{
 "municipality_id": "gx-000263",
 "municipality": "Duchess",
 "status_type": "Village",
 "jurisdiction": "Alberta",
 "country": "CA",
 "topic": "business_licensing",
 "label": "Business licences & permits",
 "status": "found",
 "last_verified": "2026-06-08",
 "official_website": "http://www.villageofduchess.com",
 "documents": [
  {
   "primary": true,
   "is_official": true,
   "title": "Business License Bylaw 449-11",
   "category": "business_licensing",
   "document_type": "bylaw",
   "status": "adopted",
   "adopted_date": null,
   "document_url": "https://villageofduchess.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/Business-License-Bylaw.pdf",
   "summary": "Requires and regulates business licences for businesses operating within Duchess.",
   "capture_sha256": "0843533ccf99c85d9b90257e29155bd14fc14de3928382034c6b9d696f21ccfb",
   "captured_at": "2026-06-08T18:48:41+00:00",
   "capture_http_status": 200,
   "snapshot_url": "https://pub-e61c5ee2a8704225bfa8de0c280e8a2c.r2.dev/bylaws/0843533ccf99c85d9b90257e29155bd14fc14de3928382034c6b9d696f21ccfb.pdf",
   "link_dead": false,
   "facts": {
    "licence_required": true,
    "who_must_license": "Any person carrying on any business within the limits of the Village of Duchess",
    "fee": "$30.00 for all Home Occupations; $50.00 for all other Businesses within the Village of Duchess limits; $85.00 for all Transient Businesses; $85.00 for all Non Resident Businesses; A late fee of $30.00 may be applied after 30 days",
    "renewal": "terminates on the 31st day of December in the year in which the said license was issued"
   },
   "fact_citations": {
    "licence_required": "Part 2 A",
    "who_must_license": "Part 2 A",
    "fee": "Schedule A",
    "renewal": "Part 2 D"
   },
   "transcript_url": "/ca/ab/duchess/business-licensing/text-0843533ccf99/",
   "transcript_quality": "exact"
  }
 ],
 "source": "https://govanswers.org/ca/ab/duchess/business-licensing/"
}