{
 "municipality_id": "gx-000239",
 "municipality": "County of Paintearth No. 18",
 "status_type": "Municipal District",
 "jurisdiction": "Alberta",
 "country": "CA",
 "topic": "animal_control",
 "label": "Dogs & animal control",
 "status": "found",
 "last_verified": "2026-06-08",
 "official_website": "https://www.countypaintearth.ca/",
 "documents": [
  {
   "primary": true,
   "is_official": true,
   "title": "Animal Control Bylaw No. 006-2022 (Halkirk)",
   "category": "animal_control",
   "document_type": "bylaw",
   "status": "adopted",
   "adopted_date": "2022-07-01",
   "document_url": "https://www.countypaintearth.ca/public/download/files/257608",
   "summary": "Regulates animal control within the former Village of Halkirk, now administered by the County of Paintearth following amalgamation effective January 1, 2025. Bylaw 006-2022, given third reading July 2022.",
   "capture_sha256": "c834a471babdb5886cfc177b203736af0da6b85b7380353a871ec51a2a8af265",
   "captured_at": "2026-06-08T18:48:41+00:00",
   "capture_http_status": 200,
   "snapshot_url": "https://pub-e61c5ee2a8704225bfa8de0c280e8a2c.r2.dev/bylaws/c834a471babdb5886cfc177b203736af0da6b85b7380353a871ec51a2a8af265.pdf",
   "link_dead": false,
   "facts": {
    "licence_required": true,
    "licence_fee": "$15.00 (Annual Fee) + GST; $25.00 (Annual Fee) + GST",
    "leash_rule": "No owner shall suffer, permit, or allow for any reason his/her animal to be at large within the Village of Halkirk.",
    "max_animals": "three (3) animals... aged six (6) months or more",
    "fine_range": "$25.00 to $500.00; double for subsequent offences"
   },
   "fact_citations": {
    "licence_required": "s. 2.1",
    "licence_fee": "Schedule \"A\"",
    "leash_rule": "s. 4.2",
    "max_animals": "s. 2.19",
    "fine_range": "Schedule \"B\""
   },
   "transcript_url": "/ca/ab/county-of-paintearth-no-18/animal-control/text-c834a471babd/",
   "transcript_quality": "exact"
  }
 ],
 "source": "https://govanswers.org/ca/ab/county-of-paintearth-no-18/animal-control/"
}