{
 "answer": "The Rural Municipality of Portage la Prairie, Manitoba has 1 adopted bylaw on file: Pawnbroker By-Law No. 3100, verified 2026-08-23.",
 "municipality_id": "gx-001348",
 "municipality": "Rural Municipality of Portage la Prairie",
 "status_type": "Rural Municipality",
 "jurisdiction": "Manitoba",
 "country": "CA",
 "topic": "business_licensing",
 "label": "Business licences & permits",
 "status": "found",
 "last_verified": "2026-08-23",
 "official_website": "https://www.rmofportage.ca/",
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   "title": "Pawnbroker By-Law No. 3100",
   "category": "business_licensing",
   "document_type": "bylaw",
   "status": "adopted",
   "adopted_date": null,
   "document_url": "https://www.rmofportage.ca/uploads/dm/3831/Pawnbroker%20By-Law%203100.pdf",
   "summary": "Licenses and regulates pawnbrokers in the RM: requires posted signage, photo-ID or thumbprint verification on every pawn/purchase, a numbered transaction record book, and weekly reporting of transactions to the RCMP.",
   "discovered_by": "bigcity-depth",
   "discovered_at": "2026-08-23",
   "capture_sha256": "a92472dfa3474d9c8ca4f98fbbf19e83d132e6be0bd6a0c6870afa79dd9a6c5e",
   "captured_at": "2026-08-23T23:44:06+00:00",
   "capture_http_status": 200,
   "snapshot_url": "https://pub-e61c5ee2a8704225bfa8de0c280e8a2c.r2.dev/bylaws/a92472dfa3474d9c8ca4f98fbbf19e83d132e6be0bd6a0c6870afa79dd9a6c5e.pdf",
   "link_dead": false,
   "transcript_url": "/ca/mb/rural-municipality-of-portage-la-prairie/business-licensing/text-a92472dfa347/",
   "transcript_quality": "ocr"
  }
 ],
 "source": "https://govanswers.org/ca/mb/rural-municipality-of-portage-la-prairie/business-licensing/"
}