{
 "municipality_id": "gx-000271",
 "municipality": "Empress",
 "status_type": "Village",
 "jurisdiction": "Alberta",
 "country": "CA",
 "topic": "animal_control",
 "label": "Dogs & animal control",
 "status": "found",
 "last_verified": "2026-06-08",
 "official_website": "https://www.villageofempress.com",
 "documents": [
  {
   "primary": true,
   "is_official": true,
   "title": "2018 05 Dog Bylaw",
   "category": "animal_control",
   "document_type": "bylaw",
   "status": "adopted",
   "adopted_date": null,
   "document_url": "https://villageofempress.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/2018-05-Dog-Bylaw.pdf",
   "summary": "Regulates the ownership, licensing, and control of dogs within the Village of Empress.",
   "capture_sha256": "1887ca3b08ef05947e0d3bf28d443b03fd7fa57ab059cb73908aab2b6bc6a2e2",
   "captured_at": "2026-06-08T18:48:41+00:00",
   "capture_http_status": 200,
   "snapshot_url": "https://pub-e61c5ee2a8704225bfa8de0c280e8a2c.r2.dev/bylaws/1887ca3b08ef05947e0d3bf28d443b03fd7fa57ab059cb73908aab2b6bc6a2e2.pdf",
   "link_dead": false,
   "facts": {
    "licence_required": true,
    "licence_fee": "$15.00 Spayed or neutered; $15.00 3 to 6 months; $30.00 six months of age or older Not spayed or neutered; $50.00 Nuisance Animal; $100.00 Vicious Dog; $5.00 Replacement Tag",
    "leash_rule": "Owner shall ensure Animal is not Running at Large, defined as not under control or on property other than Owner's.",
    "max_animals": "three (3) dogs aged six(6) months or more",
    "fine_range": "not less than the minimum penalty set out in Schedule \"D\" of this Bylaw and not more than Ten Thousand Dollars ($10,000.00)"
   },
   "fact_citations": {
    "licence_required": "s. 3(1)",
    "licence_fee": "Schedule \"A\"",
    "leash_rule": "s. 11(1); s. 2(x)",
    "max_animals": "s. 33(1)",
    "fine_range": "s. 45(1)"
   },
   "transcript_url": "/ca/ab/empress/animal-control/text-1887ca3b08ef/",
   "transcript_quality": "exact"
  }
 ],
 "source": "https://govanswers.org/ca/ab/empress/animal-control/"
}