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 "municipality_id": "gx-000246",
 "municipality": "Coutts",
 "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.couttsalberta.com/",
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   "title": "Licensing, Regulating, and Control of Animals Bylaw 538",
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   "summary": "Governs the licensing and control of animals within the Village of Coutts. Bylaw 538.",
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    "licence_required": true,
    "licence_fee": "$30 unspayed; $5 spayed; $100 Dog Fancier's License",
    "leash_rule": "ensure that the animal is on a leash, adequate to restrain it, at all times that it is off the owners premises",
    "max_animals": "3 over the age of three months; exception for Dog Fancier License",
    "fine_range": "$200 for first, second, 3rd and subsequent offence"
   },
   "fact_citations": {
    "licence_required": "Section 5",
    "licence_fee": "Section 5; Schedule \"A\"",
    "leash_rule": "ensure that the animal is on a leash, adequate to restrain it",
    "max_animals": "maximum number of dogs and cats... restricted to (3)",
    "fine_range": "Appendix \"A\""
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}