{
 "municipality_id": "gx-003051",
 "municipality": "Belledune",
 "status_type": "Village",
 "jurisdiction": "New Brunswick",
 "country": "CA",
 "topic": "animal_control",
 "label": "Dogs & animal control",
 "status": "found",
 "last_verified": "2026-06-05",
 "official_website": "http://www.belledune.com/",
 "documents": [
  {
   "primary": true,
   "is_official": true,
   "title": "By-Law No. 1994-15 — Respecting Dogs",
   "category": "animal_control",
   "document_type": "bylaw",
   "status": "adopted",
   "adopted_date": "1997-05-12",
   "document_url": "https://belledune.com/?jet_download=f4b5c43c08b7e07f003bffeba57b68bbf37cc40b",
   "summary": "Regulates dog ownership in the Village of Belledune covering licensing, leash requirements, and control of dogs in public places. Index date May 12, 1997.",
   "capture_sha256": "e14a11285bea19a89eae33fccac5cfc3245265b309d673a17c8a2e103ab654cd",
   "captured_at": "2026-06-07T16:30:53+00:00",
   "capture_http_status": 200,
   "snapshot_url": "https://pub-e61c5ee2a8704225bfa8de0c280e8a2c.r2.dev/bylaws/e14a11285bea19a89eae33fccac5cfc3245265b309d673a17c8a2e103ab654cd.pdf",
   "link_dead": false,
   "facts": {
    "licence_required": true,
    "licence_fee": "$5.00 neutered male; $20.00 unneutered male; $5.00 spayed bitch; $35.00 unspayed bitch; $100.00 kennel licence",
    "leash_rule": "No owner shall allow a dog to run at large (be unleashed in a public place or on private property without owner consent) at any time.",
    "max_animals": "No owner or household shall register more than two dogs",
    "fine_range": "$25.00–$300.00; impoundment offences $50.00/offence + $20.00 capture + $20.00/day; escalating fines $50.00–$200.00 maximum per incident"
   },
   "fact_citations": {
    "licence_required": "s. 1",
    "licence_fee": "s. 5",
    "leash_rule": "s. 8",
    "max_animals": "s. 3",
    "fine_range": "s. 19(a), s. 19(b), s. 19(c), s. 21"
   },
   "transcript_url": "/ca/nb/belledune/animal-control/text-e14a11285bea/",
   "transcript_quality": "exact"
  }
 ],
 "source": "https://govanswers.org/ca/nb/belledune/animal-control/"
}