; $250.00; $300.00"
   },
   "fact_citations": {
    "licence_required": "s. 2.1",
    "licence_fee": "Schedule A",
    "leash_rule": "s. 3.1",
    "max_animals": "s. 6.1",
    "fine_range": "Schedule A"
   },
   "transcript_url": "/ca/ab/chauvin/animal-control/text-814e036c4382/",
   "transcript_quality": "exact"
  }
 ],
 "source": "https://govanswers.org/ca/ab/chauvin/animal-control/"
}