{
 "municipality_id": "gx-003089",
 "municipality": "Miramichi River Valley",
 "status_type": "Rural community",
 "jurisdiction": "New Brunswick",
 "country": "CA",
 "topic": "animal_control",
 "label": "Dogs & animal control",
 "status": "found",
 "last_verified": "2026-06-07",
 "official_website": "https://miramichirivervalley.com/",
 "documents": [
  {
   "primary": true,
   "is_official": true,
   "title": "By-Law No. 6 — Miramichi River Valley Animal Control By-Law",
   "category": "animal_control",
   "document_type": "bylaw",
   "status": "adopted",
   "adopted_date": "2024-06-04",
   "document_url": "https://miramichirivervalley.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/Bylaw-No-6-Animal-control.pdf",
   "summary": "Governs control of animals (incl. dogs) in the Miramichi River Valley, under the Local Governance Act SNB 2017 c 18; read third time and enacted 4 June 2024.",
   "capture_sha256": "dc1967311b97af65b07280787619c35f622bb887e39b41f60860e0d1470de8a2",
   "captured_at": "2026-06-07T16:30:53+00:00",
   "capture_http_status": 200,
   "snapshot_url": "https://pub-e61c5ee2a8704225bfa8de0c280e8a2c.r2.dev/bylaws/dc1967311b97af65b07280787619c35f622bb887e39b41f60860e0d1470de8a2.pdf",
   "link_dead": false,
   "facts": {
    "licence_required": true,
    "licence_fee": "$20.00 un-neutered/un-spayed up to 12 months; $10.00 neutered/spayed; $30.00 un-neutered/un-spayed over 12 months",
    "leash_rule": "Unleashed animal on public place, others' property, or field/forest without owner control is \"running at large\"",
    "fine_range": "not less than $100.00 and not more than $500.00"
   },
   "fact_citations": {
    "licence_required": "s. 2(1)",
    "licence_fee": "s. 2(3)(d)(i)(ii)(iii)",
    "leash_rule": "s. 1 \"running at large\"",
    "fine_range": "s. 9"
   },
   "transcript_url": "/ca/nb/miramichi-river-valley/animal-control/text-dc1967311b97/",
   "transcript_quality": "exact"
  }
 ],
 "source": "https://govanswers.org/ca/nb/miramichi-river-valley/animal-control/"
}