{
 "municipality_id": "gx-000138",
 "municipality": "Surrey",
 "status_type": "City",
 "jurisdiction": "British Columbia",
 "country": "CA",
 "topic": "business_licensing",
 "label": "Business licences & permits",
 "status": "found",
 "last_verified": "2026-06-08",
 "official_website": "https://www.surrey.ca/",
 "documents": [
  {
   "primary": true,
   "is_official": true,
   "title": "Business License Bylaw (13680)",
   "category": "business_licensing",
   "document_type": "bylaw",
   "status": "adopted",
   "adopted_date": null,
   "document_url": "https://www.surrey.ca/sites/default/files/bylaws/BYL_reg_13680.pdf",
   "summary": "Surrey Business License Bylaw 13680 requiring businesses operating within the city to obtain and maintain a valid business licence.",
   "capture_sha256": "79435b66a5140b13f7ead573a86d746ed2dcd03190cc23e1c882df370defa27e",
   "captured_at": "2026-06-08T05:38:58+00:00",
   "capture_http_status": 200,
   "snapshot_url": "https://pub-e61c5ee2a8704225bfa8de0c280e8a2c.r2.dev/bylaws/79435b66a5140b13f7ead573a86d746ed2dcd03190cc23e1c882df370defa27e.pdf",
   "link_dead": false,
   "facts": {
    "licence_required": true,
    "who_must_license": "Every business carried on in the City or with respect to which any work or service is performed in the City",
    "fee": "Schedule \"A\"; application fee of $50.00; $1.00 per year",
    "renewal": "issued annually to terminate one year from the date of issuance"
   },
   "fact_citations": {
    "licence_required": "s. 3",
    "who_must_license": "s. 7",
    "fee": "s. 21(1); s. 14.1; s. 12",
    "renewal": "s. 19"
   },
   "transcript_url": "/ca/bc/surrey/business-licensing/text-79435b66a514/",
   "transcript_quality": "exact"
  }
 ],
 "source": "https://govanswers.org/ca/bc/surrey/business-licensing/"
}