{
 "municipality_id": "gx-000088",
 "municipality": "New Westminster",
 "status_type": "City",
 "jurisdiction": "British Columbia",
 "country": "CA",
 "topic": "animal_control",
 "label": "Dogs & animal control",
 "status": "found",
 "last_verified": "2026-06-08",
 "official_website": "https://newwestcity.ca/",
 "documents": [
  {
   "primary": true,
   "is_official": true,
   "title": "Animal Control Bylaw No. 7586, 2013",
   "category": "animal_control",
   "document_type": "bylaw",
   "status": "adopted",
   "adopted_date": null,
   "document_url": "https://www.newwestcity.ca/database/files/library/7586_Animal.pdf",
   "summary": "Regulates keeping of animals in New Westminster including licensing, leash requirements, impoundment, and bite response.",
   "capture_sha256": "d96769f0c3ffc72cd00143a51b5ac7a00b9fc96ea71d2ab7449918a5323fc395",
   "captured_at": "2026-06-08T05:38:58+00:00",
   "capture_http_status": 200,
   "snapshot_url": "https://pub-e61c5ee2a8704225bfa8de0c280e8a2c.r2.dev/bylaws/d96769f0c3ffc72cd00143a51b5ac7a00b9fc96ea71d2ab7449918a5323fc395.pdf",
   "link_dead": false,
   "facts": {
    "licence_required": true,
    "licence_fee": "unsterilized male/female $73 before Mar 1/$94 after; sterilized $29/$38; dangerous unsterilized $221/$277 (Engineering Fees Bylaw 7553 Part 1)",
    "leash_rule": "collar and leash while not on owner's property except designated off-leash areas (s.5.4)",
    "max_animals": "no more than three (3) dogs on any parcel of land (s.12.3)",
    "fine_range": "not exceeding $10,000.00 (s.12.8)"
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   "fact_citations": {
    "licence_required": "s.4.1",
    "licence_fee": "Engineering Fees Bylaw 7553 Part 1",
    "leash_rule": "s.5.4",
    "max_animals": "s.12.3",
    "fine_range": "s.12.8"
   },
   "transcript_url": "/ca/bc/new-westminster/animal-control/text-d96769f0c3ff/",
   "transcript_quality": "exact"
  }
 ],
 "source": "https://govanswers.org/ca/bc/new-westminster/animal-control/"
}